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  • Louis Tomlinson Bashes Journalist Who ‘Said’ He’s Gay

    Louis Tomlinson is very unhappy with a journalist who reported about the One Direction singer, and insinuated he might be gay.

    The headline in question, which was published in The Telegraph, read “Louis Tomlinson supports gay Apple CEO Tim Cook–days after Harry Styles‘ comments on gender and sexuality.” It pictured Louis wearing an Apple t-shirt with the original logo on the front, which happens to be of a rainbow.

    The 1D singer subsequently bashed the journalist through a series of tweets–some of which he has since removed from his Twitter account.

    The journalist had plenty to say to Louis Tomlinson in response, however, and she didn’t take her posts down.

    It sort of sounds like Louis Tomlinson is the one in the wrong here. The journalist, Jenn Selby, makes a very strong point when she says that ‘being called ‘gay’ should never be insulting & that standing up for #LGBT rights is an admirable thing to do.’ Did the One Direction hunk actually hint in his missing tweets that being gay is wrong?

    Here are Louis’ two remaining tweets from his bashing of Jenn Selby.

    And that second tweet is akin to his saying, ‘Let’s change the subject now.’

    What’s your take on Louis Tomlinson and the journalist he is accusing of having called him gay? Which of the two is closer to wrong here?

  • Terry Keenan, Former Fox Anchor, Dead At Age 53

    Terry Keenan, a former Fox News and CNN news anchor, has died at the age of 53.

    Keenan, who was currently serving as a columnist for the New York Post, died suddenly on Thursday, October 23 from a massive cerebral hemorrhage, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    Keenan’s career in television news started in 1986 when she landed a job with CNN as a producer for Moneyline, and then later as a news correspondent for CNN Business News.

    From 1995-1998, Keenan served as a news anchor for CNBC. From there, Keenan went on to work for Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, hosting the Saturday investing program Cashin’ In. According to TV Newser, Keenan left Fox on her own terms in 2009.

    Keenan is survived by her husband Ron Kass, her son Benjamin Kass, and two sisters Joellen Gardner and Linda Keenan. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

    Keenan’s last article was posted online on Sunday, October 19 and was titled Stepping on the Gas Stimulus.

    In lieu of flowers please donate to Loyola School 980 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10028. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 31st at 11 a.m. at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue at 84th Street.

  • Angelo Henderson, Longtime Detroit Journalist, Dies

    Detroit is mourning one of their most beloved citizens this week, as longtime radio host and journalist Angelo Henderson passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, from natural causes. He was only 51-years-old.

    Henderson was most well known for hosting Your Voice With Angelo Henderson on WCHB-AM 1200, which is one of Detroit’s number one radio talk shows.

    Henderson was also the founder of Angelo Ink, which is a consulting firm specializing in writing, speaking and media.

    “Few people have worked as passionately and tirelessly to improve this community than Angelo Henderson,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement, issued after Henderson’s death.

    “Through his radio program, his ministry and his personal community service, everything Angelo did was meant to uplift our city and its people. In his time with us, he touched countless lives, including my own. My heart goes out to Angelo’s family and to the thousands of fans he considered family.”

    Along with his radio show and consulting firm, Henderson also served as an associate minister alongside Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr., and director of evangelism and outreach, at Triumph Church.

    “A giant tree in the forest of humanity has fallen,” Kinloch Jr. said in a statement that the church released on Henderson’s behalf. “Metro Detroit’s loss is now heaven’s gain.”

    In the early 90s and 2000s, Henderson worked for The Detroit News. “He was a great friend to many of us and one of the premier journalists in the country,” said the newspaper’s editor and publisher Jonathan Wolman.

    “Angelo was an insightful storyteller in his days here at The News and then at the Wall Street Journal before ‘retiring’ to his calling in the ministry,” Wolman added. “His radio broadcast on WCHB has been must-listening for anyone keeping track of events in Detroit.”

    Among his many accomplishments, Henderson was the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize for the Wall Street Journal. To read his entire winning piece, click here.

    Henderson is survived by his wife Felecia and their son Grant, 20. Funeral arrangements are currently pending.

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  • Jessica Sanchez is Declared Cancer-Free and Returns Back to WKMG

    Traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez at WKMG-Channel 6 will be returning back to work following a one-year struggle with cancer.

    If you’re unfamiliar with Sanchez, you may remember the very outspoken journalist for her controversial response to a drunk interviewee during a live Superbowl report last January 31 in New Orleans.

    In the video a young female, who is obviously under the influence, interrupts Sanchez’s live standup. In response, the annoyed TV journalist informed the lady that her report was on STDs and asked if she ever had any.

    Of course the news report went viral and Sanchez received a mix of backlashes and support for how she handled the “videobombing.” Thus, WKMG saw something in her that others did not and she continued forward with her position as a traffic reporter.

    Sanchez was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in which the station announced to the public in March 2013. In April she shared her story during a live broadcast.

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    Now, after extensive treatment and chemotherapy, the 33-year-old is said to continuously receive negative test results. Her oncologist has diagnosed her condition to be cancer-free.

