Hang in there, Chris. Only 201 days until the election.

Meanwhile, the currently unaffected in the liberal media are also trying to hold out as long as possible.

Many doctors have been prescribing hydroxychloroquine to coronavirus patients, despite no conclusive evidence of its success.
— USA Today, 4/10/20

Obviously, they’re NOT looking very hard.

American Thoracic Society endorses anti-malarial drug treatment for coronavirus patients
Las Vegas hospital blazes own path with malaria drug to treat COVID-19
This Coronavirus Patient Dodged A Bullet With Hydroxychloroquine. Harbinger Or Outlier?
New Jersey loosens restrictions on hydroxychloroquine for use in nursing homes
Doctor was already treating patients with Trump’s ‘gift from God’ drug – before FDA approval
Hydroxychloroquine used to treat COVID-19 patients at Bayonne Medical Center
Wax Backs Up Pennacchio in Case for Hydroxychloroquine
Australia Plans To Roll Out The Use of Two Existing Medications After Patients Have Successfully Recovered in Secret Trials
Laguna Doctor Claims Success Treating Coronavirus Patients
Actor Daniel Dae Kim credits ‘secret weapon’ for COVID-19 recovery
Fox News medical correspondent claims hydroxychloroquine cured his 96-year-old father of coronavirus
CT doctors: Some success with drug for coronavirus patients

And the list goes on.

Of course, almost every news account touting hydroxychloroquine success includes the caveat that it’s not a “proven” cure to Coronavirus; probably to placate outraged liberals in the newsroom and the community. But how many people need get sick and maybe die just because others see political victory in opposing anything President Trump is for. French doctor Didier Raoult’s assertion that nothing cheap and available will stop those seeking to create THE vaccine for Nobel Prize consideration and all the funding dollars a nomination (let alone victory) brings is an ugly reality.

So, how long can CNN’s Chris Cuomo hold out before he says “fuck it” and takes hydroxychloroquine because the potential of dying is not worth the suffering just so Brian Stelter and the Democrat left can stick it to the man on the run up to the 2020 presidential election?

The clock is ticking….

You think Fredo Cuomo’s taking the drug? You think Fredo has taken chloroquine? How do we know that? How do we know that he’s taking…?
— Rush Limbaugh, 4/3/20

You’d think, given media reports over the last couple weeks, he wouldn’t go near it but if Chris Cuomo walks out of his home quarantine and dares admit what his treatment was, CNN and other may have to be dragged kicking and screaming that they too were very wrong.

After repeatedly mocking President Trump for suggesting on March 19 that hydroxychloroquine could be an effective treatment for coronavirus, media organizations have begun acknowledging that the drug — now approved for emergency use to treat coronavirus by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — may be useful after all.

Journalists and top Democrats have beaten a similarly hasty retreat from their previous claims that Trump’s ban on travel from China was both xenophobic and ineffective. But media outlets’ misinformation on hydroxychloroquine was unique because it involved not simply policy disagreements but also suggestive medical advice and directives that could have dissuaded some from seeking certain treatments.
— Fox News, 4/3/20

The media pummeling of President Trump and supporters advocating the use of hydroxychloroquine was predictably harsh and relentless.

Dr. Donald Trump peddles snake oil and false hope
Trump’s most dangerous flim-flam: False hope and quack advice
The Meaning of Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Quackery
Trump spreading misinformation — time to take away his microphone
Trump, promoting unproven drug treatments
Hydroxychloroquine, Trump’s new favorite treatment for Covid-19

Why would the “journalists and top Democrats” now be beating a hasty retreat? Could it be that the cat may soon be out of the bag and the American people (if not the people of the world) may soon find out hundreds of thousands of deaths may have been totally unnecessary?

It appears President Trump has proved them ignorant, arrogant and wrong… again.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs literally threatened all doctors and pharmacists in the state who prescribe or dispense hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. The agency’s March 24 letter warns physicians and pharmacists of professional consequences for the prescribing of hydroxychloroquine (and chloroquine). Beyond the rational recommendation against hoarding as production of this medication needs to be ramped up, the letter deviates into open threats of “administrative action” against the licenses of doctors that prescribe hydroxychloroquine.
— The Detroit News, 3/26/20

Whitmer’s since changed her tune and hydroxychloroquine is the bee’s knees in Michigan.

After being accused of “banning” the use of a potential coronavirus drug, Michigan is now leading the nation’s largest study on whether hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat COVID-19.
— Clevescene.com, 4/3/20

If hydroxychloroquine is so questionable, why is there now a rush to produce and obtain it?

US has accepted 30 mln doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated by Novartis’s Sandoz as possible treatments for COVID-19
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Donates 2.5 Million Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Tablets in the U.S. For Potential COVID-19 Treatment
Covid-19: six million doses of hydroxychloroquine donated to US despite lack of evidence
Gov. Cuomo to Administer 1,100 Hydroxychloroquine and Zithromax Test
New Orleans area hospitals use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
DeSantis: Shipments of drug hydroxychloroquine to help COVID-19 on way to Florida
Hydroxychloroquine: Australian government waives regulatory requirements for drug
India bans export of malaria drug Trump touted as coronavirus treatment
India places an order for 100 million tablets of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine

Hopefully, not from China.

Hydroxychloroquine is now being used worldwide, according to a map from French Dr. Didier Raoult

Very intelligent journalists were also very wrong in their reporting but as usual, their retractions and apologies seldom match the volume level of their accusatory headlines.

Several media organizations that confused the chloroquine medication with chloroquine phosphate later issued corrections. The New York Times, though, all but accused Trump of recommending the same substance in the fish-tank cleaner.
— Fox News, 4/3/20

Anyone wanna bet doctors of privileged journalists and top Democrats may have have a pack of these bad boys on standby for a potential walk in? And just why would journalists and top Democrats delay a potential cure from the American people? Could it be the routine demands of the federal bureaucracy and scientific/education class: attention, credit and funding?

The most promising answer to the pandemic will be a vaccine, and researchers are racing to develop one. Mr. Trump’s inappropriate hype has already led to hoarding of hydroxychloroquine and diverted supplies from people with other maladies who need it. His comments are raising false hopes. Rather than roll the dice on an unproven therapy, let’s deposit our trust in the scientists.
— Washington Post, 3/25/20

Yeah, “hoarding” from people “who need it”….

The federal government, as we all know, is a behemoth that relies on the American people to feed it and occasionally has to justify its existence. At a time when all hell is breaking loose, several government agencies and colleges are looked at for results and it looks like it’s in their best interest to be the ones to come up with the remedy, let everyone know it was them who came up with the remedy, but not do it so fast as to jeopardize their desire to be fed at our expense for the next few years.

Duke to spearhead $50 million research effort to test hydroxychloroquine in preventing COVID-19
Preventing coronavirus: U of Minnesota seeks 1,500 volunteers to try anti-malarial drug

What’s the urgency for federal employees who, unlike most of the nation, don’t have to worry about their next paycheck?

For example, the annual budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was near $6.6 billion BEFORE additional Coronavirus funding.

But here’s a real hint at why we’re at where we’re at today….

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

The Budget proposes $94.5 billion in discretionary budget authority and $1.3 trillion in mandatory funding for HHS. It reflects HHS’s commitment to making the federal government more efficient and effective by focusing spending in areas with the highest impact.
— Department of Health and Human Services

There’s a lot of taxpayer money on the table and imagine how much more they could get, the more that could be hired, and bonuses and raises that could be dispersed if these entities could hold up their hands and shout out they found the cure for Coronavirus. They’d be like the first responders after 9/11. Some would find their money no good at restaurants and bars. They would be heroes and it would be more than a decade before they’d have to come up with good reasons for a budget increase from Capitol Hill.

All that is currently at risk when the most mocked, yet effective remedy may be currently and readily available.

Hydroxychloroquine was overall chosen as the most effective therapy from a list of 15 options (37% of COVID-19 treaters).

•75% in Spain, 53% Italy, 44% in China, 43% in Brazil, 29% in France, 23% in US and 13% in UK.

Given the strategic importance of this topic, a total of 6,227 physicians (in 30 countries) across all specialties were sampled.
— Sermo, global health care polling company

Is it cynical to think there are many in our federal government that have no problem seeing people hurt if they could damage President Trump and get paid for it at the same time?

Dr. Anthony Fauci warns Americans shouldn’t assume hydroxychloroquine is a ‘knockout drug’

What do you think would be the first thing he’d take if he tested positive tomorrow? How would he know it might work?

Doctors are prescribing drug that may help treat coronavirus for family and friends: “Unethical and selfish”

It’s been a recurring theme on this website how things take on an added importance should something bad happen to a politician, celebrity entertainer, media personality and/or athlete.

Cuomo’s younger brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, contracted the COVID-19 virus and talked about his brother’s bout with the disease, but never indicated to reporters if the CNN host was being treated with the anti-malarial drug.

“Governor, you’re gonna tell me that your brother got really sick, and he didn’t get hydroxychloroquine?” Steve McLaughlin of Rensselaer County asked. “Really? We’re supposed to believe that? I doubt it.”
— Washington Examiner, 4/7/20

Anyone wanna bet Chris will assert his medical treatments an out-of-bounds, private matter?

All eyes should be on Chris Cuomo and now fellow CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin who’s also tested positive for the Coronavirus.

It would be interesting to know what the first prescription from her doctor will be…?

UPDATE

This is unfortunate but not unexpected.

Chris Cuomo announces wife has virus: It breaks my heart

Can you imagine how merciless the left and their media would be if a conservative said he or she would be self-isolating from family with only a basement door separating them and then announcing a member caught Coronavirus?

Chris Cuomo’s biggest fear has come true –his wife Cristina Greeven Cuomo has tested positive for coronavirus a little over two weeks after his own diagnosis.

