Archive for April, 2011

Stalking Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen was in town.  It got Big Deal treatment from WXIA and competing Atlanta TV stations. Prior to his stage show at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, Jaye Watson and photog David Brooks found Sheen at Georgia Tech’s ballpark, where Sheen was taking BP with Tech’s baseball players.  It turned out to be the scoop of [...]

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A pretty smile

Thursday, a woman from Bartow County who’d been missing six days turned up alive.  She’d disappeared on her own, leaving her husband and five children.  The family was in debt.  When she materialized, she told authorities she wanted her whereabouts kept secret.  They obliged. Moments after the news conference announcing those scant details, a producer [...]

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Reporter v. criminal

Following Tuesday’s storm, a resident of Lilburn reported that two men posing as reporters burglarized her house.  They showed up at her home, identifying themselves as news media personnel.  The woman obligingly gave them a tour of her storm-damaged home.   Hours later, the home was burglarized. Here are five ways to check for the difference between [...]

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