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Chicago reporter fired for aquatic hijinks
Posted by Fired Fred on July 11, 2007 4:33 PM
Amy Jacobson has plenty of time to swim and work on her tan, now that a Chicago TV station has dumped her for what looks like a pretty astonishing lapse in judgment...
Although she acknowledged a "lapse in judgment" for going swimming with the estranged husband of a missing Plainfield woman, Amy Jacobson never imagined it would destroy her career as a reporter for WMAQ-Channel 5.Yeah, anyway, the missing woman was in the middle of a divorce, and ready to kick her husband out of the house. She disappeared on April 30th. Hubby's still at the house with the swimming pool. Amy's been covering the case.
The hubby's sister invited Amy to come by his house to talk about the case on July 6th. Since she was on her way to go swimming with her kids anyway, she went over to the house.
Someone from a rival station shot several minutes of video, showing Amy in a hot swim top appearing at a back door from time to time. Other people were going in and out too, but none of them were covering the man of the house and his potential role in his would-be ex-wife's disappearance.
Check this out and see if you think Amy was trying to seduce her way to a scoop...
Throughout her 11 years at the station, Jacobson has been known as an aggressive reporter who ingratiates herself with sources and sometimes employs questionable methods to get stories. Though she was a lightning rod for rumors, her bosses generally looked the other way and praised her for bringing them the scoops.Once that video came out, and you know the rival station agonized for about three seconds over airing excerpts from that, Amy's bosses told her to cover up her stuff and clean out her desk.
I guess I don't see how Amy's actions warranted firing her. Reporters are under an insane amount of pressure to get the scoop on a story, and I know of a few up and coming reprters who were told to "do whatever you need to do" to get a story. I'm sure Amy was trying to befriend the family of the missing woman in hopes of getting an exclusive interview. BIG DEAL. It's not like she was caught frolicking around topless or nude. She's in a swimsuit, ummm SWIMMING. Get over it! Have we all forgotten how many times Amy was first on the scene of breaking news? How about how many times she was out in a blizzard or dangerous thunderstorm bringing the viewing public up to date on the situation? Can't we cut her a break for a momentary lapse in judgement?
Posted on: July 17, 2007 7:42 AM
Maybe I'll put my wife on ice so I can get some cute reporter to shake her peaches at me. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.
Posted on: September 18, 2007 4:37 AM
Marta, don't you get it. Can't you see she got screwed for messing with a missing woman's husband. Are you stupid? Where are your damn morals? Amy Jacobsen is your typical whore. Marta, you sound just like something Amy would do. You sound like an idiot and a filthy whore as well. I bet you would go down on him to get a promotion? :)
Posted on: January 31, 2008 12:03 PM