Up until this point, the 50-year-old magazine editor, whose symptoms appear to be on the milder side with loss of taste and smell, had been taking care of her husband, who has been quarantined in their basement, and giving updates on his health on her Instagram account. Her last post on April 13 revealed it was day 18 of his own battle with the virus. Throughout, the Purist editor-in-chief has been making sure to give him “good foods, dr. Linda’s herbs + homeopathy and lots of vitamins necessary for this time + non-toxic quinine (Cinchona Officialis –Peruvian Bark) to combat the oxygen-eating virus.”

Cristina also made sure to give Chris a “stress-free diet (that isn’t taxing on the liver and doesn’t consume energy).” Some of the meals included cooked foods like soup, lentil, chicken, legumes + vegetables, and she avoided raw foods since those take a lot of energy to break down. Acknowledging that “food is medicine,” she also noted: “This is a virus of isolation, so one of the best remedies for any illness is simply [heart emoji] + humor.”
— Hola!, 4/16/20

Obviously there is contact thus that self-quarantine was a joke, possibly just for public consumption.

The question remains, how how will Chris’ brother Governor Andrew continue to limit access to hydroxychloroquine to the public and when will he make sure his family gets it under the table and out of view from the public?

When bin Laden was taunting America with grainy videos, Facebook was still three years away from its launch (2004), and Twitter would not come along for two more (2006).
— The Atlantic, 8/11/14

Now that anybody can voice an opinion (informed or not) and have it transmitted to millions in seconds, this technology can be exploited and it’s even easier if you have help. During a time of crisis, one would hope those who have influence could show due caution to make sure their words and deeds can’t be used against our country in the same manner immortalized by “Hanoi Jane” Fonda.

Here in America, the Democrats along with corporate media eagerly buy China’s lies surrounding the nascence of the worldwide pandemic, the propaganda blaming America, the stories of Chinese benevolence, and the efficiency of Chinese methods in getting control of the virus at home. They are actively supporting China’s version of the truth. China has every reason to believe they will continue to do so.
— American Thinker, 4/2/20

Unfortunately during the current Coronavirus pandemic, the Communist Chinese not only have a media outlet to spread their “We’re not responsible” propaganda but have been able to find ample useful idiot Americans to bolster their case by use of a politically correct club they know disarms inconvenient speech: racism.

China’s nationalistic tabloid the Global Times has relied on a crew of foreigners help keep its English-language paper and website running since it started publishing in English in April 2009. There are currently around twenty foreign editors working with the Global Times who are referred to as “foreign experts,” a clichéd nickname for any foreigner working with Chinese state media. They do everything from assigning stories to reporting to copy editing—as long as the coverage is not about politics.
— Quartz, 8/9/16

Of course not.

Buck-passing, lying, inciting hate crimes with racist remarks. All aim to hide his delayed response to COVID-19. Netizens use hashtag #TrumpPandemic on Twitter to express dissatisfaction with the US president’s botched handling of the pandemic.
— 环球时报 Global Times, 3/23/20

It shouldn’t be this easy for an antagonist to be able to divide and conquer but when you have an American left and media who hates the president and his supporters more than a proven enemy, how much easier can it be made for China?

But when reality unfortunately hits them between the eyes, things take a whole new sense of importance and now they believe they need to inform us how to deal with the circumstances and this is nothing new.

…
It makes one wonder why the American news media has been so careful as to not antagonize terrorists, despite the carnage they continue to inflict on the masses to this day. Do you think it had anything to do with the 2015 attack at the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris where the media was specifically targeted? They’re fairly agenda-driven when it comes to mass shooting incidents but when a disgruntled reader attacked a newsroom in Maryland, there was collective mourning that transcended their normal coverage of such events.

Not because it was an unfortunate incident, but because it happened to them.

As of this posting, over 1,100 people have died of COVID-19 in New York City alone but one person’s admitted contracting of the virus has stopped the presses.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo talks about what it’s been like since he tested positive for coronavirus, and why he wants his diagnosis to serve as an example for others.
— CNN, 4/1/20

The rest of the media is also reacting as expected when it comes to disseminating the bad news.

Chris Cuomo talks about chest ‘tightness;’ Don Lemon tears up for friend
‘Let me be proof’: Chris Cuomo, a little paler, broadcasts from his basement
Brother Andrew Cuomo Talks About Diagnosis Of “My Best Friend”
CNN’s Chris Cuomo: ‘Scary, Yes… I Can’t Go Hug My Kids’
NY Gov. Cuomo Offers Personal Tribute To His Brother
Cuomo tests positive for coronavirus — but he’ll keep doing his show

Those who’re sick and dying from the Wuhan flu are all important. This horrific attack on the nations of the world have all been equally victimized and no one person (outside of elected leaders who are coordinating the response) should be given added importance over another.

And then, I got sick and lost my ability to do my job. I was too sick to even continue the Instagram series from my bedroom. I was suddenly cut off from my purpose, and even isolated from my own husband, left to experience the virus firsthand all by myself. Like so many others.
— CNN’s Brooke Baldwin, 4/19/20

They always make sure to relate to “so many others” while they go on and on about how this now affects THEM.

Celebrities who tested positive for coronavirus
Celebrities, Athletes, Politicians Who Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus
Celebrities who have died from the coronavirus and COVID-19 complications
Here’s What Celebrities Have Been Saying About Coronavirus
Celebrities and other public figures who’ve tested positive for coronavirus
Celebrities with coronavirus urge fans to stay safe

But now that those who deem themselves more important than the rest of us are affected, the China virus is no longer just an event our self-anointed royalty can check-in from the relative seclusion from their consumers.

While this is a difficult time for everyone, it has been particularly tough on the famous. They have been upstaged by a virus. No one cares what they are wearing or who they are snogging any more; the world’s attention has been diverted by a headline-hogging pandemic. It seems as if some celebrities are starting to grapple with the realisation that they are not quite as important or beloved as they thought they were.
— The Guardian, 3/31/20

Suddenly it’s very real, the Monday morning quarterbacking will increase and the demands that President Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force amp-up their efforts to find a cure (the media and entertainment industry can and will access first) will crescendo.

We hope ALL who contract the virus recover as soon as possible.

It did.

From behind a couple of… big men, Cuomo does his best Fred Sanfordesque “Hold me back!”

The encounter between CNN’s Chris Cuomo and the man happened at a Shelter Island bar — that appears to be Sunset Beach — on Sunday. The video, surreptitiously filmed by the man Cuomo was shouting at, was uploaded to Twitter by a user who said he was sent the clip.
— Mediaite, 8/12/19

It seems to be a mystery to many that “Fredo” is the Italian equivalent of the “n-word” to black people, albeit a pitiful comparison.

Cuomo’s reaction is perfectly fine for me. I’m not Italian, so I’m not bothered by the word Fredo, but unless there is another Fredo who was stolen from his homeland, enslaved, beaten, ripped from his children and forced to watch as his wife was raped, then Fredo is nowhere close to the n-word. That’s what Cuomo tried to explain during the incident. He literally argued that Fredo is a racist slur akin to calling a black person the n-word.

It ain’t. It ain’t again. And, it ain’t some more.
— The Root, 8/13/19

However, Chris Cuomo should be applauded for the clarification because we all thought Fredo was your garden variety referral to the “dumb” one in the family.

According to Cuomo, we were all wrong.

But this is yet another example of a media figure who believes HE can call people liars, demean those with whom he disagrees with, and dictate how the American people should conduct our daily lives but when called a name he considers an insult, can go off and his employer is okay with that.

Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him.
— Matt Dornic, CNN spokesperson,, 8/13/19

Not sure if that encounter would meet the media definition of a verbal attack, but we guess it all depends on who’s receiving the “attack”.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the video was a conservative prank …

Again note how the media consistently identifies the “conservative” but they never seem to get around to labeling anyone liberal. As if the liberal is in the mainstream and the conservative is fringe.

… first posted by conservative media personality Brandon Straka. Straka shared the video on his YouTube channel “That’s the Point,” saying the clip was sent in by a fan. Straka claimed that the man in the video did not know Cuomo’s real name, only that Rush Limbaugh refers to him as “Fredo.”
— NewJersey.com, 8/12/19

This from the same media that relishes every “got’cha” moment they can gleefully report on, “orchestrated” or not. And like most thinned skinned, they’re also a prime example of both hypocrisy and selective memory which almost always comes back to bite.

Cuomo was interviewed by Curtis Sliwa on his AM 970 radio show in January 2010 about whether his brother Andrew might seek the Democratic nomination for governor. Sliwa said he dubbed the Cuomo family “la Cuomo Nostra.”

“There is a group of people — politicos — who always hint they might run, but not necessarily plunge all the way, and they are members of la Cuomo.”

“Who am I, then, Fredo?” Cuomo asked in response.

“Yes, exactly,” Sliwa said.
— New York Post, 8/13/19

So, the lesson of all this is something we already know.

It’s a fascinating case study. These people can dish it out. They can talk about Donald Trump all day long. They can spread lies. They can slander and libel people left and right. They can spread false conspiracy theories and hoaxes, and they can try to pass them off as real. They can try to overturn the results of an election! They can join a silent coup. They can join in the attempted destruction of anybody who is on the right simply because they don’t agree with them. But, man, they cannot take a single little bit.
— Rush Limbaugh, 8/13/19

Exactly. Chris Cuomo and his overpaid, teleprompter-reading media colleagues can look down on and mock us, destroy our reputations, destroy our livelihoods, and even publicly slander us behind the shield of their First Amendment protection, but please… leave THEM alone.

They just can’t take it.

The problem for a Don Lemon without integrity is that Democrats have used race as an election weapon for decades and their messages were clearly meant to invoke fear while their politicians took the same stance on illegal immigrants as Donald Trump. But as long as he doesn’t mention the Democrats’ previous message and inconvenient tactics, it’s like it never happened and that’s just how dishonest, nonobjective pundits like Lemon want it.

