Monday, WAGA’s George Franco got arrested while covering the oil cleanup in Pensacola Beach. He was charged with misdemeanor battery during an encounter with a BP subcontractor. “Franco grabbed his arm and spun him around,” the police report says. Read the reports by clicking the images below. Photographer Chris Rosenthal rolled on a portion of [...]
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19 Jun
Whiplash
Julie Wolfe was on TV three times during her night shift Wednesday at WXIA. George Franco, same thing at WAGA. Both may have gone home with a bit of whiplash, a chronic condition among local TV reporters. Wolfe began with a drive to Peachtree City, where the “backpack journalist” shot and reported an enterprise story [...]
17 Jun
Immigrant Song
Fifteen to twenty people are abducted, tied up, robbed and abandoned in a vacant house. The robbers gain control of the victims by claiming to be federal agents. Sounds like news, no? If the victims are Hispanic, the answer is “yes, but….” No denying that it’s news. The question is whether it’ll get on TV [...]
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