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Title: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 03:03:14 PM
Apparently they were airing a car chase and the guy got out of the car and domed himself and they showed the whole thing on live tv.

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Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: The1BigWillie on September 28, 2012, 03:06:16 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/28/shep-smith-apologizes-fox-news-live-suicide-messed-up_n_1923971.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/28/shep-smith-apologizes-fox-news-live-suicide-messed-up_n_1923971.html)

 :popcorn:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 03:16:08 PM
Kind of NSFW, here's the youtube of the guy doming himself.  not really graphic or anything.

http://youtu.be/ifL13sOIxhY
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Pexikan on September 28, 2012, 03:21:33 PM
mumped up. Don't need to see that again. eff.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: 'taterblast on September 28, 2012, 03:22:36 PM
man
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: AppleJack on September 28, 2012, 03:24:06 PM
yep, saw it live here in the office. did not want to see that.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: mocat on September 28, 2012, 03:24:37 PM
whoa, that makes you feel weird inside
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 03:25:38 PM
 :frown:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: The1BigWillie on September 28, 2012, 03:40:24 PM
 :shakesfist: :driving: :driving: :shakesfist: :shakesfist: :runaway: :runaway: :goodbyecruelworld:

 :horrorsurprise: :clac:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: TheHamburglar on September 28, 2012, 03:40:34 PM
What's the FCC fine for that?  I'm kind of surprised the 7-second delay rule for live TV doesn't cover news. 
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 03:41:06 PM
:shakesfist: :driving: :driving: :shakesfist: :shakesfist: :runaway: :runaway: :goodbyecruelworld:

 :horrorsurprise: :clac:

excellent
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 03:41:56 PM
What's the FCC fine for that?  I'm kind of surprised the 7-second delay rule for live TV doesn't cover news.

they were on a delay, according to the anchor.  someone didn't switch over fast enough.  i doubt they'll get a fine.  crap happens.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 03:42:16 PM
I have mask-like PTSD now  :frown:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: TheHamburglar on September 28, 2012, 03:42:47 PM
I want to flip over to Fox News to see how they are handling it, but I'm 10 minutes behind on this Law & Order and want to see who killed the real estate developer's estranged son.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: The1BigWillie on September 28, 2012, 03:44:09 PM
GET OFF IT!!!
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: AppleJack on September 28, 2012, 03:48:16 PM
I have mask-like PTSD now  :frown:

did you see it live or click the link?
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: ChiComCat on September 28, 2012, 03:50:22 PM
What's the FCC fine for that?  I'm kind of surprised the 7-second delay rule for live TV doesn't cover news.

they were on a delay, according to the anchor.  someone didn't switch over fast enough.  i doubt they'll get a fine.  crap happens.

Whats the point of the delay if they don't follow through with cutting it and don't get fined?  I'm shocked to hear myself say this, but I just don't think they're doing a very good job over there at Fox
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EllToPay on September 28, 2012, 03:54:00 PM
guys... :frown:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: shivvyman on September 28, 2012, 03:55:46 PM
Kind of NSFW, here's the youtube of the guy doming himself.  not really graphic or anything.

http://youtu.be/ifL13sOIxhY

I thought only Marilyn Manson had this self-doming capability........appears I was wrong
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Paul Moscow on September 28, 2012, 03:58:36 PM
If it bleeds it leads. Or in the case of Fox if its a completely innocuous car chase in Phoenix with little to no informational value then by all means cut away from your national broadcast to cover it.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: p1k3 on September 28, 2012, 04:01:17 PM
Did the guy shoot himself or what happened?
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: AppleJack on September 28, 2012, 04:03:06 PM
If it bleeds it leads. Or in the case of Fox if its a completely innocuous car chase in Phoenix with little to no informational value then by all means cut away from your national broadcast to cover it.

 :flush:

If there is a high speed car chase on any news channel I will stop and watch that crap for as long as it takes until resolution. Love car chases. Do not love seeing people kill themselves. I also love dogs.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: TheHamburglar on September 28, 2012, 04:05:25 PM
Did the guy shoot himself or what happened?

Yeah, he ran into a field, stopped, spent about 3 seconds pulling out the gun and putting it to his head, then falls over.  No detail or anything, you just see his arm go to his head, then he falls over.  It was filmed from a helicopter.   