CNN’s Don Lemon is the latest, liberal Democrat Stepin Fetchit to push the race narrative and has gone as far as declaring the “biggest threat ” is the “white guy”.

All white people are racist… except the ones you know.
— Bob Parks mocking liberals, 2002

Okay, maybe not all white guys.

Had he worked for a traditional news entity with integrity, Lemon would not have been allowed to call the President of the United States and his supporters racist because Democrats have been far more blatant in their use of race for political gain. Lemon, like MSNBC’s Al Sharpton, knows he won’t be fired because he can play the gay-black discrimination card but since CNN is all-in against anything Donald Trump, anything goes.

Joe Scarborough accused President Trump of engaging in anti-semitism on Monday’s “Morning Joe,” saying his Friday tweet accusing George Soros of paying Brett Kavanaugh protesters was an old “trick”.

“That’s a very old, tired, anti-semitic — very old anti-semitic trick that people have claimed, usually on the internet,” he said.
— The Wrap, 10/8/18

It’s been awhile since a “card” was played. Scarborough was digging deep.

On-air Brzezinski called the charges that Soros’ money was funding protesters “false”.

This is the very definition of #FakeNews. The media puts something out, in error or intentionally, their activist guests lie on CNN and come clean on MSNBC, millions consume it and the damage is done.

Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher were the two women who confronted Flake inside the elevator. Perhaps because they expressed such raw emotion, few media outlets dug into their political activism. Archila is an executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy; she had spent the previous week in Washington engaged in protests against Kavanaugh. Gallagher is a 23-year-old activist with the group. The center is a left-wing group heavily funded by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations. Indeed, as of 2014, Open Society was one of the three largest donors to the group.

Make no mistake. The Center for Popular Democracy is at the heart of the effort to stop Kavanaugh. A source forwarded to me an email sent from the organization: “Last week, you saw protestors interrupting the Kavanaugh hearings, trying to slow it down and show the Judiciary Committee how much they/we care. Those protests were organized by the Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy and other groups.”

Archila has another role beyond her duties as co–executive director of the center. She is also a member of the national committee of the New York-based Working Families Party. The WFP was founded in 1998 by the leaders of ACORN, the now-disbanded and disgraced group of community organizers.
— New York Post, 10/1/18

Retractions for the unethical are optional.

For some, nepotism and/or sexual favoritism didn’t hurt either.

How dare anyone challenge the credibility of the professional media! In fact, not only do they enjoy 1st Amendment protection from political retribution, but it appears the media also believes they have a 1st Amendment right to be heard and believed by the public.

I think it’s dangerous. We’re in a dangerous phase right now, where too many millions of Americans aren’t listening at all to what the press tells them.
— Megyn Kelly

This not a laughing matter. I’m sorry, delegitimizing the press is unAmerican. Press bashing may feel good to folks but when it’s done by people in power, it’s corrosive. Take off your partisan hats for a second.
— Chuck Todd

How the hypocritical arrogance oozes….

While there are many thousands of real journalists who received legitimate training (don’t rule out the well-documented liberal indoctrination in academia), it appears political science majors are enough for those who are raking in big bucks to steer partisan narratives, while having little-to-no formal journalism training, worked for politicians, or had the right door-opening relative.

Seeing how most the college journalism/communications classes are dominated by opinionated, liberal teachers 20-to-one, whenever you view a “panel” discussion on any of these news networks, remember you are really witnessing a pro-Democrat political science strategy session, NOT an honest journalistic dissection of any given event.

Chuck Todd • NBC News
Todd attended George Washington University from 1990 to 1994. He majored in political science and minored in music, but never graduated. Todd earned practical political experience on initiative campaigns in Florida and various national campaigns based in Washington, D.C. While in college, Todd worked for the 1992 presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).

Anderson Cooper • CNN
Cooper was born in New York City, the younger son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the artist, fashion designer, writer, and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. Cooper attended Yale University, where he resided in Trumbull College, and was inducted into the Manuscript Society, majoring in political science and graduated with a B.A. in 1989.

Martha MacCallum • Fox News
MacCallum earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Lawrence University and also studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre School, founding the Miranda Theater Company in New York. MacCallum next worked as an associate in corporate relations at Dow Jones & Company.

Katy Tur • NBC News
Tur is the daughter of journalists Hanna Zoey Tur (formerly Robert “Bob” Tur) and Marika Gerrard. She graduated from Brentwood School in 2001, and from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2005 with a BA in Philosophy.

Rachel Maddow • MSNBC
Maddow earned a degree in public policy at Stanford in 1994. At graduation, she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. This made her the first openly gay or lesbian American to win an international Rhodes Scholarship. In 2001, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in politics at the University of Oxford.

Norah O’Donnell • CBS News
O’Donnell holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and a master’s degree in liberal studies from Georgetown University.

Ashleigh Banfield • CNN
Banfield obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and French from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1988 and continued her studies in French at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, British Columbia, graduating in 1992.

Chelsea Clinton • NBC News
Clinton obtained a B.A. degree in history, with highest honors, at Stanford in 2001. In the spring of 2010, Clinton completed a Master of Science in public health degree at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University.

In November 2011, NBC announced that they had hired Clinton as a special correspondent. One of her roles was reporting feature stories about “Making a Difference” for NBC Nightly News and Rock Center with Brian Williams. It was a three-month contract and allowed her to concurrently continue working for the Clinton Foundation and pursue her education. Clinton’s first appearance was on the December 12, 2011, episode of Rock Center. Although she received some negative critical reviews for her work, Clinton’s contract with NBC was renewed in February 2012. Rock Center ended in May 2013, and she left the network in August 2014. Clinton reportedly earned an annual salary of $600,000 for her work at NBC.

Amy Goodman • Democracy Now!
Goodman graduated from Radcliffe College in 1984, with a degree in anthropology. Goodman spent a year studying at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Chris Matthews • MSNBC
Matthews is a 1967 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and did graduate work in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Matthews was also a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.

Matthews served on the staffs of four Democrat Members of Congress, including Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie. In 1974, Matthews mounted an unsuccessful campaign for Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in which he received about 24% of the vote in the primary. Matthews was a presidential speechwriter during the Carter Administration, and later worked for six years as Chief of Staff to longtime Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill.

Kate Bolduan • CNN
Bolduan graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2005 from George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. During her time at the university, she walked on to the women’s volleyball team and acted with the student theater organization.

Megyn Kelly • NBC News
Kelly earned an undergraduate degree in political science from Syracuse University in 1992 and earned a J.D. from Albany Law School in 1995.

Tom Brokaw • NBC News
Brokaw matriculated at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, but dropped out after a year as he apparently failed to keep up in his studies, in his words majoring in “beer and co-eds”. In tribute to his fun-loving freshman year, the Airliner Bar has named a booth in his honor. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Dakota in 1964.

Lou Dobbs • Fox Business
Although accepted at the University of Idaho and Idaho State University, he was persuaded by the staff at Minico High to apply to Harvard University, where he was accepted and later graduated from with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1967. After graduating, Dobbs worked for federal anti-poverty programs in Boston and Washington, D.C., then returned to Idaho. He briefly attended law school at the UI College of Law in Moscow.

Mike Barnicle • MSNBC
Graduated from Boston University in 1965.

In 1998, Barnicle resigned from The Boston Globe amid a controversy over two columns, written three years apart. The first column of more than 80 lines of humorous observations had a few lines that bore similarity to jokes in the 1997 book “Brain Droppings” by George Carlin. In a subsequent Globe review of all of Barnicle’s many years of work, a second column was called into question.

Lester Holt • NBC News
Holt attended California State University, Sacramento, and majored in government, though he never graduated.

Kimberly Guilfoyle • Fox News
Guilfoyle graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Davis, and received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1994. While in law school, she interned at the San Francisco district attorney’s office. She also modeled for local department stores, including Macy’s, and modeled Victoria’s Secret lingerie in a bridal magazine. She also studied at Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland. While there, she published research in international children’s rights and European Economic Community law.

Matt Lauer • NBC
Lauer is a graduate of the School of Media Arts and Studies (formerly the School of Telecommunications) of Ohio University. In 1997, he received his undergraduate degree from Ohio University at the age of 39. He had dropped out of Ohio University’s School of Telecommunications in the Spring of 1979.

Lauer was terminated from NBC in November 2017, following allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior towards a colleague. Shortly after, media outlets reported additional women coming forward with complaints of ongoing sexual harassment. Lauer admitted that some of the allegations were true, and apologized to those he had hurt.

Juan Williams • Fox News
Williams attended Haverford College, from which he graduated with a baccalaureate in philosophy in 1976.

Brian Williams • MSNBC
Williams attended Brookdale Community College, after which he transferred to The Catholic University of America and then The George Washington University. He did not graduate, and instead interned with the administration of President Jimmy Carter. (Take his word for it….)

Meghan McCain • Fox News
McCain is the daughter of 2008 presidential nominee and long-time U.S. Senator John McCain and Cindy Hensley McCain. She has been a public figure for much of her life, first appearing at the 1996 Republican National Convention. She attended Columbia University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in art history. McCain originally planned to become a music journalist and interned at Newsweek and Saturday Night Live.

Michael Smerconish • CNN
Smerconish received his B.A. from Lehigh University and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Charlie Rose • CBS/PBS
Rose entered Duke University, intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track; however, an internship in the office of Democrat North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor’s Degree in history. Rose earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968.

In November 2017, Rose’s employment at CBS was terminated, and his eponymous show Charlie Rose on PBS was cancelled after in-house allegations of sexual harassment.

Laura Jarrett • CNN
Daughter of Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. Prior to joining CNN to cover the Justice Department and Supreme Court, Jarrett worked as a litigation attorney in Chicago. Jarrett attended Harvard Law School where she was Articles Selection co-chair, an Article Editor, and a Technical Editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, and published her own articles on the intersection of gender, violence, and the law.

