Film at 11.
A reporter should report on the story, not thrust himself into the middle of the story, which is exactly what he did with his half-assed “rescue”.
It looks like he was close enough to dry ground that he could have tossed the mic & really helped the guy & if he kept it & it was damaged/destroyed, I’m sure he wouldn’t have gotten any repercussions from management & if he did, the social media response would have been overwhelming. IMHO, his thoughts were more towards “good story” than “save this guy”.
I’d have more respect for that. If you’re not trained &/or don’t have the right equipment, be it a flood, fire, whatever you shouldn’t put yourself in harm’s way as it’s less tragic to have one dead than two. I’ve never had to stand there & watch someone drown (or burn, or…) but there are absolutely situations that I would do just that.
Plus station policy may be if he lost the mic it would come off his paycheck:p.
I didn’t know Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace worked for Fox.
From the series “Ethics in America”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGg_dpGhlf0