WUSA scrubbed all videos of dreadlock hoax and denies Mikea Turner's family friends disclosure?

[Anonymous]

Don't they owe viewers and website readers an apology for this professional lapse, which immediately went viral all piggybacking off their interview? WUSA reporter Mikea Turner said on air she scored the tip and interview because she was family friends with them. Mikea then bragged for days the scoop was hers. Now instead of mea culpa and a suspension of Mikea, seem to be following Trump's playbook of cover up, blame others, and wait for it to blow over.

[Anonymous]

Nice work. Leave a 12 year old child to hold that bomb all by herself.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone surprised?

[Anonymous]

Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

This.

You seem to be the same person posting on other threads, mentioning that reporter, implying she was deceptive or dishonest, demanding she be fired.

WTF is wrong with you? She was lied to the same as everyone else. So she broke the story? And? That's what reporters DO. They break stories. When they do it before anyone else, they get credit for that. That reporter has been upfront from the very beginning of this that she had a previous acquaintanceship with the family of the girl. She knew them before this happened. That's WHY the family (grandparents) went to Turner with the story. Because they knew already. There's no conspiracy here. And Turner was lied to.

Are you really suggesting that everyone's default position should be to NOT believe children when they say something happened? Is that what you want? Would you first doubt your own kids if they told you something bad happened to them, and only believe them AFTER you've proved it?



You're a creep. And your obsession with this reporter is disturbing. Because of people like you, she's probably in fear for her safety.


You're a nut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't they owe viewers and website readers an apology for this professional lapse, which immediately went viral all piggybacking off their interview? WUSA reporter Mikea Turner said on air she scored the tip and interview because she was family friends with them. Mikea then bragged for days the scoop was hers. Now instead of mea culpa and a suspension of Mikea, seem to be following Trump's playbook of cover up, blame others, and wait for it to blow over.

Mikea should be fired. End of the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

She DID verify the story. The girl TOLD HER this happened. That's called firsthand sourcing, for those of you who aren't journalists.

She got confirmation from the school that they are looking into it.

She got confirmation from the Fairfax Police Dept that they are indeed investigating.


At this point, she has done her due diligence as a reporter. She can now report that this girl tells her that this happened, and the school and police confirm they are investigating it.




That's the story. An allegation that _____ happened. Here's a soundbite of the victim interview to listen to yourself. Here's the soundbite of the school saying they're investigating it. Here's the police spokesperson saying they're investigating it. That's a story. That's how it works.

The fact that the "victim" lied about the whole thing is something that is impossible for anyone, including the girl's grandparents and the reporter, to know until a thorough investigation is done by police.

Are any of you journalists? Either by training or practicing? I'm guessing no. Because if you were, you'd understand how this can happen.

And for those of you who are not, are you parents? Because if you are I ask you this: what would be your default condition - your very first instinct - if your child came to you with a story about _____ happening to them? A situation where your kid was claiming to be attacked and victimized?

Would your first instinct be to assume your kid is lying about the whole thing?

Or would you believe your kid?





We just had a national argument this spring about whether victims are to be believed or not when they say that 35 years ago a Supreme Court nominee acted like a cad. There were choruses of people on this very site crowing about how women MUST be believed, no matter what. On the heels of the MeToo movement, where WOMEN MUST BE BELIEVED!!!!!

So now, with this case, with hindsight being perfect, now we have the same idiot DCUM people here screaming "the reporter SHOULDN'T have believed her..... until the investigation was over".


Utter nonsense. Sheer, unbridled hypocrisy.


I almost never underestimate the stupidity of the DCUM crowd when it comes to .... well, anything. If there's anything I've learned in the years of observing this forum, it's that the people here who think they're the smartest ones in the room are usually the biggest idiots. So I'm almost never surprised by how dumb people here can be. Almost..... never.


Today is one of those times where I DID overestimate DCUM.


Live and learn. You folks are even stupider than previously thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

DP here. I would think a suspension of at least a month would be appropriate here. The reporter played a key role in elevating a story that turned out to a fabricated hoax.