Jamie Colby • Fox News
Attending the University of Miami’s International School of Business, Colby earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting as well as a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law at age 22.

Bret Baier • Fox News
Baier attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, graduating in 1992 with a BA degree in political science and English.

Chris Cuomo • CNN
Cuomo is the son of Mario Cuomo, the former New York Governor, and the brother of Andrew Cuomo, the current Governor of New York. Cuomo was educated at Yale University, where he obtained an undergraduate degree, and Fordham University where he obtained his Juris Doctor.

Uma Pemmaraju • Fox News
Pemmaraju graduated from Trinity University in Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.

Ana Navarro • CNN
Navarro is a graduate of the University of Miami and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies and Political Science in 1993. In 1997, she obtained a Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University Law School.

David Gregory • NBC News
Gregory was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Carolyn Surtees, an account manager, and Don Gregory (originally Don Ginsburg), a film and theatrical producer.

He received a degree in International Studies from the School of International Service.

Bob Beckel • Fox News
Beckel has a BA from Wagner College in Staten Island. While in college, he worked for Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1968.

In 1977, Beckel joined the United States Department of State as deputy assistant secretary of state for congressional relations, becoming the youngest deputy assistant secretary of state in the Carter administration. Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign. In 2002, Beckel managed the campaign of Alan Blinken, the Democrat nominee for United States Senate in Idaho, until he resigned after being targeted for extortion by a prostitute.

On May 19, 2017, Fox News announced Beckel was released as a result of making a racist remark against another Fox News employee.

Gloria Borger • CNN
Borger graduated from Colgate University in 1974.

Her son is married to Mary Anne Huntsman, daughter of politician Jon Huntsman Jr.

Kennedy • Fox Business
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery attended but did not graduate from Lakeridge High School in 1990. She has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from UCLA.

Jenna Bush Hager • ABC
Bush is the younger of the twin daughters of the President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, and a granddaughter of the President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and took summer classes at New York University. She was a legacy member of Kappa Alpha Theta, her mother’s sorority.

Shepard Smith • Fox News
Smith attended the University of Mississippi where he majored in journalism, but left two credits away from graduation.

Wolf Blitzer • CNN
Blitzer graduated from Kenmore West Senior High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970. While there, he was a brother of Alpha Epsilon Pi. In 1972, he received a Master of Arts in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. While at Johns Hopkins, Blitzer studied abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he learned Hebrew.

Brian Kilmeade • Fox News
Kilmeade attended C.W. Post (Brookville, New York) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986.

Mika Brzezinski • MSNBC
Brzezinski is the daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was the National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson. She graduated in 1989 from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she majored in English, after transferring from Georgetown University as a junior.

Joe Scarborough • MSNBC
Scarborough earned a B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1985 and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1990. Scarborough served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 as a Republican from the 1st district of Florida.

April Ryan • CNN
Ryan is a graduate of Morgan State University, however her name is absent from their list of “Notable alumni and faculty”.

Chris Hayes • MSNBC
Hayes attended Brown University for his undergraduate education, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and worked with student theater group Production Workshop.

Judy Woodruff • PBS
Woodruff attended Meredith College before transferring to Duke University, where she earned a degree in political science.

Andrea Mitchell • MSNBC
Mitchell is married to former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967.

Trace Gallagher • Fox News
Gallagher graduated from the University of San Diego where he majored in business and played quarterback for the Torreros football team.

Jake Tapper • CNN
Tapper graduated Dartmouth College Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with a B.A. in history, modified by Visual Studies. He briefly attended graduate school at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television.

In 1992, Tapper served as a Campaign Press Secretary for Democrat congressional candidate Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (PA-13), and later served as her congressional press secretary. Tapper also worked for Powell Tate, a Washington, D.C., public relations firm run by Democrat Jody Powell and Republican Sheila Tate. Tapper also worked briefly for Handgun Control, Inc. (now the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence) in 1997.

Tapper wrote several articles as a freelance writer, and then began his full-time journalism career in 1998 for two years as a Senior Writer for the Washington City Paper. Tapper wrote an article about going on a date with Monica Lewinsky, which skewered Washington’s culture of scandal. Tapper won a Society of Professional Journalists award for his work at the Washington City Paper.

Jim Acosta • CNN
In 1993, Acosta earned a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, with a minor in Political Science, from James Madison University.

Martha Raddatz • ABC News
Raddatz attended the University of Utah but dropped out to work at a local station.

Candy Crowley • CNN
Crowley attended Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Tavis Smiley • PBS
In 1982, Smiley enrolled in Indiana University Bloomington. Because Smiley’s parents refused to complete financial aid papers, Smiley entered Indiana University with only $50 and a small suitcase. Administrators let Smiley complete the paperwork to become a full-time student. During his first semester of junior year, Smiley was under academic probation; he blamed his extracurricular activities for interfering with his studies. Smiley didn’t graduate from college at all, because he failed a required course in his senior year and “did poorly in several other courses,” which meant he could not complete his degree on time; rather than stay for an extra term, he chose to leave IU and move to Los Angeles.

In 2003, Smiley officially received his degree from Indiana University in public affairs.

To date, Smiley has received 16 honorary doctorates.

On December 13, 2017, PBS issued a statement saying that it had hired a law firm to conduct an investigation “immediately after learning of troubling allegations regarding Mr. Smiley” and that this investigation “uncovered multiple, credible allegations of conduct that is inconsistent with the values and standards of PBS.

On December 14, Smiley described the PBS investigation as “biased and sloppy” and said he would fight the allegations and the damage to his reputation.

John Berman • CNN
Berman earned a Bachelor of Arts in social studies from Harvard University.

Charles Krauthammer • Fox News
Krauthammer attended McGill University in Montreal, graduating in 1970 with First Class Honours in both economics and political science. The following year, after graduating McGill, he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar in politics at Balliol College, Oxford, before returning to the United States to attend medical school at Harvard, graduating in 1975.

Jon Stewart • Comedy Central
Stewart graduated in 1984 from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where he initially majored in chemistry before switching to psychology.

John Dickerson • CBS News
Dickerson holds a degree in English with Distinction from the University of Virginia. “On Her Trail”, Dickerson’s book about his relationship with his late mother Nancy Dickerson Whitehead, a pioneering television newswoman, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006.

Gayle King • CBS
King graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976 with a double degree in psychology and sociology.

Greg Gutfeld • Fox News
In 1987, Gutfeld graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in English.

Nancy Grace • HLN
Grace attended Valdosta State University and later received a B.A. from Mercer University. As a student, Grace was a fan of Shakespearean literature, and intended to become an English professor after graduating from college, but after the murder of her fiancé Keith Griffin when she was 19, Grace decided to enroll in law school and went on to become a felony prosecutor and a supporter of victims’ rights.

Grace received her Juris Doctor from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer, where she was a member of the law review. She went on to earn a Master of Laws in constitutional and criminal law from New York University.

Poppy Harlow • CNN
Harlow graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and Middle Eastern studies.

George Stephanopoulos • ABC News
In 1982, Stephanopoulos received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science summa cum laude from Columbia University in New York and was the salutatorian of his class.

In 1988, Stephanopoulos worked on the Michael Dukakis 1988 U.S. presidential campaign. After that campaign, Stephanopoulos became the “floor man” for Dick Gephardt, U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader; a position held until, along with David Wilhelm and James Carville, he became a leading member of Bill Clinton’s 1992 U.S. presidential campaign. At the outset of Clinton’s presidency, Stephanopoulos served as the de facto press secretary, briefing the press even though Dee Dee Myers was officially the White House Press Secretary. Later following several verbal missteps he was moved to Senior Advisor on Policy and Strategy.

Stephanopoulos resigned from the Clinton administration shortly after Clinton was re-elected in 1996.

Brian Stelter • CNN
Stelter studied at Towson University where he served as editor-in-chief of The Towerlight from 2005 to 2007. While still a student, he created TVNewser, a blog about television and cable news which he later sold to Mediabistro.

Stelter graduated from Towson in May 2007, and joined The New York Times as a media reporter later in July of that year.

John Stossel • Fox News
Stossel characterizes himself as having been “an indifferent student” while in college, commenting, “I daydreamed through half my classes at Princeton, and applied to grad school only because I was ambitious, and grad school seemed like the right path for a 21-year-old who wanted to get ahead.” Although he had been accepted to the University of Chicago’s School of Hospital Management, Stossel was “sick of school” and thought taking a job would inspire him to embrace graduate studies with renewed vigor.

Dana Bash • CNN
Bash’s father, Stu Schwartz, was an ABC News producer who served as the senior broadcast producer for Good Morning America. Bash graduated cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in political communications from George Washington University.

Karen Finney • MSNBC
After attending UCLA, Finney served four years as the spokesperson and Director of Communications at the Democrat National Committee. She served as Press Secretary for Hillary Clinton in the early 1990s, then moved into the private sector, working in marketing for the children’s academic book company Scholastic Inc.

In 2001, she managed crisis communications for the New York City Board of Education, and worked for Elizabeth Edwards during the 2004 presidential campaign. On November 25, 2014 Finney joined Media Matters as a senior fellow and consultant. On April 6, 2015, CNN announced that she was selected as Strategic Communications Adviser and Senior Spokesperson for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

Deborah Feyerick • CNN
Deborah Feyerick attended Barnard College where she graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.

Fareed Zakaria • CNN
Zakaria graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1986 and later a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Government from Harvard University in 1993.

Tucker Carlson • Fox News
Carlson was born in San Francisco, California, the elder son of Richard Warner Carlson, a former Los Angeles news anchor and U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles, who was also president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and director of Voice of America. His mother is the former Lisa McNear Lombardi, and his stepmother is the former Patricia Caroline Swanson, an heiress to the Swanson frozen-food fortune (daughter of Gilbert Carl Swanson and granddaughter of Carl A. Swanson) and a niece of Sen. J. William Fulbright.

