Small Fries
July 12th, 2007I don’t typically comment on news stories like this one but everybody and their mother has something to say about it and I thought I’d say two things after the quote.
A Chicago reporter parted ways with a local television station after a CBS 2 exclusive video aired showing her in a bathing suit and at the home of the husband of a missing woman. Craig Stebic is the husband of a Plainfield woman who’s been missing since late April. As of Tuesday evening, Amy Jacobson is no longer part of the WMAQ-TV, NBC 5 news team. CBS 2’s Alita Guillen has new details about Jacobson’s departure after a social visit to the Stebic home. Lisa Stebic was last seen by her husband, Craig Stebic, on April 30, and there has been no sign of her since despite an intense investigation and repeated searches.
One: Jacobson put her children into harm’s way by taking her to the home of a man suspected to be a murderer (who, I would guess, is a murderer).
Two: Jacobson is not a reporter. She is a “presenter.” A pretty face on the television delivering the news to the public and nothing more. That’s what the BBC says, too, and I’m sticking to it.
Three: She’s lost all journalistic integrity, if she ever had any, and has absolutely no ethical ground to stand on. In all likelihood, she was sleeping with this man, and even if she wasn’t, she’s out of line and deserves to lose all work in journalism forever. Unfortunately, she won’t, and she’ll return, with the passage of time, as well as the appointment of new Head bureau chiefs.