This happned Monday night during a promo for the 11:00 news to Sue Simmons, an anchor for WNBC-TV in New York. Watch the video here. Caution: Contains adult language. Do not get yourself in trouble listening to this at work. http://youtube.com/watch?v=t4nK-kWCm1M
This article from the NY Times explains what happens. It turns out that after she finished her line, her co-anchor was suppose to take over. But, he missed his cue. She thought they were taping when they were actually live. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/nyreg ... ei=5087%0A
Personally, I'm glad they're standing behind her. While she definitely made a mistake, it was an honest mistake. And, I think all of us at one point or another have lost our tempers and snapped. Her snap just happened to come in front of thousands of people. I'm very careful at work. Many times, when I get overwhelmed, I get up and go in the bathroom (the one place in the office I can go to find some privacy) and gather myself to keep from saying something I'll later regret. She needs to learn to be more careful like that, but I'm sure that the embarrasement from this will teach her that more than any kind of disciplinary action would teach her.
I can't believe the fuss over this. Are we all such babies that we'd like to see a woman lose her job over a word that every one of us has heard thousands of times? Believe me the average 5yo has heard it too. Even if their parents are careful.
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The link doesn't work, it says that the video has been removed by the user.
I don't think she should lose her job, but she should be fined. If it was accidental, if intentional that is an entirely different story. But I haven't seen the video.
OCG, we differ on this I guess. Simply because a child has heard something does mean it is acceptable anywhere at anytime. But a public broadcast does go, literally, everywhere. It is only limited by the power of the signal.
Sue Simmons has been on the local NBC affiliate here in NY for so long my hair was mostly still brown when she started. She's not getting fired unless she throws the station manager out the window.
LIPH wrote:Sue Simmons has been on the local NBC affiliate here in NY for so long my hair was mostly still brown when she started. She's not getting fired unless she throws the station manager out the window.
I remember when management took over the technical issues during a strike. It looked like public access. She made sure she said what she felt about them over the air.
Considering this happened after 10:30 p.m., I don't think too many young ears were exposed. I'd give her the "don't let it happen again" speech and drop it. I'm sure most people that heard it subscribe to cable, where you can hear some adult language all day long.
Personally, I get a kick out of watching people that appear smart on TV -- only to be exposed when the teleprompter quits working.
Zuke wrote:The issue here is the FCC, they can fine a station $325,000 for an offense like that.
Which I find ridiculous..... Fine them, yes, okay, but $325,000? Nuts......
And I know it's all relative and subjective, but I can see big fines for something like the "n" word, etc, because it's so derogatory... But the f bomb? The fine seems massively disproportionate....
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Which I find ridiculous..... Fine them, yes, okay, but $325,000? Nuts......
And I know it's all relative and subjective, but I can see big fines for something like the "n" word, etc, because it's so derogatory... But the f bomb? The fine seems massively disproportionate....
Zuke wrote:The issue here is the FCC, they can fine a station $325,000 for an offense like that.
After Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction , the FCC looked at fining all the stations that carried the game, not just a single fine for CBS. In the end, they fined the 20 CBS-owned stations the max for indecency at the time -- $27,500. They didn't fine the other affiliates that carried the game.
Any uproar in my opinion is just stupid. Yes, she said a bad word on TV. It wasn't intentional. She made a mistake. I might feel different if she intentionally sat on live TV and (in the words of my son) let the 'F' bomb drop all over.
It was late at night. The only reason most kids know about it is because of all the media attention. Maybe they should fine all the media outlets that are continuing to report on it.
We should have standards. But we should also recoginize that people make mistakes.
The kids should be asleep by that time. If they are so concerned about it they should hire an intern to man the bleep button and put the show on a 7 second delay.....
chippewa wrote:Considering this happened after 10:30 p.m., I don't think too many young ears were exposed. I'd give her the "don't let it happen again" speech and drop it. I'm sure most people that heard it subscribe to cable, where you can hear some adult language all day long.
Personally, I get a kick out of watching people that appear smart on TV -- only to be exposed when the teleprompter quits working.
Of course, now that it's become news, it's airing when young ears can hear.
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, the FCC looked at fining all the stations that carried the game, not just a single fine for CBS. In the end, they fined the 20 CBS-owned stations the max for indecency at the time -- $27,500. They didn't fine the other affiliates that carried the game.