He studied history at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Joe Johns • CNN
Johns holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and a law degree from American University in D.C.

Greta Van Susteren • NBC News
Van Susteren graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1976, where she studied geography and economics. She later earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979 and prior to the start of her television work returned to Georgetown Law as an adjunct faculty member in addition to her full-time legal career. She was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Stetson Law School.

Mara Liasson • NPR, Fox News
Liasson is a graduate of Brown University (class of 1977) with a bachelor of arts degree in American history.

Amy Kellogg • Fox News
Kellogg received her B.A. from Brown University in Soviet studies, and her M.A. from Stanford University in Russian and East European studies. Kellogg is fluent in Russian, Spanish, and French. She spent the second semester of her junior year at Leningrad State University, in the former Soviet Union. After graduating from Stanford, she spent some time teaching English and studying Spanish in Argentina before shifting into the news business.

Katherine Timpf • Fox News
She graduated in 2010 from Hillsdale College (magna cum laude) with a B.A. in English.

Al Sharpton • MSNBC
Attended Brooklyn College, dropping out after two years in 1975. In 1972, Sharpton accepted the position of youth director for the presidential campaign of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Between the years 1973 and 1980 Sharpton served as James Brown’s tour manager.

Shannon Bream • Fox News
Bream attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. While attending Liberty, she entered the Miss Virginia pageant and won the title of Miss Virginia in 1990. She participated in the Miss America 1991 pageant and was one of the ten finalists. Her scholarship award covered much of her education.

After graduating from Liberty University in 1993 with a degree in business, Bream returned to Tallahassee and attended law school at Florida State University. She interned with Florida Congressman Bill McCollum, in the US House of Representatives.

Elizabeth MacDonald • Fox Business
MacDonald graduated with a B.A. with honors from Canisius College in 1984.

Katie Couric • Yahoo!
As a high school student, Couric was an intern at Washington, D.C. all-news radio station WAVA. She enrolled at her father’s alma mater, the University of Virginia, in 1975 and was a Delta Delta Delta sorority sister. Couric served in several positions at UVA’s award-winning daily newspaper, The Cavalier Daily. She graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies.

Erin Burnett • CNN
Burnett attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she studied political science and economics, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political economy.

Lawrence O’Donnell • MSNBC
O’Donnell graduated from Harvard College (class of 1974) with a major in economics in 1976.

From 1989 to 1995, he was a legislative aide to Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. From 1989 to 1991, he served as senior advisor to Moynihan. From 1992 to 1993, he was staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, then chaired by Senator Moynihan, and from 1993 to 1995 he was staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, again under Senator Moynihan’s chairmanship.

Joy Reid • MSNBC
Reid studied documentary film making in the Harvard University Visual and Environmental Studies department.

Hallie Jackson • MSNBC
In 2006, Jackson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. degree in political science.

Abby Huntsman • Fox News
Huntsman is the daughter of 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr.

At age 16, Huntsman worked a behind-the-scenes position at Good Morning America. By her own admission, she disliked it so much that she contemplated giving up on television “forever”. While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Huntsman interned for Diane Sawyer. In 2012, during and after her father’s presidential campaign, Huntsman appeared as a political commentator for ABC News in Washington, D.C., and Good Morning America in New York City. In 2013, she was listed as number 26 on the Forbes 30 under 30 list of up and coming members of the media.

Dagen McDowell • Fox Business
McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in art history.

There are notables not on this list because they actually majored in journalism. We also used Wikipedia as a consistent reference because many of the news entities (for some strange reason) decline to include education backgrounds in the posted bios of their on-air celebrities.

And this is just on the broadcast level. There are probably many others on the print/blog side, that have earned the right to be called journalists, sitting right next to those who do not and it’s no wonder why we get “news” and narratives we can’t trust.

BTW: the majority of black on-air personalities today actually had to complete classes/majors in the disciplines of the journalism profession BEFORE they got jobs in the business; a prerequisite many of their white counterparts have successfully bypassed.

Jonathan Dwyer of the Arizona Cardinals has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault stemming from an alleged domestic violence incident and has been deactivated for this week’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. Dwyer is now the third player in the NFL on what is essentially a paid leave while facing either domestic or child abuse charges. Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers are both on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list.
— Business Insider, 9/18/14

While the announcements of players receiving pay while investigations were ongoing pissed off the most holier-than-thou media types, we also believe that it was highly unlikely the sanctimonious punditry in the news business would be the ONLY employment base where domestic violence or other crimes did not occur, and thanks to the Internet hamper, here are a few examples of the hypocritical media’s dirty laundry….

1997

Testimony Stuns Court Albert, Wearing Women’s Underwear, Allegedly Bit New Prosecution Witness
A surprise witness testified Wednesday that 54-year-old NBC play-by-play man Marv Albert, wearing white panties and a garter belt, bit her three years ago in a Dallas hotel room during a struggle that left her holding the sportscaster’s hairpiece.

Patricia Masden’s story was the most shocking yet in Albert’s forcible sodomy and assault trial, drawing gasps from spectators but not even a smile from the jurors. Albert is not on trial in connection with the alleged incident, but Circuit Judge Benjamin N.A. Kendrick let her tell her story to show what prosecutors say was a pattern of conduct.

This incident prompted a tribute by Rush Limbaugh via a Bob Rivers’ classic….

2009

CNN’s Rick Sanchez alleged Hit-and-Run DUI, leaves victim Jeffrey Smuzinick paralyzed
WSVN-Ch.7 anchorman Rick Sanchez was charged on Friday with driving under the influence. The charge stems from a Dec. 10 accident during which Sanchez struck a pedestrian outside Joe Robbie Stadium, the Dade County State Attorney’s Office said. A blood test showed that Sanchez, 32, who lives in Pembroke Pines, was legally drunk when his 1991 Volvo hit Jeffrey Smuzinick, deputy chief prosecutor Kathleen Hoague said.

Sanchez’s alcohol level was .15. In Florida, .10 is considered drunk.

2011

Former ESPN personality Jay Mariotti charged with felony stalking and assault
Former ESPN sports personality Jay Mariotti has been charged with three felonies -– stalking, domestic violence and assault -– after he confronted his ex-girlfriend the same day a court ordered him to stay away from her, prosecutors said. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the charges: stalking, corporal injury on a spouse or domestic partner, and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. He was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a court order.

In addition to confronting his ex-girlfriend at a restaurant Sept. 30 — the day he pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor domestic violence — prosecutors said he argued with his former girlfriend again outside of a Venice restaurant April 15. He allegedly pulled a chunk of her hair out and grabbed her cellphone, while shouting at her, prosecutors said.

Howard Bryant, writer for ESPN, charged with domestic assault in Buckland
ESPN and the author of three books was arrested in front of Buckland Pizza and charged with assaulting his estranged wife and hitting a police officer who tried to subdue him, state police said.

Howard Bryant, 42, of Hawley Road in Ashfield, was arrested at about 12:15 p.m. Saturday and charged with domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, said state Trooper T.J. Tudryn of the Shelburne Falls barracks.

Former WJZ reporter arrested again in domestic violence case
Former television news personality Dennis Edwards is being held in the Baltimore city jail after police arrested him a second time in four days in connection with a domestic violence case involving his wife, according to court documents. A District Court judge on Monday set bail at $500,000 and scheduled a hearing for Feb. 2. The 54-year-old is charged with violating a protective order, telephone misuse, harassment and malicious destruction of property.

Police first arrested Edwards on Wednesday, Dec. 29, and charged him with assaulting his wife in their home on South Road. The woman told police that Edwards shoved her down and banged her head on the floor. He posted $20,000 bail and was released pending trial.

New York Times Tech Columnist David Pogue, Estranged Wife Charged With Disorderly Conduct In Westport
New York Times “gadget guru” David Pogue and his wife were arrested this week after the two tussled in their their Westport, CT, home, police said. Pogue, 48, and his wife Jennifer, 47, were both collared inside the Woody Lane home about 10:24 p.m. Monday when an argument between the two “turned physical,” Westport Town Police said.

Police captain Sam Arciola says an argument erupted, during which Jennifer allegedly bit David’s forearm. “Jennifer alleged that she was laying in bed reading a book, when David jumped on top of her, pinning her down and grabbing her iPhone from her hands. She then alleges that David had hit her in the head with the phone,” said Arciola.

2012

News anchor arrested on DUI charges
Amanda Davis, an anchor at WAGA in Atlanta, was driving northbound in the southbound lane of Piedmont Avenue near 14th Street in Midtown around 12:20 a.m. when the crash occurred, according to Atlanta police spokesman Gregory Lyon.

The investigating officer said he noticed that Davis smelled of alcohol. When he asked her if she had been drinking, she responded that she had, according to Lyon. During the course of the investigation, the officer determined he had reasonable cause to believe Davis was driving while impaired. Davis refused to a field sobriety test and state-administered chemical tests, Lyon said.

Former TV anchor arrested for DWI in Harlingen
Harlingen Police arrested a former Valley news anchor for driving while intoxicated early Thursday morning. Officers responded to the 3200 block of Treasure Hills Boulevard at 2:20 a.m., in reference to a car accident.

When they arrived, they found a blue 2006 Porsche Cayenne, driven by Peter Torgerson, 56, that had struck a parked car. The officer noticed Torgerson had blood shoot eyes, slurred speech, poor balance, and the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. Torgerson refused to take a breathylizer test. He faced a judge Thursday morning and was issued a $500 bond.

Torgerson was a longtime television anchor for the 5 p.m. evening news at KRGV. He quit in 1999 after winning the $37 million dollar Texas Lottery, along with a friend.

