Fox News Airs Footage of Man Shooting Self in Head

[Ddz]

Jesus...gg Fox News.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/fox-news-ai...2#.UGYIwE3A99t

By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (@GoldmanRussell)
Sept. 28, 2012
A carjacking in Arizona ended when the suspect shot himself in the head today as footage of the incident was broadcast live on Fox News Channel.

A chopper covered the high-speed chase along I-10 outside Phoenix. Initial reports indicated that a victim may have remained in the stolen car.

Chopper video showed the vehicle zooming along Arizona's wide open highway, flashing past cars and trucks, switching lanes as it weaved through traffic, often speeding along the shoulder of the road. The camera from the chopper captured the moment the chase ended with a male stumbling out of a red SUV into a grassy area. He reached into his waistband and pulled a handgun. He then shot himself in the head.

Fox cut away from the shot soon after the man shot himself and went to commercial break.

Following the break anchor Shepard Smith apologized for airing the shooting. He said the feed was on a five second delay, but they failed to cut it off in time.

"We really messed up and we're all very sorry," he said. "That didn't belong on TV... I personally apologize to you that it happened."

"It's insensitive and it's wrong," he said of airing the shooting.

[ronin sparthos]

This could happen to any network when you're filming things live.

[Vandole]

I saw the video of this on youtube, wasn't graphic whatsoever. Meth addict frantically ran and then fell over after a loud pop.

[Cream Soda]

Fox is shit, but some people are quick to jump the gun as well

[Tyrath]

This could happen to any network when you're filming things live.

^ this.

Don't really blame fox.

[Mythe_Seraph]

Dang this happened like, really close to where my girlfriend lives

[Vandole]

video for thos interested, won't last long. nsfw and nsfl and stuff.

[Souj]

indeed. I hate fox, but yeah, can't blame them for that, and even if you could (technically you can since they were on a 5sec delay, dude was just asleep at the switch), big deal.

[Krazy]

Fox is shit, but some people are quick to jump the gun as well

Like the car jacker?

[ronin sparthos]

video for thos interested, won't last long. nsfw and nsfl and stuff.

I feel bad for laughing at the last 10seconds now.

[AidenCarby]

GET OFF IT

[Eurell]

Spoiler: show

Get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off get off

GET OFF IT

[Andalusian girls]

Fox is shit, but some people are quick to jump the gun as well

A+ pun

[Vandole]

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Your sig is way too fitting in this thread, holy fuck lol.

[Howie Roary]

why?

[Xajii]

For those of you saying that you can't really blame them, well, that's not entirely true.

More specifically, there's one person that you can blame, and who will probably be fired: the producer. He had a very short window to cut, but was clearly told to do so, and did not. I know that it is not an easy job, but it is his job - and one of his most important duties. You're trained for this shit. Like, a lot. This sort of thing unfortunately happens more often than we would like to believe, and some TV crew or another is often covering it.

Props to Shep for handling it well.

[Dimmauk]

What was that guy on?

[Correction]

http://www.abload.de/img/13488624280426lpt8.gif

[hey]

Don't we have a thread for random unimportant news?

We saw him fall to the ground, so what.

[Xno Kappa]

Weak suicide was weak.