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So a PIO from PUBLIC SAFETY engages in indecent public actvity while on duty and nothing happens, but a poor tar smearing schmuck from transportation gets publically humiliated by everyone for briefly looking at naughty photo online while on duty. so the FEMALE public safety officer who showed poor judgment in trusting the man she was in a relationship with by taking a photo in her public safety get up, is demoted while a MALE public safety officer showed criminal judgement for partaking in indecent activity with someone he was not in a relationship with while in his public safety getup seems to be totally protected.
I guess it pays to be a male public safety officer at the city of tucson.
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hey TW how about some investigative journalism on Rio Nuevo, TCC, Jim Click, the City council, Maynards sweet rental deal, etc?
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At this point it shouldn't matter if either was actually charged, just being associated with this story and having this kind of negative attention is enough of a morales clause violation (especially where it says their actions shouldn't "reflect unfavorably upon you, KVOA, or its sponsors"). What's fair is fair, and in this case she is in clear violation and should be let go. And TFD should demote him for being associated with something this shady on TAX PAYER time. As for the other people at the station @Saleslady, I guess at least now they can use "I was being detained by the police" as an excuse to miss work.
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PS nobody is talking about this outside of the crappy little media club in this town. Bill Shaw has a rep as a strong manager. If he is as good as advertised - same for Kathy B - they will have the guts (if it even takes guts) to stand by their employee and not get caught up in a nothing story. But then again, most TV management turns out to be gutless when the heat is on even slightly.
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I'm shocked this Media Watch isn't about radio. That's all Schu seems capable of writing about...
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Yes indeed. More to come. As long as papers like the Weekly are around to ferret this stuff out.
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I would probably demote both of them. I have just the opposite feeling towards Allison as the above poster. I don't see anything special there at all. Wouldn't miss her a bit.
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The double standards in this case are obvious; AA has gotten preferential treatment at KVOA and I have to believe it effects moral around the station. Imagine how her colleagues feel about filling in on the day she was detained by the police and didn't show up for her scheduled show and all the shows for the two weeks she'll be out on 'vacation'. On top of that, the embarrassment of more negative attention can't be comfortable for anyone there. As for Captain Baker, I don't understand why his superiors are OK with this kind of bad press......more to come, certainly.
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They should keep Allison. She is talented and good on camera. Kristi needs to be canned. She is horrible and comes across as phony. Rebecca Taylor would be an awesome co-anchor with Tom.
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This is old news, let it go! If you're that bored, find out why the Mayor needs TPD security and a driver. Word has it the "suspicious package" he received which accelerated his security scam, was actually a quilt that was intended for Gabbie Giffords. The sender apparently didn't know where to send it.
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The elitists will always get away with anything they want. After all they are special and are not to be held to the same standards of society.
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And another thing....my solicitation incident report had none of the names redacted.
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Remember my comment when Martha Vasquez was fired - It was racially motivated. The others have had white privilege, thus they remain.
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"There was no crime committed" per the report but it took 7 officers to figure that out?? This seems like much ado about nothing more than two people having a conversation and exchanging an admitted hug. The location was appropriately suspect since it was a dead end street. Their marital status is for them to figure out, and none of our business. But if there was no crime committed, it should not be an issue for employment.
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Maybe this is too obvious to point out, but Diana Lopez is extremely attractive, at least according to the huge portrait of her that ran every day for at least a week on azstarnet. Every. Day. For all I know it's still there under "most popular" articles.
The Star took a three-paragraph story and flogged it for a week because they had one photo of a pretty girl. I felt like I was reading a British tabloid. Yes Bob was probably trying to be funny with his "sexting police officer" comment earlier, but it appears that is the reaction the Star was going for.
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TV news outlets protecting their own, that's what is going on. Local Channel 9 news director Forrest Carr's explanation doesn't cut it. He says, "It gives the impression that the report might be motivated, in whole or in part, by a desire to make a competitor look bad. Ethical news reporting does not allow hidden agendas, real or perceived." First, this IS news and the community needs to know. It is NOT motivated to make a competitor look bad. In truth, it's a Quid Pro Quo thing....un unspoken statement to the competitor stations declaring that if you don't run a story involving one of our own employees, we won't either. Nice cover up. And did Carr say "ethical reporting does not allow hidden agendas"? So why didn't KGUN run this story?
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Reading the report one will notice a whole lot of brass involved immediately on a simple solicitation call. Preferential treatment from the start. That's where the weekly comes in!
Both married? This is not going to be pretty.
As for the sexting police officer....perhaps a link to these photos would be in order to help determine culpability!
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He had a heart attack and died in his sleep.
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They should get rid of her just based on her on-air performance. She can barely read her scripts without having to look down all the time, she can't improvise when something goes wrong, and she seems generally uninformed on the topics she is reporting (thus the total reliance on scripts and the need for everything to go perfectly). Weekly Fan is right, there is nothing special there, just a lot of hot air and a human form filling up space. Whether this is true or not, it shows a total lack in judgement (which isn't surprising for someone who seems to lack sense), and it makes me not like her that much more.