    WKMG’s General Manager Skip Valet reported to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he is “pleased to announce that Jessica Sanchez continues to get positive news from her doctors” and looks forward to her returning on a part-time schedule.

    Sanchez, who is so excited about her reunion with WKMG, plans to come back to her job sometime next week.

    Since Sanchez is still reassessing her energy level, the station authorized her to start behind the scenes so she can retrain with new equipment and slowly build her way back up to being an on-air reporter. (image)

    “They want to see how I do with all of that. I want to go back and go back for good. I think it’s the best way to go back in part time and get used to everything,” she told the newspaper.

    One of the things Sanchez is most concerned about is reprogramming her body to wake up in the early morning hours for work. Besides that, she is more than ready to readjust to all the changes that have occurred since she has been away.

    As for the station, Valet confirms that they are more than sure that Sanchez is ready to start back work again.

    “It feels so good to say I see the light again,” she stated. “I see normal again.”

    The cancer-survivor plans to broadcast her return next week during an on-air newscast segment.

    Check out the “videobombing” report below:

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  • Soledad O’Brien Signs on With Real Sports

    Soledad O’Brien Signs on With Real Sports

    Former CNN Soledad O’Brien will now appear on the HBO series Real Sports. HBO announced this week that O’Brien will become part of the investigative sports reporting show.

    According to the Associated Press, O’Brien’s first on-air story will be about war veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder through martial arts. Real Sports is a monthly sports show focused on in-depth and personal stories.

    Though O’Brien has limited experience with sports reporting, she has been in journalism for over 20 years. After leaving Harvard University, O’Brien began her career as a reporter for a Boston NBC affiliate. She soon moved to NBC news proper, reporting for both the NBC Nightly News and Today. In 2003 she moved to CNN, where she became the anchor of CNN morning show American Morning.

    O’Brien’s most recent position was as the anchor of CNN’s Starting Point. She signed off the show for the last time on March 29, invoking the value of strong journalism and tough questions:

    O’Brien’s new position was announced through HBO’s Twitter account. O’Brien herself has also been showered with congratulations through social media:

  • News Crew Attack: Woman Charged With Assaulting Reporter

    Earlier this week, a reporter and cameraman for Providence, Rhode Island’s ABC 6 news station were attacked by a woman while attempting to question her. The woman’s daughter was shot during a recent graduation party, and the suspect in the shooting had just been caught. When asked how she felt about it, the woman threw a rock at the cameraman, brandished a bat at the crew, and sent two dogs to attack the newswoman.

    The newswoman, Abbey Niezgoda, received a tetanus shot for a dog bite and then filed a police report against her attacker, 35-year-old Melissa Lawrence. Now, Lawrence has been charged in connection with the attack.

    According to a Providence Journal report, Lawrence now faces two felony assault charges for the attack. She reportedly wore a shirt reading “My Attitude is Your Problem” to court on Wednesday, where not guilty pleas were entered on her behalf. She has been released on personal recognizance and forbidden to contact Niezgoda or the cameraman.

    The entire incident was caught on video, leaving little doubt that Niezgoda attacked the news crew:

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  • News Crew Attacked by Upset Parent in Rhode Island

    A Rhode Island news reporter was attacked this week while reporting on a recent shooting.

    Abbey Niezgoda, a reporter for Providence’s ABC 6, reported this week that she was questioning the mother of a girl who was shot at a weekend graduation party when the attack occurred. When asked how she felt about he daughter’s shooter being caught, the woman, named Melissa Lawrence, became violent and threw a rock at the the ABC 6 cameraman. Lawrence then brandished a baseball bat at the news crew before sending two dogs to attack Niezgoda.

    Niezgoda’s report emphasizes that the news crew was never on Lawrence’s property, and that they were attacked while standing on a public street. Niezgoda received medical attention for a dog bite on her forearm before filing a police report against Lawrence. The ABC 6 report states that police are currently obtaining a warrant for Lawrence’s arrest.

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  • Hal McClure Dies; Journalist Was 92

    Hal McClure Dies; Journalist Was 92

    Journalist Hal McClure has died at the age of 92. According to an Associated Press report, McClure died at a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday following surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain that was caused by a fall.

    McClure reported for the Associated Press for decades, with much of that time spent as an overseas correspondent. He joined the AP in the 1950s and began his career as an entertainment reporter in Los Angeles. He later moved on and took his first foreign assignment in Singapore. For 21 years, McClure reported for the AP in locations throughout the world, including in Malaysia, Turkey, and Israel. He reported from Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

    After retiring from the AP, McClure traveled the world, documenting his travels in Travel Adventure Documentary Magazine. He also published an autobiography titled Adventuring.

    Travel Adventure Documentary Magazine has promised to publish “more on the loss of our editor friend, and adventurer in days to come.” McClure was an editor for the magazine.

    McClure has a YouTube channel with several samples of Travel Adventures’ documentaries:

  • TV Correspondent Killed in Syrian Fighting

    With the fighting in Syria showing no signs of slowing, those covering the civil war are now finding themselves in more danger than ever. According to a report from the Associated Press, a Syrian TV correspondent was gunned down on Monday during fighting near the border of Lebanon and Syria.