If WUSA just pretends it never happened, it's underscoring that its journalistic standards are very low.

Conversely, if the reporter is disciplined, it sends a message that WUSA actually cares about the quality of its reporting and that reporters need to take care, especially when minors are involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

DP here. I would think a suspension of at least a month would be appropriate here. The reporter played a key role in elevating a story that turned out to a fabricated hoax.

If WUSA just pretends it never happened, it's underscoring that its journalistic standards are very low.

Conversely, if the reporter is disciplined, it sends a message that WUSA actually cares about the quality of its reporting and that reporters need to take care, especially when minors are involved.

So the ONLY person punished here in this whole thing, is the reporter who was lied to.

Not the accuser who started it all. But the reporter she lied to. That's who you want to see punished.



You are absolutely insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't they owe viewers and website readers an apology for this professional lapse, which immediately went viral all piggybacking off their interview? WUSA reporter Mikea Turner said on air she scored the tip and interview because she was family friends with them. Mikea then bragged for days the scoop was hers. Now instead of mea culpa and a suspension of Mikea, seem to be following Trump's playbook of cover up, blame others, and wait for it to blow over.

Considering it didn't happen, deleting all the reporting was the appropriate thing to do. No news organization knowingly leaves false information up -- that's what a retraction is.

At least the reporter's career is over. No one should be that gullible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

DP here. I would think a suspension of at least a month would be appropriate here. The reporter played a key role in elevating a story that turned out to a fabricated hoax.

If WUSA just pretends it never happened, it's underscoring that its journalistic standards are very low.

Conversely, if the reporter is disciplined, it sends a message that WUSA actually cares about the quality of its reporting and that reporters need to take care, especially when minors are involved.

So the ONLY person punished here in this whole thing, is the reporter who was lied to.

Not the accuser who started it all. But the reporter she lied to. That's who you want to see punished.



You are absolutely insane.

The accuser is going to have her own set of punishments. She is not innocent in this whole thing. She is NOT responsible for the exceedingly poor judgement of making this national news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

She DID verify the story. The girl TOLD HER this happened. That's called firsthand sourcing, for those of you who aren't journalists.

She got confirmation from the school that they are looking into it.

She got confirmation from the Fairfax Police Dept that they are indeed investigating.


At this point, she has done her due diligence as a reporter. She can now report that this girl tells her that this happened, and the school and police confirm they are investigating it.




That's the story. An allegation that _____ happened. Here's a soundbite of the victim interview to listen to yourself. Here's the soundbite of the school saying they're investigating it. Here's the police spokesperson saying they're investigating it. That's a story. That's how it works.

The fact that the "victim" lied about the whole thing is something that is impossible for anyone, including the girl's grandparents and the reporter, to know until a thorough investigation is done by police.

Are any of you journalists? Either by training or practicing? I'm guessing no. Because if you were, you'd understand how this can happen.

And for those of you who are not, are you parents? Because if you are I ask you this: what would be your default condition - your very first instinct - if your child came to you with a story about _____ happening to them? A situation where your kid was claiming to be attacked and victimized?

Would your first instinct be to assume your kid is lying about the whole thing?

Or would you believe your kid?





We just had a national argument this spring about whether victims are to be believed or not when they say that 35 years ago a Supreme Court nominee acted like a cad. There were choruses of people on this very site crowing about how women MUST be believed, no matter what. On the heels of the MeToo movement, where WOMEN MUST BE BELIEVED!!!!!

So now, with this case, with hindsight being perfect, now we have the same idiot DCUM people here screaming "the reporter SHOULDN'T have believed her..... until the investigation was over".


Utter nonsense. Sheer, unbridled hypocrisy.


I almost never underestimate the stupidity of the DCUM crowd when it comes to .... well, anything. If there's anything I've learned in the years of observing this forum, it's that the people here who think they're the smartest ones in the room are usually the biggest idiots. So I'm almost never surprised by how dumb people here can be. Almost..... never.


Today is one of those times where I DID overestimate DCUM.


Live and learn. You folks are even stupider than previously thought.

Hi Mikea.