With the 7 second delay, they had about 10 seconds to cut away and failing, including 4 seconds of the host saying loudly "get off it".  It was a split screen thing. 
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Pexikan on September 28, 2012, 04:07:56 PM
This is why I think cops should be more aggressive in police chases. This whole stay back at a safe distance bullshit is gonna lead to more tragic suicides. Now, if Riggs and Murtaugh were the cops, this guy would have gone out in a more dignified way like shooting out the tires and the car somersaults off a ravine or a hail of gunfire involving hostages. Probably catch phrases are said and some sweet sax riffs. That's the way this SHOULD have ended. Anyways, thoughts go out to the family of the dead.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: p1k3 on September 28, 2012, 04:13:44 PM
Did the guy shoot himself or what happened?

Yeah, he ran into a field, stopped, spent about 3 seconds pulling out the gun and putting it to his head, then falls over.  No detail or anything, you just see his arm go to his head, then he falls over.  It was filmed from a helicopter.   

With the 7 second delay, they had about 10 seconds to cut away and failing, including 4 seconds of the host saying loudly "get off it".  It was a split screen thing.

 :horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EllToPay on September 28, 2012, 04:14:01 PM
:frown:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 04:25:03 PM
jesus pike, watch the link i posted
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: ChiComCat on September 28, 2012, 04:28:08 PM
If it bleeds it leads. Or in the case of Fox if its a completely innocuous car chase in Phoenix with little to no informational value then by all means cut away from your national broadcast to cover it.

Rarely do 24 hour news networks have anything more informative on their regular broadcasts
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: p1k3 on September 28, 2012, 04:29:00 PM
jesus pike, watch the link i posted

wasn't working a few minutes ago. But OMFG....
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 04:40:09 PM
don't watch pike. no good will come of it.  :frown:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EllToPay on September 28, 2012, 04:40:51 PM
don't watch pike. no good will come of it.  :frown:

wait, pike is p1k3?

 :sdeek:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 04:41:18 PM
I have mask-like PTSD now  :frown:

did you see it live or click the link?

clicked the link...like a fool. knew I shouldn't. couldn't help it. no self restraint.  :frown:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: _33 on September 28, 2012, 04:50:44 PM
don't watch pike. no good will come of it.  :frown:

wait, pike is p1k3?

 :sdeek:

 :horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 04:51:32 PM
i've seen more gruesome deaths in movies.  you can't even see any blood. 
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 04:54:22 PM
i've seen more gruesome deaths in movies.  you can't even see any blood.

not the point dumbass
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 28, 2012, 04:55:31 PM
take it up with foxnews, stevedave.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: hemmy on September 28, 2012, 04:56:05 PM
meh, seen much worse.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: hemmy on September 28, 2012, 04:59:09 PM
By the way, pretty sure Fox News is on cable, meaning they can show whatever they want, FCC has no jurisdiction.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EMAWmeister on September 28, 2012, 05:13:39 PM
i've seen more gruesome deaths in movies.  you can't even see any blood.

not the point dumbass

Yeah it's not graphic or anything, but if you saw it live you'd be like  :sdeek:

But I don't feel bad for someone who clicked on a video of a guy killing himself and is disturbed by a man killing himself (sorry SD)
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 05:14:12 PM
i've seen more gruesome deaths in movies.  you can't even see any blood.

not the point dumbass

Yeah it's not graphic or anything, but if you saw it live you'd be like  :sdeek:

But I don't feel bad for someone who clicked on a video of a guy killing himself and is disturbed by a man killing himself (sorry SD)

yeah, but you're weird and are already lumped with hemmy and okcat in my list of posters anyway
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Saulbadguy on September 28, 2012, 05:20:22 PM
Meh.
Title: Re: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EMAWmeister on September 28, 2012, 05:22:20 PM
i've seen more gruesome deaths in movies.  you can't even see any blood.

not the point dumbass

Yeah it's not graphic or anything, but if you saw it live you'd be like  :sdeek:

But I don't feel bad for someone who clicked on a video of a guy killing himself and is disturbed by a man killing himself (sorry SD)

yeah, but you're weird and are already lumped with hemmy and okcat in my list of posters anyway

You knew what you were getting into, dumbass.
Title: Re: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 05:23:45 PM
i've seen more gruesome deaths in movies.  you can't even see any blood.

not the point dumbass

Yeah it's not graphic or anything, but if you saw it live you'd be like  :sdeek:

