BBC's Newsnight sparked a debate last night on media coverage of the shooting of two journalists in Virginia during a live TV report.
Author Michael Wolff and LiveLeak.com founder Hayden Hewitt discussed the issue of media outlets deciding whether or not to post the controversial video taken by the shooter, as well as a clip of the original WDBJ7 footage.
Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while Parker interviewed local Chamber of Commerce head Vicki Gardner, who was injured in the incident and is now in a stable condition.
Suspect Vester Lee Flanagan II, who went by the name Bryce Williams on air, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was located by authorities.
When asked by Newsnight host James O'Brien why his website decided to post the video of the shooting, Hewitt responded by saying: "Originally it was uploaded to a different...
Author Michael Wolff and LiveLeak.com founder Hayden Hewitt discussed the issue of media outlets deciding whether or not to post the controversial video taken by the shooter, as well as a clip of the original WDBJ7 footage.
Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while Parker interviewed local Chamber of Commerce head Vicki Gardner, who was injured in the incident and is now in a stable condition.
Suspect Vester Lee Flanagan II, who went by the name Bryce Williams on air, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was located by authorities.
When asked by Newsnight host James O'Brien why his website decided to post the video of the shooting, Hewitt responded by saying: "Originally it was uploaded to a different...
- 8/27/2015
- Digital Spy
One day after Wdbj-7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were killed by a former employee of the Virginia CBS affiliate where they worked, the station aired a moment of silence to remember the pair.
“We want to pause and reflect, and we want to share with you once again what made these two so special, not just to us, but to all our hometowns that Wdbj-7 serves,” anchor Kimberly McBroom said, clasping hands with weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner and Steve Grant, an anchor from sister station Kytv in Springfield, Mo.
Ward, 27, and Parker, 24, were shot dead by Vester Lee Flanagan,...
“We want to pause and reflect, and we want to share with you once again what made these two so special, not just to us, but to all our hometowns that Wdbj-7 serves,” anchor Kimberly McBroom said, clasping hands with weatherman Leo Hirsbrunner and Steve Grant, an anchor from sister station Kytv in Springfield, Mo.
Ward, 27, and Parker, 24, were shot dead by Vester Lee Flanagan,...
- 8/27/2015
- TVLine.com
Vester Flanagan, a former TV reporter for Virginia’s Wdbj, shot himself after shooting Wdbj reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward on Wednesday on live TV. Vester Flanagan Dead Flanagan, whose real name was Bryce Williams, uploaded videos online of him fatally shooting Parker and Ward during a live broadcast, and then shooting himself. Flanagan was […]
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- 8/27/2015
- by Elisabet Stenberg
- Uinterview
The man suspected of fatally shooting Wdbj-tv reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward had a long history of race-based complaints in the workplace. Deceased shooting suspect Bryce Williams, who claimed on social media that “Alison made racial comments” and that “Adam went to Hr on me after working with me one time,” previously filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination and retaliation against another former employer, according to court papers obtained by TheWrap. The suit, which was filed under Williams’ real name Vester L. Flanagan, was filed against Florida NBC affiliate Wtwc in February 2000. In the suit, Flanagan alleged that he.
- 8/27/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
'Mr. Robot' with Rami Malek. USA cable network postpones 'Mr. Robot' season finale following deadly Virginia shootings on live TV The day after a gun-toting 14-year-old male held hostage 29 students and a teacher at West Virginia's Philip Barbour high school, on Aug. 26, '15, journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward of the Roanoke, Virginia, Wdbj-tv station were shot dead on live television. The murderer – who shot himself after being pursued by police – was identified as former Wbdj journalist Bryce Williams (aka Vester L. Flanagan II). As a result of the double murder on live TV – which, although the circumstances were different, brings to mind Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky's Network – the USA cable network has decided to postpone the showing of this season's final episode of the series Mr. Robot. According to a statement issued by USA, a similar incident takes place in the show. The statement reads in part:...
