Pushy San Diego reporter is attacked; News Media plays dumb

A San Diego news reporter recently did an expose on a couple's alleged real estate scam. Note especially the word "alleged".

Regardless of the fact that no charges had even been filed against the couple, he broadcasts his expose on the couple, subjecting them to accusations and humiliation.

Nevermind the constitutional right of being considered "innocent until proven guilty". This reporter wants the public to find them "guilty before even being charged with a crime".

His first expose did not result in charges being filed against the couple. So what does he do? He goes back to their private home to further harass them.

This CNN video shows what happens next: [Click Here]

The reporter harasses the wife. The wife panics. After all, this is the man who is accusing her and her husband of committing a crime, and he's doing it by broadcasting it to the public masses.

The wife snaps and tells the reporter and crew to get off her property. The reporter indignantly plays "innocent" -- after all, he's trying to portray her as a criminal without giving her a chance to defend herself.

She happens to be holding a water bottle. She throws water on the camera to get it to stop rolling, but they continue to film, and the reporter continues to harass her.

She slaps the reporter in the face with the empty plastic water bottle, at which point, he plays the role of the martyr and extends his hand to her, sarcastically saying, "have a nice day".

The reporter deserved what happened next.

Her husband drives up, sees what's happening, and ruthlessly attacks the cowering reporter.

It's a beautiful scene: This incredibly rude and arrogant reporter, a mere doll of a man who could hardly handle getting spanked in the face by a little girl with an empty plastic water bottle, gets absolutely clobbered by her macho husband. Beautiful. It's like watching justice unfold.

Of course the police arrive within minutes and arrest both the wife and the husband for assault. The reporter sustained bruises, cuts, and gashes. The crippling injury to his massively oversized ego was understandably not reported.

CNN puts the video on their website, and it's an instant hit with the public. It's the most popular video at CNN.com.

Due to the popularity of the video, the reporter appears all over the national news to describe the ruthlessness of the ordeal. After all, he was savagely and viciously attacked by criminals. You can almost see a halo glowing over his pathetic little martyred head. Awwwww!

It's hilarious to watch the news media's response to this situation. They are playing innocent and placing this reporter on a martyr's pedestal. After all, the news media must consider it to be perfectly ethical and normal to smear the reputation of random people by exploiting them in the most public way possible, denying their constitutional rights to a fair trial through biased and ruthless reporting.

CNN has posted another video, pretending to be shocked by the public's enjoyment of his beating: [Click Here]

This video asks the important question:

"Whatever did he do to deserve this ... this ... (sniff, sniff) ... (whimper) ... terrible beating?"

Look, the public knows what he did to deserve it, and they love to watch it over and over again. Why? Everyone loves to watch someone get what they deserve.

Is it open season on reporters? No. But the public has had enough of this kind of intrusive and pushy reporting.

Let's face it: the news media underestimates the intelligence of their audience. We know fair and unbiased reporting when we see it. Halos of martyrdom and press tags don't hide dishonesty.

Treat people fairly and honestly. What goes around comes around -- and this mendacious reporter's well-deserved beating proves it.

To the reporter: Get off your cross. Other abusive reporters need to be beaten with it.