Really...She Didn't Try and Draw a Dick

Yesterday, FTVLive showed you the story from Flint's WJRT.

Reporter Siobhan Riley was doing a story on some road-construction, when she pretty much drew a penis on the touchscreen.

Her News Director Jayne Hodak says that Riley wasn't trying to draw a dick and it just kind of happened. “This was an innocent mistake on behalf of the reporter. In no way was it intentional,” Hodak writes in an email to JimRomenesko.com.

If you haven't seen the video yet. Here's a link. 

Who is Creepy Cubicle Guy?

People wondered who the creepy guy was during the Anthony Weiner press conference. 

Not Weiner, we know how creepy he was. 

But it was the guy behind him in the cubicle that got a lot of attention on Twitter.  

So just who is he and what was he doing peeking over the cubicle? 

He's WOR Radio reporter Jeff McKinney.

McKinney became a Twitter star as "Cubicle Guy," after he says he showed up late to the presser.

Mckinney said the room was packed and it was the only place left to stand.

The radio reporter said he had no idea he was becoming a star on Twitter. 

The Ego Has Landed

Keith Olbermann may have burned more bridges in this industry than anyone. But, Olbermann points out, when you burn the bridge, just take the tunnel.

Somehow, Olby has tunneled his way back into ESPN and he now claims it was the best place he ever worked. He said that as he worked at other places, ESPN started to look better and better. He thought it was contentious when he was there in the 1990s, but “after my other experiences, it was like ‘Let’s applaud Keith’ for five years.”

He says that his work at MSNBC and Current TV "took a lot out of me, and it wasn’t all that much fun.”

He avoided mentioning either MSNBC or Current by name, and referred to his bosses there as “ex-politicians.” In response to a question about his past experiences at ESPN and Current, he said, “That’s like the difference between color TV and radio.”

He said he has learned a few things from a career marked by stormy exits.

“Man, I better have,” he said. “I have to have figured out what parts of it were my fault.”

Here's a hint Keith, most of it was your fault.  

How long he last at ESPN? 

Stay tuned...  

H/T NY Daily News

Ummmm... You Just Drew a Penis

Somebody need to tell WJRT's (Michigan) Siobhan Riley when you're doing a report about construction, it might be a good idea to NOT draw a picture of a penis on the screen.

Just saying.... 

Let's go to the video:

Tiny Dancer

When stations go live just for the sake of going live, they should bring this little girl along to make the live hit worth watching:.

Let's roll the video out of Chicago: 

The Giants of the Industry

The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation has announced their 2013 Giants of Broadcasting. 

This year’s honorees include Barry Diller, Anne Sweeney, David E. Kelley, Alex Trebek, Morley Safer, Dick Cavett, Robert L. Johnson, Jeff Smulyan, Richard E. Wiley, Richard Leibner and Carole Cooper (pictured).

This year is the 11th Annual Giants of Broadcasting Awards Ceremony and Luncheon and the event will take place in NYC’s Gotham Hall on October 16th. 

The event honors those individuals who have played a pivotal role in creating and advancing the electronic arts. 

Needless to say, I'm not on the list. 

Media Loves A Good Weiner

When it comes to coverage of Anthony Weiner, size does matter.

The cable nets took time off over obsessing over the Royal Baby to cover the latest thing to pop up in the Antony Weiner sex scandal. 

Word came out that Weiner AKA Carlos Danger had sent even more sexts. 

“Up next, we’re moving to a very, very different story,” Wolf Blitzer said as he transitioned the show from the Royal Baby to Anthony's Weiner.

The story is perfect for the cable networks still sulking that the George Zimmerman trial is over. 

As word came down that more sexts were out there and that Weiner was going to be holding a press conference, it was like "Trayvon Who?" for the media.

The kittens had a new shinny object and it was a story that could wrap their hands around (someone that Weiner did as well). 

The ingredients are perfect for cable news: New York, the U.S.’ largest media market, and home base to the networks; sex, politics, deceit and the woman that is standing by her man.

It's almost like we have been teleported back to the Clinton White House.

No matter what, you can expect ball to ball overage on this story from the cable news outlets. 

OK. I'm out of stupid puns now. 

I'm Blaming You Women For This...

Some of you women might be surprised to know that the dildo is  now extinct.  

Yep I heard it on CNN (so it has to be true).

Don't believe me? 

Watch this:  

Woman Goes After O-Town News Crew

A Woman that did seem too happy with WESH in Orlando, went after the crew on the scene of a police officer that had been shot.

The raw tape opens with a reporter running from the woman as she walks around. Then as she goes over to the live truck, the Photog runs towards his camera and it appears the woman gave him a quit pop to the face. 

An  Orlando Police officer then moves in places the lady under arrest.

Let's roll tape:  

Down the Slippery Slope We Go

NY Times Media Critic Brian Stelter is going to guest host CNN's Reliable Sources. 

The Washington Post reports that Stelter, a New York Times reporter covering television and digital media, will guest-host an edition of CNN’s Sunday program “Reliable Sources,” the media-watchdog show that longtime host Howard Kurtz recently left for a job with Fox News.

No word if this is a tryout for Stelter to do the show on a more regular basis, but there is no doubt, it is a slippery slope.  

Stelter is asked by CNN, a network that he covers to step in and host a show on that network. How no one sees this is a conflict of interest is beyond us. 

Why the NY Times is letting him do the show, is also a head scratcher.  

Many felt that when Howie Kurtz signed onto host the show on CNN, much of his credibility when out the window.

Could the same thing happen to Stelter? 

Time will tell, but if it was me, I would tell CNN thanks but no thanks...and continue to do my job at the paper.

Stay tuned...  

That's an awfully Bright Moon Geraldo

Yesterday, we told you that Geraldo Rivera blames his naked selfie tweet on being up drinking at 2:30AM and taking pictures on himself. 

But as one eagle eyed FTVLive reader pointed out, check out the light coming in from the bathroom window. Unless Geraldo lives under a billboard, the photo was taken in daytime. 

Which really leads to the question, what the hell is Geraldo doing taking naked photos of himself during the day? 

At least if it's the middle of the night and you're drinking, you have some sort of built in excuse. 

This guy is creeping me out more and more.  

Word is that the folks at Fox News are flabbergasted by Rivera's actions. The Fox den is just hoping that this all goes quietly away.

Rivera did admit that it was Fox News suits that ordered him to delete the tweet in the first place.  

Chasing New Jersey Passes WPIX News

It looks like WPIX is doing the chasing now.  

In just two weeks WOR's TMZ knock off "Chasing New Jersey" has passed WPIX's 10PM newscast.

And as tough times continue at WPIX, a familiar face has popped up in the newsroom. 

It appears that former WNBC news director Vickie Burns is now part of PIX.

While her role with WPIX is not clear, we’ve learned that she’s been seen in the Channel 11 newsroom during anchor auditions. The station and Tribune would not confirm Burns has joined the station or the company.

Either way it appears that Burns is coming aboard the Tribune ship and we'll just have to see who she's going to replace.

Stay tuned...

H/T Tuned In