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"Don't touch reporters. Don't yell something into their live shots." reporter shows her experience (Original Post) Demovictory9 Sep 2021 OP
A parade of morons MacKasey Sep 2021 #1
Moving was her best move. brush Sep 2021 #2
Set up in a stadium concourse as drunk fans are leaving the game? Klaralven Sep 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #7
Yeah Cosmocat Sep 2021 #11
Honestly... druidity33 Sep 2021 #4
If the "fans" had respected her space, gab13by13 Sep 2021 #5
Why are there still some "Hi Mom!" morons thrilled to be on TV? alphafemale Sep 2021 #6
Good god. This thread is full of "she was asking for it" bullshit. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #8
In the SEC? gab13by13 Sep 2021 #9
I guess DU is telling me that it is OK for them to harass her this way Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #10
Seems that way. But if you had been the one pointing out this happened in the south? kcr Sep 2021 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author kcr Sep 2021 #17
I'll delete. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #18
eh Cosmocat Sep 2021 #12
Sure. Men have a right to harass a woman if she is to the side of Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #13
lol Cosmocat Sep 2021 #14
Yep, with maybe two exceptions, all males. Treefrog Sep 2021 #20
And not a mask in sight. Reader Rabbit Sep 2021 #19
Disgusting pigs. kairos12 Sep 2021 #21
Disgusting behavior MenloParque Sep 2021 #22

Response to Klaralven (Reply #3)

Cosmocat

(14,563 posts)
11. Yeah
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 08:23 AM
Sep 2021

Not excusing their behavior, but it wasn't even a good shot location to have traffic going behind her like that, much less keeping in mind people in this country are stupid at shit at this point in time.

druidity33

(6,446 posts)
4. Honestly...
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 06:39 AM
Sep 2021

she's lucky the home team seems to have won. At least everyone seemed in a good mood. It can get pretty violent when the games over and you're headed to the car after a few too many beers. I steer clear of most ballgames. Though some crowds are just all around genial (I'm smiling at you, Mets fans!). I'm not really sure what she expected being so close to the crowd exiting a game seemingly all at once. She might not yet have her "read the room" sense developed...



gab13by13

(21,312 posts)
5. If the "fans" had respected her space,
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 06:53 AM
Sep 2021

I bet anything she would have added a how great it was for stadiums to be packed again with screaming fans.

What did she or her producer expect? The narrative is how great it is to have thousands of screaming fans back in stadiums. Heck, my church doesn't mandate masks and Sunday I only saw 4 masks in church. We're back baby, 1,000 Covid deaths a day because people are afraid to buck the narrative. Thank god Pa. mandated masks in school.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
6. Why are there still some "Hi Mom!" morons thrilled to be on TV?
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 07:01 AM
Sep 2021

You are on camera nearly every moment you are in public.

Get a YouTube channel if you are that attention deprived.

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
8. Good god. This thread is full of "she was asking for it" bullshit.
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 08:10 AM
Sep 2021

I have seen countless men reporting from stadiums and none of them are harassed like she was.

Also note that every woman who walked past her somehow managed to do it without touching her or yelling at her.





Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
10. I guess DU is telling me that it is OK for them to harass her this way
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 08:20 AM
Sep 2021

because they are southern?

Because the reactions in this thread overwhelmingly criticize the woman rather than the men harassing her.

Because boys will be boys, nudge nudge, wink wink, amiright? And this little gal is just asking for it!

kcr

(15,315 posts)
15. Seems that way. But if you had been the one pointing out this happened in the south?
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 09:05 AM
Sep 2021

Cute the outrage over south bashing. Funny how that works.

Response to kcr (Reply #15)

Response to Scrivener7 (Reply #16)

Cosmocat

(14,563 posts)
12. eh
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 08:25 AM
Sep 2021

It was a REALLY bad location pick - of all these men you note, any of them every shoot it in the traffic flow in the concourse after the game with thousands of liquored up fans streaming by?

If no one stopped to be a drunken clown, it was still a really bad place to shoot just based on having all the traffic going through the background, be it a man, woman, goat or whatever.

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
13. Sure. Men have a right to harass a woman if she is to the side of
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 08:31 AM
Sep 2021

a pedestrian traffic flow.

It's one of thise rules. She didn't follow that rule, therefore they were right to paw her, yell in her face, and handle her equipment.

Again, the rule only applies to men. Every one of the women passing her managed, somehow, to keep their hands off her even though they, too, were walking by.

But if that woman is going to stand where men are passing, she's asking for it.

Because boys will be boys, and woe betide anyone in their path.

 

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)
20. Yep, with maybe two exceptions, all males.
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 10:08 AM
Sep 2021

They’d never do it to a male reporter. And they so obviously think they’re just as cute as the dickens.

Reader Rabbit

(2,624 posts)
19. And not a mask in sight.
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 09:14 AM
Sep 2021

COVID numbers are gonna explode even worse now that college hand-egg season has begun.

MenloParque

(512 posts)
22. Disgusting behavior
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 10:58 AM
Sep 2021

But I’m afraid this is not confined to the US. This is nowhere near the worst I’ve seen. I’ve seen drunk soccer fans (football) in England take this behavior to absolute frightening levels. Poor girl.

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