Former ABC anchor arrested for DUI
Sam Donaldson, a former anchor and reporter for ABC News, was arrested for DUI earlier this month in Delaware. Donaldson, 78, was arrested on December 1 in Lewes, Delaware. Donaldson is still an ABC News contributor and analyst.

Details are still coming in, so stay tuned to KLTV.com for the latest updates.

Former Tulsa TV Anchor Arrested On Meth Complaint
A former Tulsa TV news anchor was arrested on a drug complaint late Sunday night after officers searched his pickup truck following a traffic stop. According to jail records, a Tulsa Police officer stopped the pickup driven by Jerry Giordano just before midnight Sunday near 41st and South Harvard after the officer noticed it had an expired tag.

As the officer was doing an inventory of the pickup, he found a baggie in the driver’s seat containing a “dirty crystalline substance.” The officer wrote that he also found a baggie of “white crystalline substance” in the driver side door panel and a “large rock of crystalline substance” in the driver side door handle.

2013

KTSM anchor Adrienne Alvarez arrested on battery charge
Local TV news anchor Adrienne Alvarez was arrested Aug. 1 after police arrived at her home for a domestic violence incident. The 28-year old was charged with battery against a household member and was booked into the Doa Ana County Detention Center. She was released on bond at about 5 a.m. Aug. 1.

“We are aware of the arrest but will wait for more details before making any other comments,” Gary Sotir, general manager for KTSM/KDBC said in a statement.

KVIA morning weatherman arrested for alleged public intox, disorderly conduct
Channel 7-KVIA morning meterologist Jorge Torres was arrested early Sunday for allegedly causing a disturbance while drunk.

Jail records show Torres, 26, was booked on suspicion of public intoxication and disorderly conduct. He was released from the El Paso County Jail on Sunday evening after posting a $1,000 bond.

WISN’s Dan Needles arrested in domestic violence case
WISN-TV (Channel 12) sports director Dan Needles was arrested in connection with a domestic violence incident in Waukesha, police said Monday. Waukesha Police Sgt. Dave Wanner said Needles was arrested on Sunday and posted bail and was released.

On its website, WISN said Needles was arrested after an argument with his girlfriend in their home.

WLOS reporter John Le and wife arrested, both charged with misdemeanor assault
WLOS reporter John Le and his wife, Elizabeth Alicia Le, were both arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault early Saturday morning. An arrest warrant shows the two were arrested at their Brevard apartment about 1 a.m. on Saturday morning.

There is no other detail about the incident on the written report.

Greenwich Meteorologist Bill Evans, Wife Charged In Domestic Dispute
Old Greenwich resident and WABC-TV meteorologist Bill Evans and his wife, Dana, both face third-degree assault and disorderly conduct charges after an incident in their home, according to Greenwich police. Both Bill and Dana Evans turned themselves in to police after warrants were issued for their arrests in connection with an altercation that reportedly took place May 4, according to the police report.

Each was released on a promise to appear in Stamford Superior Court on June 17, according to the police report.

2014

Ex-CBS 2 anchor cleared of choking wife
Disgraced TV anchor Rob Morrison squirmed his way out of wife-choking charges Thursday, as a judge let him withdraw his guilty plea in return for finishing a domestic violence class. The former WCBS-Channel 2 anchor — who resigned after the February 2013 attack — saw all the domestic violence charges melt away at a brief hearing in a Stamford, Conn. court. He’s now ready to start anew, his lawyer said.

“He’ll end up with zero criminal record,” said Francis DiScala.

Shreveport Anchor Arrested for Drunk Driving
KTBS/Channel 3/Shreveport anchor Jody Lowery was arrested in Red River Parish for DWI on July 31st. State police booked Lowery under her full name: Jody Lowery Waldo. Lowery worked in Shreveport before taking a job in Tampa. But two years ago she returned to Shreveport to anchor the late news and do some reporting duties.

Few details have been released about her arrest.

KHOU announces anchor arrested on DWI charge
A popular Houston newsman found himself in the headlines Wednesday after his arrest on a DWI charge. KHOU-Channel 11 announced on its website that Ron Trevino, the station’s morning anchor, was arrested Tuesday night. But it did not add any details about what led to the charge.

According to Harris County court records, it is the 55-year-old’s first such offense. He was released from a city jail on $500 bond and his next court date is March 19.

Fox News’ Gregg Jarrett Arrested
Jarrett appeared to be drunk, acted belligerently and wouldn’t obey police orders, according to the police report. A bystander told the officer Jarrett had said he’d taken medication, though he told the officer he hadn’t. He told the officer he had begun drinking at 9 a.m. Jarrett was placed in a holding cell, where he struggled with the officer, who was trying to handcuff him. He was subsequently charged with obstructing the legal process by interfering with a peace officer, a misdemeanor.

2015

NBC Removes Anchor Williams from ‘Nightly News’
Brian Williams, once the prominent fixture on the NBC network nightly newscast, says he has been demoted to anchoring breaking news reports on its sister MSNBC cable network. The 56-year-old Williams was suspended for six months in February after he acknowledged falsely claiming that he had been in a U.S. helicopter hit by enemy fire during the Iraq War.

NBC launched an investigation of Williams’ accounts of news events and turned up other instances where he embellished or misrepresented what had occurred, often when he was a guest on late-night television talk shows.

Wichita Reporter Arrested for Domestic Violence
Wichita NBC affiliate KSNW is reporting weekend anchor and reporter Brian Miller has been arrested for destruction of property/domestic violence.

“KSN is currently investigating the situation,” the station told viewers during its evening newscasts yesterday and on its website. “While that investigation continues, Brian will not appear on KSN.”

Former SA television news anchor arrested on DWI charge
A former San Antonio TV news anchor who worked at both KSAT and KENS several years ago was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Wednesday evening, according to a San Antonio police report.

Karen Gallagher, 56, was arrested just before 8 p.m. after a crash on Rogers Ranch on the far North Side.

In October 2011, Gallagher was sentenced to two years deferred adjudication and fined $2,000 after pleading no contest to two counts of obtaining drugs by theft.

Former Fox40 anchor Sabrina Rodriguez sentenced in shoplifting case
After pleading no contest to a single misdemeanor theft charge and agreeing to pay $2,480 in restitution, the former Fox40 anchor Sabrina Rodriguez is expected to spend 30 days wearing a monitoring device on her ankle and then try to rebuild her life.

“I just really want to move on with my life, I really do,” Rodriguez, 31, said

2016

Domestic Violence Charges Against KNTV‘s Brent Cannon Emerge
Garcia-Cannon and her husband are separated now with charges of domestic violence against him pending in a South Bay courtroom. By all accounts, things have gotten out of hand with her accusing him of various pushes and shoves, and more extreme physical behavior. According to a source close to Garcia, she has visible bruises to prove it.

Garcia-Cannon is still, somehow, anchoring the morning show at KNTV under obviously extenuating circumstances. “I don’t know how she does it–what with all this over her head,” said a source.

Channel 2 Action News reporter charged with DUI
A Channel 2 Action News reporter was charged with driving under the influence after refusing to take a Breathalyzer during a traffic stop Wednesday morning.

An Atlanta police officer said in a police report that he pulled over Tyisha Marie Fernandes at about 3 a.m. Wednesday on Piedmont Road after observing her car traveling at 66 miles per hour in a 35 miles per hour zone.

TV reporter arrested for defecating on front lawn while covering story
Jonathan Lowe was working a story for KPHO when nature called. Instead of just holding it, he walked across the street and took a squat on the neighbor’s lawn. When officers showed up at the news van, Lowe told them, “I know what you want to talk to me about.” He told cops he wasn’t feeling well and didn’t want to bother anyone by knocking on their door to use the bathroom. “I’ve been stuck in this van all day.”

He also said he couldn’t leave the area to go to a nearby Fry’s Marketplace, and accused the people who called police of just wanting to “start problems,” according to the document. Cops weren’t buying it and arrested him for public defecation.

According to a statement from KPHO’s news director, he has since been fired from his job.

2017

Bill O’Reilly: From Fox News Star to Unemployed
A New York Times report states that Bill O’Reilly, Fox News and parent company 21st Century Fox issued five payouts to women totaling about $13 million in exchange for them to not pursue legal action against the conservative commentator. The women, who either worked for O’Reilly or appeared on his show, accused him of “a wide range of behavior,” according to the report, including “verbal abuse, lewd comments, unwanted advances and phone calls in which it sounded as if Mr. O’Reilly was masturbating.”

Matt Lauer fired from NBC ‘Today’ show for inappropriate sexual behavior
In a memo to employees, Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, said: “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company’s standards. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment.”

Lack wrote that while it was the first complaint about Lauer’s behavior over his more than 20 years at NBC News, “we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”

Charlie Rose fired by CBS, PBS and Bloomberg over sexual misconduct allegations
Talk show host and journalist Charlie Rose was fired Tuesday by CBS News, PBS and Bloomberg in the wake of eight women accusing him of sexual harassment and unwanted advances in a report in The Washington Post.

“A short time ago we terminated Charlie Rose’s employment with CBS News, effective immediately,” said a statement posted to Twitter from CBS News President David Rhodes. “This followed the revelation yesterday of extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior said to have revolved around his PBS program.”

In a statement, PBS also announced it had ended its relationship with Rose, whose self-titled interview show began airing in 1991.

Mark Halperin Leaves Contributor Role At MSNBC Amid ‘Very Troubling’ Allegations
Less than 12 hours after sexual harassment allegations surfaced against Mark Halperin, the veteran political journalist has been put on leave by MSNBC, where he had been serving as a contributor.

The claims against the journalist stem from his tenure as political director at ABC News, where he had crafted an influential daily newsletter known as The Note. Five women told CNN anonymously that during Halperin’s time in his lofty perch at ABC, he repeatedly engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct. The alleged behavior ranged from propositioning some of the women for sex to touching their breasts and pressing his genitals up against them while clothed. Halperin denied the allegations of inappropriate touching, but he did apologize for other conduct.

