Rob Koebel was the Chief Investigative Reporter with WTMJ in Milwaukee, that was until he decided while drunk to pee outside an Apple a Store near his Milwaukee condo.
He was arrested, lost his job, his wife and continued to drink.
Now, Koebel is 2 years sober and coming clean with his story and his battle with booze.
He has done a documentary called 'SHATTERED: A True Story'.
Here is the trailer:
A Philadelphia Lawyer has been charged with sexual assault and it is a story that hits very close to home for one Philly Reporter.
Cops busted lawyer Andrew Marsico on Saturday and charged him with sexually assaulting an unidentified 27-year-old woman Aug. 21 in Center City, police said.
Marsico is charged with indecent, simple, and aggravated assault; unlawful restraint; and related offenses, police said.
His attorney, Fortunato N. Perri of Philadelphia, said, "My client maintains his innocence, and we are continuing to review the allegations and charges."
He is married to WPVI Reporter Annie McCormick. McCormick has been with the ABC O&O since 2012 and married her husband in April 2013.
Her usually active Twitter page has gone silent since her hubby's arrest.
H/T Philly Inquirer
WVEC Sports Reporter and weekend Anchor Brian Smith is off the air after suffering from a Heart Attack.
Smith, 51, said he was at home in Virginia Beach Wednesday afternoon when he experienced shortness of breath. Increasing discomfort convinced him to go to Sentara Independence, where he was examined and transferred to the cardiac unit at Sentara Virginia Beach General.
Smith, who said he deals with high cholesterol that runs in his family, required a stent to clear a main coronary artery that was nearly 100 percent blocked.
“I’ll be off the air at least a month, then I’ll play it by ear,” said Smith, who has been with the ABC affiliate for 21 years. “I don’t like being sedentary for too long a period of time, but I have no other choice. I don’t want to go backward in any way, shape or form.”
Smith said he has been overwhelmed with text messages and well-wishes on Facebook.
“I look forward to getting back,” he said, “but right now I’m trying to just focus on getting through today.”
He was released from the hospital on Friday.
H/T Virginia Pilot
CNN has decided that when it comes to showing video from those ISIS idiots, you can count them out.
CNN says that the network won't be showing the latest video released by the Islamic State, which appears to show British journalist James Cantlie speaking in captivity.
HuffPo reports that Tony Maddox, executive vice president and managing director of CNN International, explained on "Reliable Sources" that the network decided not to play the video because it contained no new information and was nothing but a clear use of torture by the militant group also known as ISIS. He called it "obscene," "disgusting" and something that "absolutely shouldn't be shown." CNN has instead chosen to show only a still image from the video when reporting on the story.
"What we're seeing is a form of torture," Maddox said. "This man is really trying to perform to save his life. Why would we showcase that?"
"Reliable Sources" host Brian Stelter added that CNN had a tough debate over whether to play the video on air. But ultimately, Maddox said, the "editorial returns were not worth the ethical compromises" of showing the tape.
"We know that ISIS wanted us to show it," he continued. "And if we're in a situation where ISIS wants us to show anything, we should think really carefully about any way we can avoid doing that."
The decision echoes a previous statement by CNN against showing images or videos of U.S. journalist James Foley's death. Foley was also held in captivity by ISIS, and then beheaded in a video released to the public. Other news outlets, however, did not make the same decision with the Foley video.
Are the ABC bosses trying to make sure that Barbara Walters does not appear live on TV?
Page Six says that Walters’ live TV appearances are being limited by ABC chiefs as the network focuses on its revamped version of the “The View.”
Sources told us, as the show’s creator and former co-host, Walters had wanted to appear live on “The View” when it returned last week with its new panel. But ABC brass nixed the idea, and she instead appeared in a taped segment.
We’re also told Walters was asked to appear on NBC’s “Today” last week during the show’s Homecoming Week, where special guests appeared to co-host the 7 o’clock hour with Matt Lauer as fill-ins for Savannah Guthrie, but ABC advised against it.
A source told us: “They [NBC] asked Barbara, and she in turn asked ABC. There was a brief conversation, and ultimately she decided not to do it, because she wants to be loyal to ABC and not appear on the competition.”
