Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Excuse Me While I Take This Call.

THIS VIDEO IS NOT EXACTLY an ethical issue. But it is funny.

WXII 12 news anchor Margaret Johnson actually took a phone call on air during the noon news in Winston Salem.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

This isn't the first time I've seen this. I've seen this at least twice live while watching television. The most recent was when I was watching a pre-game show for the NFL Playoffs this year and former player/analyst Dan Marino's phone rang nearly 4 times while on the set. He then proceeded to send a text message or email. Everyone on set acknowledge his ringing phone and casually joked about it.

I think it's a disgrace to the station to do this.

That's pretty much all I have to say about that.

Anonymous said...

i can't believe she took the call!

Jaclyn said...

Wow, I'm not even allowed to answer my phone in the salon I work at and she has it with her on set. Extremely unprofessional.

Anonymous said...

Extremely uncalled for. What's even worse is that she bent over as if we didn't know she was talking on the phone.

Anonymous said...

Maybe she had a pizza delivery? It would be rude to leave the deliverer standing outside the studio with a pending ice storm.

Anonymous said...

Wow she picked up her phone. Maybe it was big story and she had a call about it... probably not...

Andy said...

That was, unprofessional, at best.

Anonymous said...

This only gives people MORE reason to think broadcasters aren't really journalists.. it was completely unprofessional.

Anonymous said...

Wow that was really funny she's a brave individual putting her job in jeopardy like that. I know alot of screwed up people that unproffesional probably would come off as a compliment to them. However, they still would not have done that. Im willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. You never know

Brian said...

Unprofessional, yes. But also funny. Maybe the journalism field needs a little less professionalism to get people interested in the news again.