Woman Claimed Reporter Solicited Sex from her on Facebook

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Woman Claimed Reporter Solicited Sex from her on Facebook

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office has closed an investigation into a criminal complaint filed earlier this week by a woman who accused WAFB (Baton Rouge) reporter Jim Shannon of telling her via Facebook that he would give her $100 for oral sex.

Shannon attorney says his client did not make the offer and that his Facebook account was hacked. He claims it was someone else that posted the offer for oral sex.  

Shannon declined comment.

25 year old Kristen Clark Babin filed the complaint Monday with the Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives looked into a possible cyberstalking count but found “no credible evidence nor any criminal charge that coincides with the original complaint that was filed,” the Sheriff’s Office stated in a news release. The investigation is considered closed, the Sheriff’s Office said.

See the screen shots and  there is an interesting twist to this story. Find out after the jump.  

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KTVU Tries to Cover Up Mistake

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It appears that KTVU is getting sick and tired of being the Internet's whipping boy. 

The station that made quite possibly the most embarrassing mistake in TV news history (and that's saying a lot) is now trying to scrub the Internet of the video of their anchor reading the fake pilot names for Asiana Airlines Flight 214.

KTVU is filing copyright infringement against posted YouTube videos on the incident. 

It's a gutless move by a station trying to cover up their mistake. You can also bet if the video was one of their Reporter's doing something extraordinary, the video would still be online.

Of all the mistakes KTVU made on this story, trying to cover it up is one of the worst. 

Shame on KTVU! 

 

In Case you Missed It

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In case you didn't stop by FTVLive.com over the Weekend, then you missed the FTVLive posted story that will most likely make you gag a bit. 

For some reason Fox News Anchor Geraldo Rivera thought it would be a good idea to post a naked selfie of himself on Twitter. 

Maybe Rivera sees his body through rose colored glasses? Wait!!! After looking at the picture, he actually does see through rose colored glasses. 

After Geraldo Tweeted the photo, he deleted the tweet, writing: “Note to self: no tweeting after 1am,” Geraldo wrote on Sunday afternoon.

You can read our story from yesterday right here.  

Life After Resigning During the Newscast

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Life After Resigning During the Newscast

Remember the two Anchors from the maine TV station that resigned on air? 

Do you wonder what they are doing since? 

Well, we can tell you neither has landed a job in TV news since their on camera double resignation. 

“When we left the company, we knew we did not have anything to go to, and we knew it would be a challenge,” Cindy Michaels said. “You somehow make it. I told myself, ‘I am a survivor. I will get through this.’”

Her latest job is a radio gig and selling vacation excursions through sharkdiver.com for Shark Diver, a San Diego company, she says.

Her co-anchor that quit with her, Tony Consiglio is now writing for a website called
sportsjerks.net which is described as a rare entry into the often frothy world of online sports journalism, he says, in that it is founded by two poets who really care about quality writing.

More on what happened after their on air quitting after the jump.   

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Shot Down in Chicago

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Shot Down in Chicago

WBBM's (Chicago) News Chopper reporter might be crash landing at the CBS O&O.

Our man Robert Feder says that after nearly 20 years as Chicago television's best-known eye in the sky, Kris Habermehl fears he's about to be ground by CBS 2.

The ace helicopter reporter, famous for hovering over traffic hot spots and deftly describing news scenes from his bird's eye view, could be getting squeezed out over a change in the station's chopper vendors.

Although technically an employee of Total Traffic Network (successor to Metro Networks and Shadow Traffic), Habermehl said he strongly suspects he no longer will be used by CBS 2 after July 31 when the station switches its aircraft provider from Helicopters Inc. to U.S. Helicopters Inc., which bills itself as a full-service electronic newsgathering operation. No one from CBS 2 management has reached out to him to clarify his status, he said.

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O-Town Station Tacks on More News

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It's always good when a station adds more newscasts. 

In June, WFTV-Channel 9 added a half-hour 4PM Newscast and now they have decided to lengthen it to an hour. 

The new 4:30 news will replace "Family Feud."

"Our viewers made it very clear that what they wanted at 4 p.m. was a full hour of news," WFTV General Manager Shawn Bartelt. "We paid attention and made the necessary changes."

I always love when I read quotes like this...