    The Syrian government has reported that Yara Abbas, a correspondent for the Syrian government-owned Al-Ikhbariyah TV station, was killed by rebels near an air base in the Homs province. Two other station employees were also injured, a cameraman and an assistant.

    The incident reportedly took place near the town of Qusair, where heavy fighting between Syria’s government and rebels has taken place this month.

    The Syrian civil war grew out of protests that begain in 2011 during the so-called “Arab Spring.” Protesters in the country demanded the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, and the Syrian military was soon called in to end protests. After the military fired on protesters, opposition groups formed into armed militias, igniting a sporadic war with flash points occurring throughout the country. The United Nations has estimated that around 80,000 Syrians have died during the conflict.

  • A.B.C. Whipple Dies; Author Was 94

    Addison Beecher Colvin (A.B.C.) Whipple, author and journalist, has died.

    The Associated Press reports that Whipple died on Sunday, March 17 from Pneumonia.

    Whipple is, perhaps, best known for his work as a Pentagon correspondent for Life magazine during World War II. He was instrumental in pressuring the U.S. military to allow the publication of a photograph of dead U.S. soldiers. Whipple pressured war censors for the clearance, eventually getting the attention of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who allowed the publication of the image. The AP states that the event ended the censorship rule against publishing photos of dead soldiers.

    After the war, Whipple continued to report for Life and began writing books, most of them about sailing and seafaring. Throughout his career, Whipple authored more than 20 workss, such as Vintage Nantucket, The Whalers, and The Mysterious voyage of Captain Kidd.

    Whipple went on to become an executive editor at Time-Life Books.

  • Journalist Risks Life To Tweet About Taliban Attack

    The life of a foreign journalist can be a little tough sometimes. Not every country has the freedom of press rights that we have here in the United States. It can be even tougher to be a journalist in a war torn country like Afghanistan. So when you get an extremely brave one who runs to the action to cover it on Twitter, it becomes a big deal.

    Mustafa Kazemi is a Kabul based journalist who does just that and he is becoming somewhat famous for his live tweeting. You can follow him here: @combatjourno. He went into overtime recently when he live tweeted during a Taliban siege on a lakeside hotel near Kabul that lasted for 11 hours.

    His tweets started out small about him heading there and eventually moved to the fact that he was laterally ducking for cover because he was being fired at.

    A lot of his posts during this time were about bullets flying overhead. Then this one came out grenades landing a little too close for comfort:

    One of the great parts about what Mustafa did, is that he continued to do his job and talk to witnesses all while he was being shot at.

    The fighting got pretty intense and at one point in time he was convinced that the Taliban that were in the hotel were intentionally aiming at him.

    Soon though the fighting ended and what follows is probably a byproduct of living in a war torn country and seeing this stuff all the time. He started to give accounts of the people he saw dead in the hotel after the fighting stopped.

    Mustafa had one Tweet of his many that stood out. It goes to show that this man who risks his life to bring us the news, fully expects to die because of it. Must be a hard job that I’m not sure I could ever do….

  • Journalist Marie Colvin Murdered in Syria

    Journalist Marie Colvin Murdered in Syria

    As we all know, the current bloodshed in Syria continues to grow. With this outrage, Syrian forces recently announced that they would kill any journalists that set foot on Syrian soil. This premise killed the dedicated, talented, and unique reporter and journalist for Britain’s The Sunday Times Marie Colvin on February 22nd, 2012.

    Marie Colvin, an American from New York, who worked for the well-known British publication The Sunday Times was very active in reporting Middle Eastern war coverage since 1986. Even though her correspondent roots were planted in Britain, she also helped cover various stories for well-known news source CNN.

    Below I have provided one of the last stories Colvin reported prior to her death (Note: video contains graphic content):

    A lot of members of the Twitter community have been paying homage to Colvin, and I have provided some touching tweets pertaining to this sad death below:

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    olivia wilde    RIP Marie Colvin, a brilliant, dedicated, and fearless journalist who died while covering horrific bloodshed of innocent civilians in Syria.(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Anonymous    Journalist”s death in Syria, is a stark reminder that history demands witnesses. | http://t.co/kvCApCbG | Postscript from The New Yorker(image) 15 hours ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Anderson Cooper    Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times was killed in #Homs #Syria. She gave voice to so many peoples’ suffering, bore witness to so much injustice(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Piers Morgan    #RIP Marie Colvin – a true heroine amongst so many brilliant, fearless war correspondents. Dreadful news.(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Lynn Barber    Appalled to hear that Marie Colvin killed. She was so brave, so glamorous, so wonderful in every way.(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for Mac ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Audrey Gillan    I end this day in anger, that Marie Colvin has died, that very few of us can do her kind of journalism & also for what journalism has become(image) 16 hours ago via TweetDeck ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    The staff of WebProNews and the iEntry Network express their condolences to the family and friends of Marie Colvin.