The confrontation started with the reporter demanding that Paladino produce evidence of his accusations about Andrew Cuomo’s personal life. Earlier the same evening Paladino had suggested that Cuomo had as messy a personal life as Paladino, and had engaged in affairs while married. Paladino grew more and more angry that the reporter wouldn’t accept his word that the evidence would be made available “at the appropriate time”.
Where did I say it was okay? In the first post I was just saying that an ad highlighting his statement might not have the impact desired, in the second I was just answering what Truman actually wrote in his letter.
I would venture that most anytime a reporter become the news, he’s doing something wrong. Paladino’s culpability aside, the reporter gives the appearance of baiting someone, of egging him on in hopes of getting a sensational response. That’s not reporting, it’s creating. What story wouldn’t become a trainwreck if that practice was commonplace.
There was a more complete (and better quality) video of the incident on Lawrence O’Donell’s show last night. It started out more civilly than the link in the OP suggests. IMO Paladino escalated it.
Also, I for one am getting tired of politicians making baseless accusations, and reporters sitting back and noting it down like gospel. I want reporters to challenge bullshit when they see it.
I can’t make out the conversation well enough to say that Dicker baited Paladino into anything. And the confrontation has already started by the time the phone is turned on, which makes it that much harder to tell. Regardless, sending photographers to the kid’s home is over the line and stupid (even if it’s what you’d expect from a tabloid), and while I can understand Paladino being upset by that, he completely blew it. And suggesting to reporters that Cuomo has had affairs was also a stupid tactic.
Dicker does ask a couple of loaded questions for sure, but that doesn’t do Paladino any favors. Essentially the argument escalates because Paladino made up something about Cuomo and got called on it.
Like Katy Curic asking Palin what she reads?
Paladino is crude, rude and aggressive. He will do more to show that . he gave an interview on CNN, Ricks List, and was very snotty.
Define loaded. He asked about Paladinos charge that Cuomo was having affairs. That was a news story. He asked if he had proof so he could print it. Paladino had none, so Paladino got pissed off for getting caught making shit up.
The reporter denies sending people to take pictures of Paladino’s daughter. Why are we to accept that he actually did?