Blog Assignment #8

Fox News Anchors Can't Grasp "Pretty Simple" Legislative Procedure
Fox news reporter Bill Hemmer, gave false information in his news story about "self-executing rule", which aired march 17, 2010. He said that the "self-executing rule" doesn't require democrats to vote, when it actually requires majority vote. One of his associates, Carl Cameron, reported that "it was actually pretty simple" and that "it's a political magic trick."

Philadelphia Anchor Accused of Vandalism on Fellow Anchor's Car.
Philadelphia NBC10 news anchor Vince DeMentri is suspected of vandalizing co-worker Lori Delgado's car. Vince has already faced disciplinary actions, but his latest allegations seem far-fetched even for him. Vince DeMentri was questioned on July 3rd according to Philly.com, but no results. Although there seemed to be some missing things from the news set, but no one sees how that ties into the case. while there have been no breaks in the case, the news staff of NBC10 has made changed. Delgado will continue to work in the morning, while Dementri is to work in the evening.


Tax Warrant Issued for CBS News Anchor Katie Couric
This is really a stupid story, but oh well. It came to light that Katie Couric is in trouble with New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. They issued a warrant against her for an outstanding bill of $210.41. Katie's spokeman, Matthew Hiltzik, says that the warrant and older bills were sent to Couric's old address and that they will settle the matter once she returns from vacation. this may be because she has been struggling with her ratings at her new CBS News Post.

Philadelphia News Anchor is Aressted for Punching Cop.
Philadelphia news reporter Alycia Lane was arrested in Manhattan at 2 a.m. sunday morning for punching a cop. Details of what lead to the incident have not been released yet, but Lane was arraigned on a felony charge for assaulting an officer. She of course plead not guilty. Co-anchors say they are very concerned for Lane. Lane already made headlines in may, in which she e-mailed NFL Network's Rich Eisen vacation picture showing her and her friends in bikinis. The e-mails were intercepted by his wife, and she responded with a harsh message.


Man Arrested for Stalking WSAZ Anchor.
Chris David Jones,47, of  Barboursville in Cabell County was arrested august 13th, 2010 for stalking the local newswoman Jessica Ralston for 3 months. He began to contact Ralston in April, with intent to have a relationship, but Jessica said she was not interested. Ralston contacted police in may when Jones showed up to the tv station parking lot and wouldn't leave until he spoke to her. Ralston says that this isn't the first time something like this has happened. she says that another man. 54, wrote a letter to the news station saying that if the station did not remove the reporter that he would go in his classroom and begin killing students.