Another source added of Walters, “She was very happy with the cute piece on the top of the show, where the new hosts kissed her ring.” The source added that Walters is “very savvy about TV and knows that if she was a live guest, all the headlines would be about that and not the new hosts.” Or perhaps that is what ABC chiefs feared.
Stephen Colbert took some well deserved swipes at Fox News host Sean Hannity and his coverage of the Adrian Peterson child abuse story.
Let's go to the video;
KYW in Philly covered a story this morning that dripped with irony. The station's helicopter was over the scene of a police car that crashed into a Dunkin Donuts.
Insert your joke here.
Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Which means just about every TV Anchor is going to say "Arrrrrrr" at some point during the newscast.
Most likely just before pitching to the Weather Anchor.
You've been warned.
CNN morning Anchor Kate Bolduan signed off today as she heads maternity leave.
CNN's New Day sent out this tweet:
The big question is will Bolduan return to New Day when she comes back?
Stay tuned....
KNWA (Fayetteville) Anchor Neile Jones shared a secret with viewers and wrote a book about. She was a victim of domestic violence.
“I made a decision to not stand there anymore and listen as people said, ‘I’ve never known anyone.’ I guess I just wanted to say, ‘Yes you do friend, yes you do.’ ” So Jones wrote a book about her experience, Look Again Because You Can.
Jones, her parents and sister, explain what Jones experienced in a special segment of the station’s weekly series about domestic violence, Hope for Peace.
Here's the video segment of her talking about her dealing with domestic violence:
H/T TVNewsCheck
The BBC had a huge story on their hands. They were covering the independence vote by Scotland and they turned to a Seattle company to help in their coverage.
Tagboard a social media display company, was chosen by the BBC to cover this historic event.
When the UK Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted about the outcome of the vote, they got it full-frame and on-screen before every other broadcaster because of Tagboard.
The company also just launched a new update to their website so any one can search a hashtag for free and see stats around the hashtag.
It's a great resource to jump on a breaking news hashtag story quickly and make sure you're using the right hashtag.
Tagboard will suggest the most popular hashtags being used.
If your station is involved in social media in anyway, Tagboard is a company you need to be looking into.
It has not been a fun couple of days around the FTVLive World Headquarters.
I told you yesterday, I had a bout with insomnia let me sleep less than an hour. My stomach never felt good yesterday and although I had a few bananas in the morning, I didn't eat by first meal of the day until 4:30.
I went to a local restaurant and got a plate of spaghetti, which I only ate about a quarter of.
When I got home, I started to feel really awful and decided to lay down. I felt like I might throw up. But, I have a record in that department that I did not want to lose. I had not thrown up since 2002.
Try as I might, the record is no more. I power chunked less than an hour after eating my spaghetti dinner. My 12 year record along with my dinner went down the toilet.
I still feel awful, but I'm hoping that I can start a new streak.
Check back in 2026 to see if I broke my old record.
The monopoly Nielsen says they are starting to phase out the paper diaries from their ratings system.
The diary-based system for measuring local TV viewership which is very inaccurate has been in place for the past 60 years.
The company says that they will use a new electronic devices it’s developed that will track viewing by “listening” to the audio portion of TV shows watched and a Nielsen “audio watermark” embedded in the signals transmitted by stations. It is starting with 14 markets.
The new system will enable the diary-based markets to obtain Nielsen viewership data 12 months a year, instead of just the current four sweeps months (February, May, July and November).
Broadcasters are already asking two key questions about the new system: How will demographic data be collected? And, will this new system result in higher prices for Nielsen data?
Nielsen would neither confirm nor deny the possibility of a price hike, so yeah they're totally going to jack up the rates.
H/T TVNewsCheck
According to CNN, 58% of the people think Scotland should be independent, while 52% do not think so.
I will admit, I'm no math wizard, but something is off with those numbers.
But, just like every athlete that has ever played the game, CNN gave it 110%.
A TV Reporter in Australia interviewed the first person to buy the new iPhone6. It was not a good start to the first iPhone6 ever sold.
Let's go to the video:
WTXF Anchor Mike Jerrick was shouldered with the task of helping Weather Anchor Janice Dean pimp her new book on a frog that "frogcasts" the weather.
At one point Jerrick hits his co-anchor in the ass and then blurts out "that was inappropriate."
Yes it was mike, yes it was.
Let's go to the video:
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