But I don't feel bad for someone who clicked on a video of a guy killing himself and is disturbed by a man killing himself (sorry SD)

yeah, but you're weird and are already lumped with hemmy and okcat in my list of posters anyway

You knew what you were getting into, dumbass.

your grasp of relevant portions of things is truly mind boggling in its poorness
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Saulbadguy on September 28, 2012, 05:25:36 PM
Hey now. Cool it off guys.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: DQ12 on September 28, 2012, 05:25:40 PM
yeah, but you're weird and are already lumped with hemmy and okcat in my list of posters anyway
holy moly. this is why i try to steer clear of the 'dome.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 05:26:43 PM
Hey now. Cool it off guys.

k. friends emawmeister? :extendshand:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EMAWmeister on September 28, 2012, 05:30:31 PM
You cut me deep, SD.  I was like, mostly on your side anyways and then you turned hurtful.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 05:32:10 PM
You cut me deep, SD.  I was like, mostly on your side anyways and then you turned hurtful.

SORRY :STICKSHANDOUTVERYAGGRESIVELYDEMANDINGASHAKE:
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EMAWmeister on September 28, 2012, 05:33:06 PM
FINE. I guess.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 28, 2012, 05:33:43 PM
FINE
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: michigancat on September 28, 2012, 05:42:00 PM
I didn't click the link. I watched the video of the pennsylvania politician that offed himself at a freaking news conference in the 80's and it rough ridin' scarred my brain.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: TheHamburglar on September 28, 2012, 05:56:04 PM
I didn't click the link. I watched the video of the pennsylvania politician that offed himself at a freaking news conference in the 80's and it rough ridin' scarred my brain.

This has been discussed here before, but does "Hey Man, Nice Shot" give you flashbacks?
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Paul Moscow on September 28, 2012, 05:59:39 PM
I didn't click the link. I watched the video of the pennsylvania politician that offed himself at a freaking news conference in the 80's and it rough ridin' scarred my brain.

This has been discussed here before, but does "Hey Man, Nice Shot" give you flashbacks?

Was literally about to watch the documentary about that. Does it show him off himself or did you see it somewhere else?
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: ChiComCat on September 28, 2012, 06:00:37 PM
Yea, it was mentioned in the Wikipedia thread I think.  I killed a half an hour looking into all of that.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: michigancat on September 28, 2012, 06:09:47 PM
I didn't click the link. I watched the video of the pennsylvania politician that offed himself at a freaking news conference in the 80's and it rough ridin' scarred my brain.

This has been discussed here before, but does "Hey Man, Nice Shot" give you flashbacks?

Was literally about to watch the documentary about that. Does it show him off himself or did you see it somewhere else?

I saw it a few years ago on the internets. haven't seen the documentary.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: hemmy on September 28, 2012, 06:24:25 PM
Even I have limits FWIW - have not watched those Al Qaeda be-heading videos.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: SdK on September 28, 2012, 06:25:31 PM
I didn't click the link. I watched the video of the pennsylvania politician that offed himself at a freaking news conference in the 80's and it rough ridin' scarred my brain.

My friend's band wrote a song dedicated to Bud, called "Our Bud." It's a happy song about Bud being their bud and that he'd be your bud too.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on September 28, 2012, 07:02:02 PM
i clicked the link fully expecting to close it quickly. i didn't. the video was pretty far away. idk. i guess when you watch "faces of death" as a ninth grader you are pretty scared for life. didn't think it was that bad. but yeah, if you saw that without knowing you were going to see it then that's pretty messed up and all in all is not something that i really want to watch again.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: ednksu on September 28, 2012, 07:53:18 PM
old people watching foxnews would not have been happy

I'm sure they would be soothed with Shep saying "welp, we have some splain' to do".
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: jtksu on September 28, 2012, 07:53:37 PM
I didn't click the link. I watched the video of the pennsylvania politician that offed himself at a freaking news conference in the 80's and it rough ridin' scarred my brain.

My friend's band wrote a song dedicated to Bud, called "Our Bud." It's a happy song about Bud being their bud and that he'd be your bud too.

Pretty sure "Nice Shot" was written about him.  Guess sometimes people have similar ideas, huh?
Title: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: The1BigWillie on September 28, 2012, 08:08:17 PM
Guy just saved the taxpayers thousands. More similar minded criminal fucks should do the same. Would watch.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Cire on September 28, 2012, 08:09:53 PM
I remember seeing the LA bank robbers that had like the whole police force under fire get killed on a heli cam like that.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: MakeItRain on September 28, 2012, 11:57:41 PM
By the way, pretty sure Fox News is on cable, meaning they can show whatever they want, FCC has no jurisdiction.

