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<v Speaker 2>Must be twenty what orlder to play gambling problem called

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<v Speaker 2>oney hunter gimbler.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>In my time in journalism, which again especially in news writing,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a little under a year at this point

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<v Speaker 2>of course, I've studied journalism, I'm very, very familiar with

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<v Speaker 2>how to handle things. One thing that still amazes me

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<v Speaker 2>is how little the public understands how we have to

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<v Speaker 2>report crime stories, especially when the accused is a friend

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<v Speaker 2>or a family member. They get mad when we report

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<v Speaker 2>what we're told by police. They accuse us of not

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<v Speaker 2>telling both sides of the story. Well, in many of

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<v Speaker 2>these cases, we sit down or we show up at

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<v Speaker 2>the initial court hearing and we ask the accused if

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<v Speaker 2>they care to comment, and most times they don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to comment, usually because they're lawyer, or maybe they're just

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<v Speaker 2>smart enough to know they don't want to say anything

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<v Speaker 2>because it might be used against them. Now we'll show

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<v Speaker 2>up at the trial, we'll cover the trial and that

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<v Speaker 2>will be the time that their side of the story

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<v Speaker 2>gets told. But in the initial arrest, we have to

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<v Speaker 2>go with the police version of events because that's all

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<v Speaker 2>we're told, and these people are okay with that when

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a loved one. Recently, there was a letter

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<v Speaker 2>to the editor that or not even a letter to

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<v Speaker 2>the editor, it was an email directed towards me that

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<v Speaker 2>where we'll just call this individual BS because pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>everything he wrote is nothing but BS. In the first place,

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<v Speaker 2>he accused me of writing a piece that read like

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<v Speaker 2>a hit job and not responsible journalism. And it was

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<v Speaker 2>just one of those ridiculous accusations because again he has

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<v Speaker 2>a relationship of some type, whether it's a friendship, family member,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care. With the accused individual, of course, he

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<v Speaker 2>then goes on to ask where the facts and tries

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<v Speaker 2>to defend and then makes his own accusations that I

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<v Speaker 2>guess I'm supposed to print his acu usations and defense

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<v Speaker 2>of the accused because he's a credible sword. He's more

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<v Speaker 2>credible than police. But my boss be jumped into the

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<v Speaker 2>email chain to defend and say yes, he had read

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<v Speaker 2>every part of the story and that it was no.

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<v Speaker 2>At no point did I interject my opinion that I

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<v Speaker 2>attributed everything to police, And yet Captain Genius here, mister

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<v Speaker 2>BS himself could not accept that because his well, why

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<v Speaker 2>should you just trust police, genius, they're the only ones talking.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how ninety percent. No, no, that's how ninety nine

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<v Speaker 2>point nine percent of these type of initial arrest stories work.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times, I've found that some of the

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<v Speaker 2>people that come and are angry, they're projecting their anger

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<v Speaker 2>at the individual that was arrested, accused put in the

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<v Speaker 2>situation onto us because they're upset that the friend, family member,

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<v Speaker 2>loved one was arrested. I don't think that's the case

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<v Speaker 2>with mister BS. I think he's just a moron just

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<v Speaker 2>because every counter fact thrown at him, it shows that

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<v Speaker 2>he does not understand journalism, and the slightest, although he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to project himself as an expert on the matter

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<v Speaker 2>of journalism, it's clear that this guy has sat down

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<v Speaker 2>and watched a Few Good Men one too many times,

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<v Speaker 2>or My Bad All the President's Men one too many times,

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<v Speaker 2>a Few good Men, different movie. But he sits back

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<v Speaker 2>and wants to project this he's seen these Hollywood newspaper

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<v Speaker 2>films and thinks that's the way that journalism works. It's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you have to take the information that you're given

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to wait for the trial before the

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<v Speaker 2>other side's story gets told, merely because they're not talking.

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<v Speaker 2>If mister BS wants to get this accused individual to

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<v Speaker 2>sit down and give us an interview with their side

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<v Speaker 2>of the story, guess what we'll do, moron, We will

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<v Speaker 2>do that. But that's not going to happen. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen. There's not going Here's the other thing.

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<v Speaker 2>If the accused is able to flip the table on

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<v Speaker 2>the accuser in a particular case, and the accuser ends

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<v Speaker 2>up getting arrested, we're going to cover that too. These

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<v Speaker 2>are the things that these people don't seem to understand.

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<v Speaker 2>We're awesome when it's a story that is on their side.

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<v Speaker 2>We're unprofessional and tabloid when it's not. It's an absurd,

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<v Speaker 2>idiotic take to believe that there was any malice there.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister BS obviously thinks that I know the accused. I

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<v Speaker 2>had never met the accused before that day. Honestly, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even meet the accused that day because the accused

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<v Speaker 2>refused to even really look up at me. So you

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<v Speaker 2>can sit back and you can get on your high

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<v Speaker 2>horse and pretend that you understand what journalism is when

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<v Speaker 2>it's clear the more you speak you do not. It

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<v Speaker 2>is clear that the more that you reply, reply, reply,

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<v Speaker 2>you should probably just shut up because you're just only

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<v Speaker 2>making yourself look dumber and number mister BS, because again,

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<v Speaker 2>you're full of bs. That's who you are, that's what

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<v Speaker 2>you are. That's the reality of your lack of knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>on any basic understanding of how journalism works. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>there'll be more moments like this in my career that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to sit back and laugh at. But it

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<v Speaker 2>is awesome knowing that you have a boss like Jim Sigalski,

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<v Speaker 2>who when you're in the right, you know he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to defend you vehemently, and that is something that makes

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<v Speaker 2>him one of the best folks to work for. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why we as a group rally and work hard behind him.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just it's a great atmosphere for sure. And maybe

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<v Speaker 2>maybe mister BS should stop watching all the Hollywood movies

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<v Speaker 2>about reporters and actually study a little bit about how

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<v Speaker 2>journalism actually works, and maybe then he could understand why

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<v Speaker 2>an initial arrest story is usually told from the perspective

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<v Speaker 2>of the police. This has been morning Coffee with the

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<v Speaker 2>Right Side and I'm your host, Jack Fairchilds and we're

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