- 8/26/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
USA Network has pushed back the Season 1 finale of its acclaimed drama Mr. Robot, due to the tragic events that took place early Wednesday morning in Virginia.
The already renewed Mr. Robot was to wrap its run tonight at 10/9c; instead, the finale will air next Wednesday, Sept. 2.
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In a statement, USA Network explained: “The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s tragic events in Virginia. Out of respect to the victims, their families and colleagues, and our viewers, we are postponing tonight’s episode.
The already renewed Mr. Robot was to wrap its run tonight at 10/9c; instead, the finale will air next Wednesday, Sept. 2.
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In a statement, USA Network explained: “The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s tragic events in Virginia. Out of respect to the victims, their families and colleagues, and our viewers, we are postponing tonight’s episode.
- 8/26/2015
- TVLine.com
Bryce Williams/Vester Flanagan said the Charleston Church shooting in June spurred his homicidal rage ... which exploded this morning when he took the lives of a Virginia reporter and photographer. ABC News in NYC says it received a 23-page fax from Williams this morning -- almost 2 hours after he had killed Alison Parker and Adam Ward. In the document ... he says he put a down payment on a gun on June 19, 2 days after the Charleston tragedy.
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Wdbj shooter Vester Flanagan called ABC News after fatally shooting TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward on Wednesday. The network reported Flanagan told them the police were after him and were “all over the place.” “A man claiming to be Bryce Williams called ABC News over the last few weeks, saying he wanted to pitch a story, and wanted to fax information,” ABC reported. “He never told ABC News what the story was. This morning, a fax was in the machine (time stamped 8:26 a.m.) almost two hours after the shooting.” An hour-and-a-half later, Flanagan contacted the network again,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Bryce Williams, aka Vester Flanagan, the man who shot and killed two journalists live on TV today, once reported on gun control armed with an assault weapon. The disturbing footage shows Williams holding a submachine gun in one of the several news clips where he's reporting on firearm and race issues. It's significant ... considering it's believed Williams' motive for gunning down the journalists, who were his former co-workers at Virginia station WDBJ7, is a personal vendetta over racist comments.
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Update with more information: Police officials confirmed that a former Roanoke TV station employee who has had been identified as the suspect in the killing of a news reporter and cameraman during a live morning-news broadcast has died after shooting himself during a pursuit on Interstate 66 in Virginia. The suspect has been identified as former Wdbj-tv on-air anchor Vester Flanagan, known as Bryce Williams, after he posted video of the shooting of his former colleagues…...
- 8/26/2015
- Deadline TV
Someone using the name of the suspect in Wednesday morning’s Wdbj TV news shooting sent a 23-page fax to ABC News the night before the incident, which the network turned over to authorities. “Sometime between Tuesday night and this morning, ABC News received a fax from someone claiming to be Bryce Williams,” the network reported. “It is a lengthy document: 23 pages. ABC News has turned it over to authorities.” In the fax Williams hinted at his plans and their motivation. “What sent me over the top was the church shooting,” read the fax. “And my hollow point bullets have the victims’ initials on them.
- 8/26/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
In the aftermath of this morning's deadly on-air shooting of Wdbj reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, the station has been both reporting and grieving live. And just after noon on Wednesday, station manager Jeff Marks reacted to the news that suspect Vester Flanagan, who used the name Bryce Williams on air when he worked for the channel, had shot himself but was still alive.
- 8/26/2015
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
Virginia is facing a terrible tragedy Wednesday morning, as WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker, 24, and WDBJ7 photographer Adam Ward, 27, were killed while conducting an interview around 6:45 a.m. local time in Moneta, Virginia, the TV station announced Wednesday. The shooter, identified as Vester Lee Flanagan II who identified as Bryce Williams at the news station, 41, shot himself only a few hours later. He remains in critical condition. Celebrities and politicians have turned to social media to react to the horrible news, tweeting their love, support and prayers for the fallen reporters and their families. Here is what stars are saying: nullnullnullnullnullnull...
