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pimpbot Donating Member (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:01 AM
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"They could have capped her" - CNN Anchorman RE: Tasering
I really could not believe my eyes or ears. CNN just showed the woman getting tasered in Ohio again, and whoever this dufus was, his first name is Rob, he goes "Well, it could have been worse, they coulda capped her!" and made the gangster pose with the his hand held sideways in a gun fashion. His cohost looked absolutely stunned that he said that.

Firing off a complaint to CNN right now, I urge everyone to write in. IMHO he needs to be fired.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:03 AM
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1. A reporter said that?! n/t
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pimpbot Donating Member (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:04 AM
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2. The host of whatever show is on CNN at 11:58AM said that
I've never seen him on CNN before, so I guess hes new. I'll try and find his full name.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:07 AM
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3. But not as bad as what Imus said, I suppose
:eyes: This is definitely not the United States where my father's first Buick was made.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:22 AM
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8. I don't think so.
Just incredibly unprofessional behavior from a so-called journalist.

Or do we even consider these pretty newsreaders journalists anymore?

I don't. They are more like performance artists.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:41 AM
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10. Your correct, news readers are performance artists.
But this is celebrity crazed country...which means whatever falls from their lips is given more credibility than it deserves without inspection.
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pimpbot Donating Member (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:09 AM
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4. Rob Marciano, is his name, I think.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/marciano.rob.html

It looked like the guy on the program at the time.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:10 AM
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5. Oooooh! Isn't he a weather guy usually?
Interesting.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 03:55 PM
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14. That's Chad Myers
Myers is the fellow everyone made fun of when he threw a fit because Carol Costello wouldn't take his weather report seriously. Then, funny thing. What Chad was trying to make clear was the severity of a certain tropical storm headed towards the gulf coast...

Carol Costello should be ashamed but I doubt it.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 04:14 PM
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15. Yes
Rob Marciano is a news and weather anchor for CNN Worldwide and is based in CNN's world headquarters ... joining CNN, Marciano served as chief meteorologist for KATU-TV and 750 KXL News Radio in Portland
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/marciano.rob.html


I never knew Rob was such a dick.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:12 AM
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6. He's so hip and down with the kids
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:19 AM
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7. I was shocked by his comments, too.
Seeing this women tazered repeatedly was absolutely sickening- especially after she had already been handcuffed. I cannot believe the cop is on "paid" leave.

We need the cardiologists around the country to speak out about the potential dangers of being stunned with this kind of electrical jolt.
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 11:40 AM
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9. Tazers scare the H_ _ _ out of me. Police scare me and I get
easily riled by their methods. I have one medicine I take for persistent tachycardia....what would happen if I was considered "unruly" and was tazered? I don't think anyone can answer that.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 12:03 PM
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12. there`s a real good chance you would be dead
tazering people who are in a hyperactive state or have high heart rates is the same as shooting to kill.
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 03:49 PM
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13. I take medicine (a beta blocker) to keep it at about 75bpm but.....
if I really need more heart rate (strenuous task) like 150, I can't....I push it a lot and probably shouldn't but I've got things to do! However, a cop and a tazer would probably kill me...from pure fright if not the tazer itself!
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Kceres Donating Member (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 12:03 PM
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11. Thanks for the heads-up.
I'm going to e-mail CNN right now.
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