May 01, 2007
Houston NBC Cameraman Flying Mexican Flag
Brian writes:
I was video taping with my anti-illegal alien group at a protest on Saturday. Our Houston NBC affiliate was at the protest to do a story. The following picture [above] is a screen grab from the event. The NBC cameraman had a Mexican flag attached to his camera! This is making headlines on some forums here in Houston, and was talked about quite a bit this morning on both Houston and Dallas talk radio channels. Fair and balanced, unbiased and non partisan, right? Ha!So, NBC sends a crew to cover an anti-illegal immigration rally....and there's a Mexican flag on the camera? I feel sorry for the lady standing with him near the end of the video, who I'm guessing is the producer. She seems really uncomfortable.
Here's the video:
Update 5/02: Looks like Ian, over at Hot Air, also got the e-mail from Brian. But he finds that the TV station has now weighed in on the incident:
KPRC News Director Skip Valet told WND the cameraman's flying of the Mexican flag broke station rules.Don't. Take. Sides. Right."It violates our policy, because we're always objective observers of these situations," Valet told WND. "We don't take sides in news stories; we cover them. That policy was clearly violated."
The cameraman has been disciplined, Valet said, but he could not disclose details, because it's a personnel matter.
By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at May 1, 2007 12:46 PM | | l digg this