Kinky Details of CNN Anchor’s Central Park Arrest
CNN personality Richard Quest was arrested early Friday morning for drug possession when police found in Central Park well after the park’s 1 a.m. curfew. Sure, the initial reports said Quest told police he was carrying methamphetamime in his pocket, but leave it to the NY Post to add the really detailed details.

Not only did Quest have drugs, he also had a “rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot.” That was so not in the NY Times’ account. The Post also reported, “It wasn’t immediately clear what the rope was for” and that “the officer at the scene was able to ID the drug because of ‘his prior experience as a police officer in drug arrests, observation of packaging which is characteristic of this type of drug, and defendant’s statements that… “I’ve got some meth in my pocket.”‘

WJLA anchor Autria Godfrey charged with public intoxication and trespassing
Autria Godfrey, a popular anchor at local ABC affiliate WJLA, was arrested last month and charged with public intoxication and trespassing, according to Arlington County court records, after allegedly getting into a fight in a bar and being asked to leave.

Godfrey, 33, who anchors the station’s “Good Morning Washington” show and “ABC7 News at Noon,” was charged with the two misdemeanor counts in the early-morning hours of Feb. 18 at the Clarendon Grill in Arlington, per the arrest records. A police spokeswoman said she was arrested when she returned to the bar against police warnings.

KUTV News anchor formally charged with DUI
Charges have been officially filed against KUTV News anchor Shauna Lake after she was arrested on suspicion of DUI last week.

Lake, whose full name is Shauna Lake Marshall, faces a class B misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence, a class C misdemeanor charge of using plates registered to another vehicle, a class C misdemeanor charge of open container in vehicle on highway and a vehicle registration infraction.

Police: Colleen Campbell Later Assaulted the World’s Most Patient Cop
By now, you’re probably familiar with the viral video of since-fired PHL 17 reporter Colleen Campbell ranting and raving and getting arrested outside of Helium Comedy Club on Sunday night. Earlier, we told you that the 28-year-old South Philadelphia woman had been charged with resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct, but now the Philadelphia Police Department is saying that it’s worse than we originally thought.

After transitioning from local news coverage in Philly to weather in West Virginia…

Colleen started in May of 2018 and – with hurricane-force winds – quickly rose to become the Chief. She did all of this while working a second job and pursuing her degree in meteorology.
— WDTV, 12/3/20

Explains why so many so-called meteorologists get the weather wrong. Campbell joined the East Texas “weather team” at CBS19 in December 2020. 

BTW — Campbell made several attempts to have our video of her removed from YouTube and in 2025, finally succeeded. The video can be found here.

2018

Former television meteorologist jailed on felony domestic violence charge
Mark Prater, who in April left his job as chief meteorologist for CBS 42, was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Wednesday just after 3 p.m. According to jail records, Prater is charged with second-degree domestic violence/stalking.

The former award-winning television personality in the past had been named Birmingham’s Best News/Weather anchor on a number of occasions. The Associated Press also named him Alabama’s Best Weathercaster in 1999.

12 News reporter allegedly flees from law enforcement, intoxicated
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office website, Bryan Turner West, 30, was booked into jail Thursday. The charges include one count of unlawful flight from law enforcement, a class 5 felony, and four misdemeanor DUI counts, including super DUI, which requires a BAC above 0.20.

Mr. West is a reporter for 12 News- KPNX in Phoenix.

Embarrassing moment Florida TV anchor, 28, makes fun of white officer’s baldness and boasts about her master’s degree as she is arrested for drunk driving while claiming it’s racially motivated
A black television anchorwoman has been allowed back to work despite her arrest for drunk driving, as bodycam footage obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows her mocking officers and accusing them of arresting her because of her race.

Farron Salley, morning and weekend anchor at West Palm Beach’s Channel 25 in Florida, was welcomed back after a two-month leave after her arrest on December 15, 2018.

After a DUI Arrest, KSPR Anchor Frances Watson Returns to TV
KSPR anchor Frances Watson has returned to the air four months after being arrested for DUI in Springfield, Mo.

“As many of you know, it’s been four months since I have been on the air. I made a bad decision resulting in my arrest for drinking and driving. I was suspended and nearly lost everything I’ve worked hard for,” she said in a lengthy Facebook post. “It hasn’t been easy. It’s embarrassing and sad really. However, I’ve made the choice to own my mistake and not hide from it,” she continued.

The station never ran a story on her arrest back in December.

2019

Domestic violence charges dropped against former FOX 13 reporter
Domestic violence charges were dropped Friday against former FOX 13 reporter Scott Madaus. Madaus, 42, was arrested on the charges on Dec. 15, 2018. According to an affidavit, Madaus and the victim began fighting at his Midtown home after drinking a few glasses of wine, which upset the victim because Madaus had been sober for 20 days.

When officers arrived, they reported seeing the home vandalized and observing a scratch on the victim’s neck.

Tulsa Anchor Arrested on DUI Charges
KOKI noon anchor Tiffany Alaniz was arrested after driving drunk and crashing her car into a utility pole. According to Tulsa police, she flipped her car on Thursday night around 11:30 p.m.

Alaniz was not injured and refused medical help. Police say she showed signs of being intoxicated and underwent field testing from officers.

Hope Woodside, former popular Utah news anchor, arrested for DUI twice in 2 days
According to arresting documents, Hope Woodside, 57, was arrested on March 29 after dispatch received a complaint that she was suspected of drinking and driving in the Jeremy Ranch area. Woodside was booked into the Summit County Jail and is facing charges of DUI, open container and failure to signal.

The next day, just before 11 p.m. troopers were dispatched to I-80 west near the Jeremy Ranch exit on a report of a vehicle that had run off the road. When the trooper arrived, he found a witness who told him the driver was now in the back seat of the car.
Documents state there is prior history of complaints against Woodside of driving under the influence.

Woodside was a news anchor for Fox 13 for more than 20 years and had worked in the industry for 35. She made the decision to leave her job at Fox 13 in September 2018.

Evansville TV reporter arrested, accused of driving while drunk
Veronica DeKett, a noon anchor and senior reporter at WEVV-TV 44 News, has been charged with two counts of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after she was pulled over after a night of drinking. DeKett failed several roadside tests, according to the affidavit. Police said she was belligerent and argumentative at times.

She was administered a portable breath test and registered a 0.19. A second test at the jail gave the same result. The legal limit is 0.08. She was booked into Vanderburgh County’s jail shortly after 2:20 a.m. but has since been released, according to online records. An initial court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday morning at 8:30.

Station Manager Eric Stremming had no comment on DeKett’s arrest.

Tech reporter Peter Bright charged with soliciting child sex online
Tech reporter Peter Bright has been arrested for soliciting sex with children online. He was employed by Ars Technica until recently.

A federal complaint alleges that Bright sought to molest a 7- and 9-year-old and met with an undercover agent for this purpose, at which point he was arrested. It also states that Bright claimed to be in a sexual relationship with an 11-year-old. He is currently being held without bail.

Former Dateline Reporter Chris Hansen Charged With Bouncing Checks
Chris Hansen got caught. The former Dateline NBC correspondent and To Catch a Predator host who left NBC News in 2013 has been accused of bouncing checks and then failing to pay $13,000 worth of marketing materials he received from a local vendor in Connecticut. An arrest warrant was issued for Hansen, who turned himself over to police on Monday and was released without bond.

2020

New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Masturbating on Zoom Call
Jeffrey Toobin addresses Zoom call masturbation scandal: ‘I’ll regret it for the rest of my life’
Jeffrey Toobin is back at CNN eight months after exposing himself on Zoom
The New Yorker has suspended reporter Jeffrey Toobin for masturbating on a Zoom video chat between members of the New Yorker and WNYC radio last week. Toobin says he did not realize his video was on.

Fox News Fires Ed Henry Over Sexual Misconduct Claim
Fox News has fired Ed Henry, one of the network’s most prominent Washington-based journalists, after a former employee at the cable news channel accused him of sexual misconduct, the network said on Wednesday.

In a memo to staff, Fox News leadership said it received a complaint last week alleging that Mr. Henry had engaged in “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace years ago.”

Local news anchor arrested on assault charges, Anchorage police say
Police said they took Maureen “Maria” Athens, 41, into custody Friday in the parking lot of Coastal Television Broadcasting Co. on East Tudor Road after it was reported she and a man were involved in an altercation. Athens was charged with fourth-degree assault, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. At the arraignment, the judge ruled Athens would be banned from the property until further notice. Athens is also not allowed to have contact with the victim.

Ms. Athens’ employer, general manager Scott Centers declined to comment to Alaska’s News Source on the arrest, or whether Athens remains employed at the station.

Texas news anchor arrested on prostitution charge
A morning show anchor and reporter in Amarillo, who used to be on TV in San Antonio, was arrested on prostitution charges, according to ABC 7/KVII. Anthony Pittman, a morning anchor at ABC 7, was arrested Friday in Randall County and charged with solicitation of prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor, the station reported.

TV Anchor Arrested on Assault Charges After Allegedly Hitting Man with Beer Bottle in Fight Over Politics: Cop
A South Carolina TV news anchor normally reporting on the news was “in” the news after she was arrested on assault charges for allegedly cracking a beer bottle over a man’s head during a heated political argument, police said. The 32-year-old victim sustained injury to his face that required stitches, police said.

Kamie Jo Roesler, 28, an anchorwoman at WIS-TV in Columbia, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, according to the Sioux Falls police. The alleged victim, a 32-year-old man, told the police he and Roesler had been arguing about politics leading up to the incident, The Charlotte Observer reported.

Utah news anchor arrested for DUI
The Salt Lake Tribune reports KUTV anchorwoman Shauna Lake was arrested at Salt Lake International Airport on Friday.