FCC indecency standards also apply to cable television, their regulations are slightly different, but they have regulations.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Bloodfart on September 29, 2012, 12:30:56 AM
I heard the dude's fine.  That one congess woman got shot point blank an she's like whateves.  Modern medicine is working miricales with brain insults worried dudes.  Mrs. BF MD says he was aiming at a non-useable part of the dome piece.  No biggie he'll be out an about gettin' that chedda in no time. 
Title: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: puniraptor on September 29, 2012, 12:37:10 AM
Very weird. Like he was a robot and just flicked the off switch.  :frown:
Title: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: puniraptor on September 29, 2012, 12:38:15 AM
I heard the dude's fine.  That one congess woman got shot point blank an she's like whateves.  Modern medicine is working miricales with brain insults worried dudes.  Mrs. BF MD says he was aiming at a non-useable part of the dome piece.  No biggie he'll be out an about gettin' that chedda in no time.

Can I txt your wife a picture of a mole I need looked at?
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: Bloodfart on September 29, 2012, 12:47:26 AM
I heard the dude's fine.  That one congess woman got shot point blank an she's like whateves.  Modern medicine is working miricales with brain insults worried dudes.  Mrs. BF MD says he was aiming at a non-useable part of the dome piece.  No biggie he'll be out an about gettin' that chedda in no time.

Can I txt your wife a picture of a mole I need looked at?
  sure but this isn't obama care we're gonna need some kinda passable proof of insurance. alrighty then.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: EMAWmeister on September 29, 2012, 03:26:54 AM
I heard the dude's fine.  That one congess woman got shot point blank an she's like whateves.  Modern medicine is working miricales with brain insults worried dudes.  Mrs. BF MD says he was aiming at a non-useable part of the dome piece.  No biggie he'll be out an about gettin' that chedda in no time.

HUGE difference.  "Fix You" was playing as she was dying**.



**Not actually dying
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 29, 2012, 09:51:05 AM
By the way, pretty sure Fox News is on cable, meaning they can show whatever they want, FCC has no jurisdiction.

there is no way that you could be more wrong about that.
Title: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: steve dave on September 29, 2012, 09:52:09 AM
You guys just cruise the Internet for videos of people shooting themselves? :(
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 29, 2012, 09:53:28 AM
i guess some of us just don't close our eyes during the "scary parts" of nightmare on elm street, sd.  sorry bro :(
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: hemmy on September 29, 2012, 09:56:19 AM
By the way, pretty sure Fox News is on cable, meaning they can show whatever they want, FCC has no jurisdiction.

there is no way that you could be more wrong about that.

Fine...they can show ALMOST anything. Christ almighty.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: ChiComCat on September 29, 2012, 09:59:04 AM
i guess some of us just don't close our eyes during the "scary parts" of nightmare on elm street, sd.  sorry bro :(

Call me crazy, but I think there is a difference between a movie and knowing you are actually seeing someone's life end.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: OK_Cat on September 29, 2012, 10:08:08 AM
i guess some of us just don't close our eyes during the "scary parts" of nightmare on elm street, sd.  sorry bro :(

Call me crazy, but I think there is a difference between a movie and knowing you are actually seeing someone's life end.

meh.  everybody dies eventually.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: yoga-like_abana on September 29, 2012, 10:23:42 AM
yikes, makes me sick to my stomach
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: hemmy on September 29, 2012, 10:26:20 AM
All I can say is sometimes you are watching funny videos online and in sneaks a video of a man getting electrocuted to death. nbd. It happens.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: WillieWatanabe on September 29, 2012, 10:30:24 AM
live would suck for the shock factor. The producer or whoever is horrible at their job. but Seeing it on youtube isn't as bad for me personally. I've watched worse, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: sonofdaxjones on September 29, 2012, 10:38:59 AM
Didn't see it, won't watch it.

Title: Re: Fox News makes a guy kill himself
Post by: hemmy on September 29, 2012, 11:02:37 AM
live would suck for the shock factor. The producer or whoever is horrible at their job. but Seeing it on youtube isn't as bad for me personally. I've watched worse, unfortunately.

Exactly. If they are on a delay how the eff can you screw that up so badly?