- 8/26/2015
- E! Online
Tragedy struck today when a Roanoke, Virginia-area TV news reporter and her cameraman were both shot dead by a former colleague while conducted an interview during a live broadcast. Wdbj-7’s Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were reporting live for the news network when the shooter, suspected to be their former colleague, 41-year-old Vester Flanagan, who used the professional name Bryce Williams, fired eight shots, striking and killing Parker and Ward and also wounding Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Vicki Gardner, who was shot in the back and is currently in surgery. Not long after the shooting, Wdbj president and Gm Jeffrey A. Marks went on air to report that both Parker and Ward had died from their injuries. “Our hearts are broken,” he said. “[We’re] holding back tears.” Ward was engaged to a producer at Wdbj, who was celebrating her final day at the station before…...
- 8/26/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Bryce Williams -- aka Vester Flanagan -- sued his former bosses at a TV station in Florida back in 2000 ... claiming his bosses verbally abused him because of his race, and even called him a "monkey." After killing 2 members of a TV news crew this morning, Flanagan accused one of the victims of racism. Now, we've learned it wasn't the first time he hurled such accusations ... because in his lawsuit, filed against Wtwc-tv in Florida, Vester...
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
11:20 Pm Pt -- Williams has been pronounced dead at the hospital. Bryce Williams -- the man who shot and killed a Virginia reporter and photographer -- turned a gun on himself, but survived the shooting. Police say they found him with a pulse, but he's in critical condition. While police were chasing Williams -- aka Vester L. Flanagan -- he put up the videos on Facebook and Twitter. One of the clips shows him walking up to his victims.
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Update: According to CBS' Wtvr, the alleged shooter was former Wdbj employee Vester L. Flanagan, who used the on-air name Bryce Williams. He worked at the company as a reporter for a year but was fired from the station. Flanagan reportedly posted videos of the fatal shooting on Wednesday via Twitter and Facebook. His accounts have since been suspended. According to CBS, Flanagan shot himself as officers were trying to approach him before noon on Wednesday. Virginia Police later confirmed that Flanagan was pronounced dead at the hospital at [...]...
- 8/26/2015
- Us Weekly
8:10 Am Pt -- Police have named the suspect ... he's Vester L. Flanagan aka Bryce Williams ... a former employee of Wdbj. He's tweeting video he recorded of the shooting. 7:15 Am Pt -- The Governor of Virginia says ... officials believe the shooter is a disgruntled employee from the station. 7:08 Am Pt -- The suspect in the shooting is currently being chased by law enforcement on the I-81 highway in Virginia. A TV reporter and...
- 8/26/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A Roanoke, Va.-area TV news reporter and her cameraman were both shot dead by a suspected former colleague during a Wednesday-morning segment, as it was being broadcast live.
The suspected gunman, former Wdbj employee Vester Lee Flanagan aka Bryce Williams, shot himself upon being chased down by police on Interstate 66 and later died at the hospital.
Around 6:45 am, Wdbj-7’s Alison Parker, 24, with cameraman Adam Ward, 27, was reporting for the CBS affiliate from Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Va., when a gunman approached and fired about a half dozen shots, hitting Parker, Ward and their interview subject, Smith Mountain...
The suspected gunman, former Wdbj employee Vester Lee Flanagan aka Bryce Williams, shot himself upon being chased down by police on Interstate 66 and later died at the hospital.
Around 6:45 am, Wdbj-7’s Alison Parker, 24, with cameraman Adam Ward, 27, was reporting for the CBS affiliate from Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Va., when a gunman approached and fired about a half dozen shots, hitting Parker, Ward and their interview subject, Smith Mountain...