She was approached by an officer while parked in a pickup. Officers requested a blood draw warrant, according to KUTV. She reportedly failed a field sobriety test, but the blood alcohol results are not yet complete. Lake was later released at the airport and sent with someone to drive her home.

This, apparently, is not Lake’s first DUI. Her first arrest happened in May 2017. There are rumors that Lake may be fired from her job. KUTV news director Michael Garber has not made any public comment on the matter.

2021

CNN fires Chris Cuomo for role in fighting brother’s sexual harassment scandal
CNN has fired Chris Cuomo after new revelations detailed the journalist’s role in advising his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the face of sexual harassment allegations.

“Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense,” read a statement from the cable news network, which announced the news on Saturday. “We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately.

El Paso TV news anchor Tatiana Favela arrested on DWI charge near Cincinnati district
An El Paso television news anchor was arrested on a driving-while-intoxicated charge after allegedly driving erratically in the Cincinnati Avenue Entertainment District.

Tatiana Favela, 27, the weekend news anchor for Channel 9-KTSM, was arrested early Friday by an El Paso police DWI Task Force officer. The affidavit stated she declined to do a field sobriety test. “It’s against me,” she told the DWI officer, who asked her to clarify. “It’s against my privilege.”

Favela in an email on Monday stated she had “no comment at this time.”

2023

News Anchor Arrested For DUI In Maryland
NBC4 news anchor Leon Harris has seen his recent DUI arrest plastered all over the media. The 60-year-old journalist, who works in Washington, D.C., was arrested on January 29 after causing an accident and then trying to leave the scene. Harris, who once worked for CNN, rear-ended a vehicle at Bradley Boulevard and River Road in Montgomery County. The impact caused the vehicle he hit to rear-end a third vehicle. Fortunately, nobody suffered serious injuries in the crash.

Harris attempted to leave the accident scene but was caught by police. He failed both a Breathalyzer test and a sobriety test. His alcohol level was determined to be twice the state’s legal limit. An investigation into the incident is underway. During this time, Harris has been suspended from his on-air duties at NBC4.

Harris faces a total of nine criminal charges, all misdemeanors.

Former Univision sports anchor charged with murder in Corpus Christi
A former sports anchor in San Antonio has been arrested for murder in Corpus Christi, police there confirmed. Johnathan Solarte, 37, is charged with murder. He worked formerly as a sports anchor at Univision. 

Police said Solarte got into an argument with a 35-year-old family member. The argument turned into a physical fight and at some point, Solarte shot the victim, police said. The victim was transported to a hospital where he died.

In March of 2017, while Solarte was employed at Univision in San Antonio, he was arrested after refusing to stop when a Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy tried to pull him over. But the District Attorney’s Office dismissed the felony evading arrest case and he was not charged or indicted for the crime.

South Dakota reporter arrested, fired for using Gov. Kristi Noem’s phone number to make prank call
The Stanley County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Austin Goss, the capitol bureau reporter for Dakota News Now, had been arrested Thursday morning and released on a personal recognizance bond. Dakota News Now and KOTA Territory News, which employed Goss, issued a joint statement at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, which announced the termination of the reporter.

Documents say the call came from a website called PrankDial, which was able to make it appear as though the call was coming from Noem’s cell phone. The call was reportedly made around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22. Goss was charged with “making threatening, harassing, misleading contacts,” a class 1 misdemeanor. The maximum penalty could be one year’s imprisonment and $2,000 in fines.

Goss nor his attorney wanted to talk on the record.

KSAT reporter arrested on suspicion of DWI
KSAT reporter John Paul Barajas was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The charge is a Class B misdemeanor.

According to a blood draw warrant from the San Antonio Police Department, Barajas was pulled over for speeding and drifting outside the lane of traffic in the 11000 block of Interstate 10 just before 2 a.m. on Sunday. SAPD said he refused a breathalyzer and was taken into custody without incident.

“KSAT12 is aware of an incident regarding one of our employees being arrested for alleged driving under the influence on November 5th, 2023,” said Ashley Parker, VP/GM of KSAT12. “We ask that you respect the privacy of all involved and refrain from speculation or conjecture.”

2024

News anchor in Texas accused of breaking boyfriend’s nose after drinking margaritas
A TV news anchor in Texas was arrested on domestic violence charges after police said she broke her boyfriend’s nose. Heather Kovar was arrested Monday night in College Station.

According to court records, Kovar was drinking margaritas at a Mexican food restaurant when she got into an argument with her boyfriend over relationship issues they’ve been having. They went back to her apartment across from the Texas A&M University campus where TAMUPD said the fight turned physical. Kovar punched him 12 times in the face, bit his left arm and scratched his other arm, according to court documents.

Columbia TV journalist arrested on child pornography charges
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office says Matt Vereen, 28, was arrested on Wednesday and taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. He is a journalist at television station WACH-TV.

Vereen was charged with three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor: two counts in the second degree and another count in the third degree. Arrest warrants state that child sexual abuse material involving an underage girl was found on his Apple laptop during a search warrant on Wednesday.  Vereen’s LinkedIn page states he has worked as a sports anchor and reporter for WACH-TV for nearly three years. Prior to this, he worked as a sports reporter and anchor at KOLR, a news station in Springfield, Missouri.

WACH-TV said Friday that Vereen has been placed on suspension.

Ex-Local4 news anchor found guilty for alleged threats through texts, emails
A former central Nebraska news anchor has been found guilty of charges of terrorizing a woman through texts and emails.

Joseph Scanlan, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of attempt of a class 4 felony and two counts of intimidation by phone call or electronic device. All counts are misdemeanors.

In exchange for his plea, the latter count was reduced from felony terroristic threats.

2025

Former News Anchor Charged with Murder After Allegedly Stabbing and Killing Her 80-Year-Old Mother
A former news anchor has been charged with murder after she allegedly stabbed and killed her elderly mother.
Police responded to a “reported cutting” at a residence in Wichita, Kan., at about 7:52 a.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 31, per a media release shared on Facebook by the Sedgwick County Police Department (SCPD).
Upon arrival, police found a woman — who was later identified as 47-year-old Angelynn “Angie” Mock— standing outside the home. They then entered the residence and found Mock’s mother, Anita Avers, 80, “unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds.”

FOX 26 Houston anchor Isiah Carey arrested for DWI — again
Award-winning FOX 26 Houston news anchor Isiah Carey, whose full name is Isiah Carey Arbuckle, was arrested overnight for driving while intoxicated, according to Montgomery County jail records. This is the 55-year-old’s second DWI arrest in recent years.

Host of the station’s Isiah Factor Uncensored, Carey was taken into custody around 3:50 a.m. on Friday and later booked into the Montgomery County Jail on his second DWI charge. The charge is classified as a Class A misdemeanor. He is being held with a bail set at $1,000. Further information about Carey’s arrest was not yet available by the time of this writing. FOX 26 did not provide a comment on Carey’s arrest. The station noted he will not be on the air tonight and there will be a re-run of one of his shows instead as he was already scheduled for time off.

South Florida news reporter turns himself into Miami police following Rolex theft, pawning
A South Florida man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a pricy watch from a neighbor. According to police, 29-year-old Michael Hudak is accused of stealing a $16,000 Rolex from his neighbor while the latter was traveling abroad.

Hudak is a reporter for WSVN-ABC Miami in South Florida.

He was taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set” as of Thursday afternoon.

WSVN said in a statement that Hudak “has been suspended without pay at this time.”

Ex-news anchor sentenced to 10 years in prison for federal conspiracy charge
Stephanie Hockridge, a former news anchor, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for federal conspiracy. The charges are in connection with Blueacorn, a paycheck protection program loan processing company during the pandemic, in which Hockridge was a co-founder. The judge ordered $64 million in restitution in the case, which will be forwarded to the Small Business Administration, which ran the PPP loan program. Hockridge and the other defendants will be jointly responsible for paying.

Hockridge, who worked as an ABC15 news anchor from 2011 to 2018, was acquitted of four counts of wire fraud but convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in June 2025.

Former Rapid City news anchor receives a suspended imposition of sentence
On Thursday in Sturgis, Shad Olson who was a TV news anchor at KOTA and KNBN, was arrested on a domestic violence charge. was sentenced after pleading no contest to simple assault – domestic violence for an incident that occurred in February 2024.

The state was asking for a 180-day suspended jail sentence, and the judge gave Olson a suspended imposition of sentence.

Olson is required to attend anger management counseling, consent to search and seizure, consume no alcohol for the next 365 days, and have no contact with the victim or the victim’s address.

Former KTVU anchor arrested for fourth time following altercation with daughter
A former Bay Area news anchor was arrested this week on suspicion of assault with serious bodily injury after a physical altercation involving his daughter, according to a social media post and jail records.

Frank Somerville, 67, a former mainstay anchor for KTVU in Oakland, said in a now-deleted Facebook post that he was taken into custody Monday evening after a fight with his daughter. Alameda County jail records showed that Somerville was in custody at Santa Rita Jail on Tuesday morning.

2026

KOAT Reporter Arrested for DWI Early This Morning
Award-winning KOAT Channel 7 reporter and weekend anchor Julian Paras is facing some criminal charges related to an alleged drunk-driving incident. Paras admitted to consuming a few alcoholic drinks prior to driving.

While speaking face-to-face with the driver about the reason for the traffic stop, the officer reported detecting a strong odor of alcohol on the driver’s breath and continued to observe signs of impairment, including bloodshot and watery eyes.

After completion of booking paperwork, Paras was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center.

Of course, seeing how news directors are the ultimate gatekeepers as to what is considered presentable to the public, we really have no idea just how many other journalists and news personalities have been busted. Many links to stories suspiciously come up as a “404 error”.

Media professionals salivate at the opportunity to report on any of us, no matter how devastating it is personally and professionally. But they get all protective of their private information when their activities put them in the spotlight.

Sucks, don’t it?