Space Needle, Edward Scissorhands ... Penis.

Good god, this seems like an asinine way to run a live news program. But, what do I know?

Hey, they are now " taking immediate steps to prevent such an accident from happening again" so its all good.

 

As I'm at work and this is NSFW, could someone explain what happened? I think I have an idea from the comments here.

And stop being so hard on the guy who let this by

 

The local FOX affiliate in Denver scrolled through photos on Twitter with the hashtag #KOMO. They did it live, on the air. Those photos included (a) a photo of the helicopter crash, (b) an omelette, (c) Edward Scissorhands, and (d) a dick.

 

As someone who produces a live TV newscast each day, it floors me that someone thought this was a good idea. Local FOX morning shows tend to be pretty loose affairs, but Jeez, what a dumb idea.

 

You blast out any cock shots recently?

 

I'm laughing reading the concise chronology of the events.

 

Pretty well managed to avoid it, thankfully.

 

I'm so glad I left TV news in 2008, before the Twitter madness...

 

Honestly, Twitter has made my job easier. I can get information quicker from pretty specific sources. I would never do anything like the blind scrolling of photos the Denver station did, so that's not even an issue.

 

Agree with PCLL.

I don't like Twitter for writing and communicating. Yet, as a news source, I hardly miss anything in our area now. Just set up a news feed with 60-70 regional sources and I'm covered. We hear something in one place in our market. Go to Twitter -- there's often something there. Helps us find people, witnesses, etc.

Again, you can't use it for information to broadcast (unless it's from an official source) but it makes finding the needle a little easier amid all the damn hay.

 

If those steps don't include firing the idiot producer who thought this was a good idea then they aren't doing it right.