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In my line of work I am on the evening news pretty often. Most of the news folks know not to talk to me. I do not like them, they get in my way, and almost allways twist what you say.. Anyhow, yesterday evening we flew into a accident scene on the interstate,single car MVA over turned many times, one patient, severe head trauma. Anyhow we do our normal circle and hit the gorund. I finaly found the ambulance (was hidding behind a fire truck). I open the rear doors and sadly the pt was having CPR adminsterd to them. We do not fly anyone in arrest, there is not enough room in the current chopper ot work them. My partner and I pick up our stuff and hea back to the bird when the new news chick approaced me.. She sticks a mic in my face and a camrea light comes on, next I hear " Sir can you tell us what happend".. Me being the smart a$$ I am,I smile into the camera and tell her " Well yes mam, seems we have a plane crash here, you need to notify the Navy as well as the Coast guard,advise them we are going to need a tank and some foward guns placed on that hill.", camera light goes of, she calls me a name and walks off. I forget aobut it just that quick..

Flash foward to 11pm news and there is the report on the accident on tv.. And someone messed up and used my little comment as part of the interviews.. I almost split my head when it hit the floor cause I was laughing so had that i fell off the couch..
I dont think she will ask me anymore questions.

Oooopsie!!

LOL...too funny. Is there a video clip of it you can post? That could be on that "Bloopers" show they throw up when nothing else on tv.

I am not sure I will look

Matt, YOU are my NEW HERO!!!

(ya see folks...sarcasm, like revenge, is a dish best served cold)

I really wanta see that clip.

I would like to see that too! That is way too funny. Did they use the whole thing or just part of what you said?

Hmmm... reporters trying to let the rest of a community know what happened at a certain accident scene doesn't really seem to warrant any type of sarcasm. Just my opinion...

No they used everything i said..

Sitcking a mic in my face while there is emergency workers toriny to make a scene safe, tend to a very very very badley ( bad enough that he died from his injuries) patient, and cross saftey tape, does warrant it..

Most excellent...
Reporters are like vultures these days, no sense of decorum.

I get myself in trouble at work with the same sardonic sense of humor. People in the way want to know things they wouldn't understand anyway while they impede your progress.

Too bad her comment wasn't recorded for viewing as well.

Well done..

A reporter will stab you in the back while shaking your hand. Only 2 here I turst, and they mostley cover the desk dont go out into the street unless its really bad. No the camera and I am sure the mic was off when she called me a f-ing a-hole

I agree,well done! There is a time and a place,and in the middle of an emergency isn't either one.

Wait, didn't you say you were heading back to the chopper when she asked what happened? So you weren't doing anything on the scene? You were actually leaving the scene and she asked you then? I guess I'm missing something here. Oh well...

missing something? You are. Reporters are asshats. finger it out will ya?

I love reporters. We had a guy shoot himself in the head in his car at a gas station here a few years back. On TV, when the deputy said that the man had been sitting in the car with the gun for some time and had fatally shot himself when officers approached the car, a reporter jumped in and asked if the gun had been loaded. The deputy gives this guy his best withering look and says:

Yes, sir, apparently it was at the time.

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Hmmm... reporters trying to let the rest of a community know what happened at a certain accident scene doesn't really seem to warrant any type of sarcasm. Just my opinion...

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It warrants ALL KINDS OF sarcasm. And I like the people have a need and a right to know slant here. C'mon, give us a freaking break. Death, blood and carnage sell. That is why the TV crews are there. Not to "inform the community".

Good job Matt. Would like to see that clip if at all possible.

Yes as a matter of fact I was returning to my helicopter that was sitting in the middle of a closed down interstate with the blades turning cause this was a hot load situation. It does not matter that I was going to or from my bird. It does not matter if I was treating a patient or not. I does not matter beacuse thye breached a action circle and put thems selves in harms way. What happens if the reporter gets to close to a car that has been cut open to get her story and slips? She falls, possably landing on something sharp, injuring her self and now has become a patient. Accidnet scens are not safe, there are many diffrent people form EMS, to Fire Dept, to Police, to Haz-mat aqll there doing a job. there is 0 room for someone who is untrained to be in such enviroments. There are fire hoses on the ground, powerfull tools being used, as well as sharp shards of metal and galss all over the place. You are not allowed with in 10 feet of the car being that is being cut open unless you have on full turnout gear. This means EVERYONE. I am not allowed to approach the car untill all rescue operations are complete and the patient has been removed. These are laws mandated by the state. The news media feels the laws do not pertain to them. be it on a accident scene a house fire or some other type of emergency. They constantly ignore the rules breach the safety lines to get a "good shot".. Do I feel bad about that I said to her? Not in the least. I can respect them doing their job, we all do. But sticking a mic in my face in the middle of aaccident scene is not respectufl to me or the other emergency workers..

And I am known in the news media as the person you DO NOT want to talk to!!!!

No the Navy did not show up,something to do with the getting a rescue ship 60 miles up the interstate had the capt a little nervy lol

Well done, well done.

Reminds me of a Stars and Stripes reporter covering a traffic accident that knocked down a utility pole. According to the reporter, "downed power lines give off elecries, which are very dangerous if touched." So, if you are near an accident scene and see any elecries running around, don't try to pet them.

