Live coverage sparks debate after on-air suicide incident
Reporters and editors in Los Angeles weigh the ethics of showing a man’s self-inflicted death on live TV. KCAL and other outlets faced criticism for interrupting children's programming while covering the scene. Viewers described the footage as shocking and inappropriate, while station leaders defended the coverage as newsworthy and timely.
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KCAL
Dennis Ranie
Los Angeles
Herzig
Daniel V. Jones
Jones
Sete cc
Ennecemene Seine Wik Seled
Cat Salley
KTTV
Spider- Man
Isi
KTLA
Becakin
Donna Dird
Oxnard
Jeff Ward
Wald
Eaglecam brings bald eagles into homes via web feed
Internet viewers can watch a Massachusetts pair repair their nest 100 miles west of Boston. The live camera, updated every 15 minutes, shows eggs, a hatch, and feeding, with viewers across the country following from Texas to Florida. The project, run by U S Fish and Wildlife Service, Massachusetts, and Northeast Utilities, marks rising tech bringing people to wildlife sites. Bruce Babbitt will visit the refuge Monday.
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Boston
Texas
Georgia
Florida
Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Connecticut River
Carolyn Boardman
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Massachusetts
Northeast Utilities Power Company
Eagle Channel
Bruce Babbitt
Cincinnati Zoo
New York
Walnut Creek
Paris
Hong Kong
Nu.com
Woman charged with harboring McDonald’s standoff suspect
Patricia Faulkner Hodge, 27, was arrested in North Carolina on harboring a fugitive charge. Police say she sheltered Kevin E. Jackmon, 30, sought after a McDonald’s in New Bedford Massachusetts where two gunmen held 13 people hostage. One gunman, Demarco Trigman of Rhode Island, died inside the restaurant. The other fled with two hostages who later escaped in New York. authorities seek Jackmon and probe Hodge’s link to him.
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Raleigh
N.C
Massachusetts
Patricia Faulkner Hodge
Kevin E. Jackman
New Bedford
Mass
McDonald's
Demarco R. Trdgman
Newport, R.I
New York City
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Odessa
S.M.L. Fashions
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