- 8/26/2015
- TVLine.com
A TV news reporter and photographer were shot dead on live TV on Wednesday morning. Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27, were both killed when a former employee at their Roanoke, Virginia CBS affiliate, opened fire during a live broadcast. In addition, the woman Parker was interviewing, Vicki Gardner of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, was also injured in the shooting. The gunman Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, went by the name of Bryce Williams when he worked at the station. After being pursued by various law-enforcement agencies, Flanagan shot himself and was
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- 8/26/2015
- by Hilary Lewis, The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Unbelievable. According to WDBJ7, two of their own employees were shot to death this morning during a live broadcast around 6:45 a.m. in Moneta, Virginia. Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27, were killed. Vicki Gardner of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce was injured in the shooting and was said to be in surgery.
Details are still coming in, but see below for a photo of the suspected shooter, who is reportedly a "disgruntled" former station employee with grievances against Adam and Alison. According to Whsv, the Augusta County Sheriff's Department identified the suspect as Vester Lee Flanagan, but on air he went by Bryce Williams. Whsv later updated that Flanagan had shot himself and was in critical condition. Not too long after that, the news came in that the alleged gunman had died.
This is the most heartbreaking part of an already heartbreaking tragedy: Both...
Details are still coming in, but see below for a photo of the suspected shooter, who is reportedly a "disgruntled" former station employee with grievances against Adam and Alison. According to Whsv, the Augusta County Sheriff's Department identified the suspect as Vester Lee Flanagan, but on air he went by Bryce Williams. Whsv later updated that Flanagan had shot himself and was in critical condition. Not too long after that, the news came in that the alleged gunman had died.
This is the most heartbreaking part of an already heartbreaking tragedy: Both...
- 8/26/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Without effective public health insurance exchanges, we will miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a solution to the problem of providing affordable health care coverage to all Americans. Here, the President and CEO of Extend Health on how it can be done.
The government's Affordable Care Act aims to make health insurance more accessible and affordable to millions of individual Americans and employees of small businesses. State-run health insurance exchanges are a vital tool in achieving that goal. At their best, exchanges are efficient marketplaces that give buyers more choice, provide health insurers with an opportunity to reach more consumers and, through transparency and competition (two elements lacking in today’s private health insurance industry) keep costs down.
But the Federal government and some states have dangerously underestimated the complexity and technical challenges of building public health insurance exchanges. This view was reinforced last week when Health and Human Services (Hhs...
The government's Affordable Care Act aims to make health insurance more accessible and affordable to millions of individual Americans and employees of small businesses. State-run health insurance exchanges are a vital tool in achieving that goal. At their best, exchanges are efficient marketplaces that give buyers more choice, provide health insurers with an opportunity to reach more consumers and, through transparency and competition (two elements lacking in today’s private health insurance industry) keep costs down.
But the Federal government and some states have dangerously underestimated the complexity and technical challenges of building public health insurance exchanges. This view was reinforced last week when Health and Human Services (Hhs...
- 7/29/2011
- by Bryce Williams
- Fast Company
Google announced last week that it is shutting down personal health record service Google Health. The underlying cause: the people who use Google Health aren't the people making health care decisions.
The Internet has been a boon for consumers who want to learn more about their medical symptoms and conditions. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 80% of the American adults who use the Internet report that they regularly go online for access to health information. But so far, the Internet has not helped drive the adoption of health records created and maintained by consumers. That's why Google announced last week that it is shutting down Google Health, a personal health record service that allows individuals to centrally store and manage their health information online.
The theoretical appeal of such a service is that people can make better decisions about health care when they have all of their health information readily available.
The Internet has been a boon for consumers who want to learn more about their medical symptoms and conditions. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 80% of the American adults who use the Internet report that they regularly go online for access to health information. But so far, the Internet has not helped drive the adoption of health records created and maintained by consumers. That's why Google announced last week that it is shutting down Google Health, a personal health record service that allows individuals to centrally store and manage their health information online.
The theoretical appeal of such a service is that people can make better decisions about health care when they have all of their health information readily available.
- 6/28/2011
- by Bryce Williams
- Fast Company
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