Well, it's a good thing you're known as the local bad a$$. Whew, that was a close one. If she fell, if this, if that... If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry christmas.

(I know, I know, I guess I should just get used to the fact that Edward R Murrow is dead, and Walter Cronkite is retired)


But Dwight ......you always have that current literary wannabe on MSNBC who goes by the name of keith oldberman or olderthen or whatever. He tries hard to make everyone think he is an Edeard R Murrow type. LOL

You know. He does that Worlds Worst person baloney every night.

Matt, let me guess: you are a roving news reporter and defending the "craft"? Seriously, reporters that place themselves in the way of people trying to do their job are being ignorant of their own responsibility to report the news not "create" it. Maybe if Brittney Spears was driving the ambulance she could run over some feet and teach them a lesson... just my humble opinion... ride safe...Gordon

I've seen way too many reporters ask the grieving family member "How did you feel when you heard about...???"

I'm about to generalize here so beware...

Reporters are ratings whores!! They are looking for "the one" that will get the evening teaser spot!!

They have little care for "how did you feel....?...they care that your sobbing and tears will make a good bit of TV...and beat their competitor's in the ratings!!!

So Matt don't try to walk any high road with "getting the story to the community" the news the community needs to know is the interstate is closed...they DON'T need to know that the car flipped 10 times and there are bit's of brain all about the place!!! But the RATINGS WHORES sure would like a bit of Video of the brain bits!!

Pond Scum describes MOST reporters...

Henly said it 18 years ago...


I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I dont have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
Running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You dont really need to find out whats going on
You dont really want to know just how far its gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down

Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre stiff
Kick em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybodys pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When its said and done we havent told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!

Or as the Kinks so profoundly put it:
Give The People What They Want

Hey, hey, hey...
Give the people what they want

Well, it’s been said before, the world is a stage
A different performance with every age.
Open the history book to any old page
Bring on the lions and open the cage.

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please

The roman promoters really did things right.
They needed a show that would clearly excite.
The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight
Threw the christians to the lions, sold out every night

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please

Give ’em lots of sex, perversion and rape
Give ’em lots of violence, and plenty to hate
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want

When olswald shot kennedy, he was insane
But still we watch the re-runs again and again
We all sit glued while the killer takes aim
"hey mom, there goes a piece of the president’s brain!"

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Blow out your brains, and do it right
Make sure it’s prime time and on a saturday night.
You gotta give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give The People What They Want

Ride safe... Gordon

Back when I was on active duty reporters would come out to the aircraft carrier and ride with us for several days at a time. Some were ok but most had an anti military chip on their shoulders as big as Texas. If they treated us well we would show them the ship and aircraft and tell them as much as we could about the missions and capabilities of the various units and try to help them understand the culture of the military. If they were jerks we would lead them astray and fill them with so much BS that by the time they left they knew less than when they arrived. Now, whenever I hear some laughably outrageous comment from a reporter about the military I assume some mischievous junior officers have been having fun at their expense.

Soemthing tells me that your observation is likely a truism even in a certain area of the world where we have a significant military prescence. All those CNN and MSNBC and CBS/ABC reporters "make up" most of their stories cause I am sure your average GI in that part of the world pretty much recognizes these lowlifes for what they are.

Although they probabley treat the "Fox" guys straight up.

You don't like reporters? Fine. You want to act like a dick to them? Great. Your comments must have got a fine laugh back in the break room. Meanwhile, I'm sure there are a bunch of taxpayers like me who caught your smartass comment and though "what a ****** jerk".

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Meanwhile, I'm sure there are a bunch of taxpayers like me who caught your smartass comment and though "what a ****** jerk".

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What does being a taxpayer have to do with screwing with reporters or what they were actually foolish enough to put on the boob tube?? Do your taxes support the news? No? Ohhhh, your comment was aimed more directly at Matt and how your taxes might pay his salary, I get it now.... Let's see how big of a jerk he is when him or one of his brothers is helping you or a loved one and some ratings whores want to get in the way! Don't go through life making other people's jobs harder.

If you're ever in a situation that requires medivac,
I hope for your sake that someone like ditchdr, fasteddy,
bad406, or one of the other wisea$$ flying emts from here
is there to help you. I'd sure put my life in their hands.
Uncle Charlie

Spare me the hero worship. He acted like a jerk... his skill set has nothing to do with this.

I think it takes a heck of a person to work EMT/Rescue. I think it takes a better person to take a look at the stereotypes they hold and to try to move past them. You want better reporters telling more intelligent stories? They certainly aren't going to get them with comments like that.

I'd EXPECT that one of these flying wiseass EMT's would help me should I ever be lying on the side of the road AFU. That's his job. What I wouldn't expect as a member of the public is the same person making someone else's day tougher just for a laugh. I certainly don't expect to hear how proud he is of that sort of behavior either.

If he's got time to come up with a smart alec comment, he's got time to choose to say something intelligent, or simply "I can't comment" and move on. He chose to make a flip remark. My bet is the reporter aired it to show how public servants occasionally choose to act when they think the public won't find out.

"Uuuuuhhhhh, Exit stage left..... running all the way, even" Snagulpus

WOW

Yep! See what you started, Matt???

(you know...once I get started.........................