Did thousands of viewers really call the station and say "we want you to expand that 4PM newscast to an hour"? Or did they picket out front the station demanding "more News!"?

Just how did the viewers make it "very clear"? 

I'm betting the truth is the station liked the ratings of the 4PM news and figured they can make more money selling news than they can syndication.  

But, it doesn't sound good when the GM says "we are expanding news, because it's cheaper to produce and we can still get money from the suckers that pay us to run ads." 

Anyway...like we said...no matter what, it's always a good thing when a station adds more news.  

 

Ohio station Names New Morning Anchor

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Starting Today, WNWO will have a new anchor on the morning show.

Annette Falconer hit the air early this morning at the Toledo station. ,

Falconer hails from Texas, most recently spending two years at KLTV in the eastern part of the state. A graduate of Brigham Young University, she participated in beauty pageants for four years and was Miss Dallas USA in 2004. She is married and has a 7-month-old daughter. The position has been vacant since Abby Powell left in early May after less than a year in the job.

WNWO Today airs from 4:25 a.m. to 7 a.m., preceding NBC’s Today Show. Falconer will work in concert with meteorologist Jon James.

H/T Toledo Blade

Geraldo Tweets Naked Selfie

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Move over Anthony Weiner, here comes Geraldonado! 

Fox News Anchor Geraldo Rivera thought it would be a good idea to tweet a naked selfie of himself on Twitter and make thousand of followers throw up in their mouth.

Geraldo posted the picture with the caption: 70 is the new 50 (Erica and family are going to be so pissed...but at my age...)

Of course Rivera did show his age by posting the picture sideways.

We're not sure if Fox boss Roger Ailes has seen it yet, but we're guessing old Rog might not be too happy and one of his Anchors is posting topless selfies.  

By the way, of all the Fox News anchors to post a naked photo, why God did it have to be Geraldo? That would be my last choice...except maybe for O'Reilly.  

Needles to say Twitter blew up with funny replies to Geraldo's pic: 

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The Top 5 Most Read Stories on FTVLive This Week

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Guessing the most read story on FTVLive this week is as easy as ever. But here's a look at the most top 5 most read stories the past week: 

No. 5 -  TO CATCH A PREDATOR MISTRESS SPEAKS OUT

No. 4 -  THIS GUY IS BETTER THAN YOUR WEATHERMAN

No. 3 -  STATION SAYS LEAVE US OUT OF "HOT" ANCHOR CONTEST

No. 2 -  AL ROKER LIKES TO TWITTER FIGHT

And the most read story was: OMG! YOU CAN NOT BE THIS STUPID

 

Helen Thomas is Dead at 92

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Helen Thomas is Dead at 92

Thomas covered 10 presidents over nearly half a century, and became a legend in the industry.

She was a fixture at White House news conferences -- sitting front and center late in her career -- where she frequently exasperated government spokesmen with her pointed questions.

Legendary journalist Helen Thomas dies

Thomas began covering the White House for United Press International when John F. Kennedy became president in 1961 and was a fixture there until her retirement in 2010.

After the jump, her career ended in controversy. 


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From DC to The Burgh

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Pittsburgh's WPXI has named Katherine Amenta as the new morning anchor at the station. 

Amenta will co-anchor the newscast with Joe Arena from 4:30 to 7 a.m. weekdays beginning in August.

Before joining WPXI, Amenta anchored the morning newscast at NewsChannel 8 in Washington, D.C. She is originally from Philadelphia.

“Originally a Pennsylvania girl, I'm very lucky to have so many family and friends nearby,” she says. “Plus, as a big sports fan, Pittsburgh is obviously the perfect city. I already have Pirates fever and can't wait to see what the rest of the season holds!”

H/T Pittsburgh Tribune Review

She's got Quite The Uterus

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She's got Quite The Uterus

WICS weatherman Joe Crain was left unable to speak on air after he was reduced to a flood of giggles by his colleague's joke on the morning news show.

Crain was laughing so hard he walked off camera and crouched on the floor when newsreader Natalie Sparacio recounted the story of a Russian woman who had 69 children.

When the anchor quipped, 'She's got quite the uterus,' Mr Crain dissolved into laughter and could not deliver the weather forecast.

The video after the jump.  


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