Saturday, November 26, 2011

Scumbag Media Changes Story

Here's how it read before:
  • As for the female officer, ABC7 is told she was treated and released from an area hospital after suffering injuries to her hand and presumably injuries to her face, if in fact she was punched.
  • As for the female officer, ABC7's Jason Knowles was told she was treated and released from an area hospital after suffering injuries to her hand and face.
No note about how things were altered. Just a change and a hope that it all fades down the memory hole.

Next, we're sure one or both of the credited reporters (Jessica D'Onofrio and Jason Knowles) will claim it was an unnamed editor who wrote this piece and they had nothing to do with the offending passage. If so, then (A) have your name removed from the piece or (B) resign, seeing as how that person has destroyed any credibility you have.

Anyone who has a listing of ABC 7 sponsors to boycott, post them in the comment section.

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55 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's forget about this "fear for your life" stuff. It's not necessary under Illinois law. Someone punches a cop=forcible felony. You are allowed to use deadly force to prevent their escape. End of story.
Department policy may be another story but let these media scum learn the LAW before they start slandering officers.

11/26/2011 12:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dominicks
Jewel-Osco
Walter E. Smithe
Benjamin Moore
North Shore University Health System
Mazda
Allstate Arena
National Tire and Battery
American Airlines
Rizza Cars
Luna Flooring

Just a few advertisers from the website.

No sympathy from me for the Daley Crime Family. Maybe Patrick will go on a bender and beat the old man up again.....allegedly, LOL! Hey, that qualifies me to be a piece of shit news reporter!

11/26/2011 01:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are nothing but third string reporters who had to "report" since everyone else took the holy days off and wanted to make a name for themselves

11/26/2011 01:26:00 AM  
Anonymous West Side, Inside Do-Nothing said...

"Anyone who has a listing of ABC 7 sponsors to boycott, post them in the comment section".

ABC 7 is sponsored by the following:

- Parkers
- Movers
- ANOVs
- Proactive Police Work

P.S. - Jessica D'Onofrio and Jason Knowles: both of you bitches know where "it" hangs.

11/26/2011 01:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why not have the officer sue? She has a right too.

11/26/2011 02:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The public isn't buying the media BS quite so quickly now that it's truly become cops and citizens VS thugs.

11/26/2011 03:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anything with Disney is part of abc!

11/26/2011 03:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe Patrick will go on a bender and beat the old man up again

We havent seen Patrick in boys town lately?

11/26/2011 06:23:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

Hold the confetti & party hats kids!

One needed correction out of the many never done over the years...

The Policeman needs copious amounts of vengeance to even begin to address the indignities suffered at the hands of Chicago media...

Putting a hurt on their advertisers and actually going after them in court would be a start.

We need to see some newsies living under bridges in cardboard boxes with their families for the many years of fuckery they've visited on the fine men & women of CPD.

As it is, journalistic integrity, oversight and accountability have been made to commit three hole whoredoms in Chicago.

It would be more thasn fitting to see them destroyed in a concentrated orchestration just as they've gone all out to do the bidding of City Hall in trying to destroy taxpayer goodwill and appreciation for the tiny fractional percentage of people (yes, you media bitches, Coppers ARE people too) who are counted on to try and keep the beast from running amok & literally buggering then cannibalizing the good citizens in their tracks...

Yeah...

You're welcome...

11/26/2011 06:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's forget about this "fear for your life" stuff. It's not necessary under Illinois law. Someone punches a cop=forcible felony. You are allowed to use deadly force to prevent their escape. End of story.

I sure hope you do not shoot someone based on what you just wrote. Just because someone punches you, officer, you are not justified in shooting them.Back to school for you!!

11/26/2011 07:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

punching a police officer is not a forcible felony

11/26/2011 07:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what comes around goes around!one day one of these sellout reporters will get beat up or robbed while doing a story!remember when u respond to ask the questions..

11/26/2011 07:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11/26/2011 01:26:00 AM

Thanksgiving is a "holy day" now?

11/26/2011 08:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC, love the 1984 reference...We live in a fat, retarded version of Orwell's dystopia. Can I have an event# for that please?

11/26/2011 09:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How it read before was EXACTLY how it was said by Jason Knowles at least twice that I saw. Scumbag.

11/26/2011 10:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seriously, does anyone watch the local news? Tune in to watch news readers that are made up to look like Ken and Barbie?

There is no substance. The days of good reporters like John Drummond, Mike Parker and other guys I can't think of are gone. Reporters that didn't play down to the lowest element. They simply reported the news minus there personal biases.

11/26/2011 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

to 12:43 am...

Someone punches you and you can shoot him as he flees?...Are you fucking nuts?

You'll be lucky to be a meter maid in Harvey when they get done with you...

11/26/2011 11:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicagoland News Media is Communist(Democrat) (george Soros-Obama owned and operated. Just boycott all their Sponsors, their newscasts, their Public Functions, and don't watch, if possible. Be a true American Patriot. Watch Fox News only and patronize their sponsors, the best in the business.

11/26/2011 11:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Boycott ABC Sponsors and Disney. All Commies and Cop-Haters in their Upper Management. Boycott, Boycott, Boycott. Mickey Mouse is a Commie Rat.

11/26/2011 11:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I swear Chicago media does this so SCC readers will link to their site-the more clicks they get over there, the happier their advertisers, and God knows they need that revenue.

Then they, oops, correct their error so they can get "clicked" twice.

11/26/2011 01:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's forget about this "fear for your life" stuff. It's not necessary under Illinois law. Someone punches a cop=forcible felony. You are allowed to use deadly force to prevent their escape. End of story.
Department policy may be another story but let these media scum learn the LAW before they start slandering officers.

11/26/2011 12:43:00 AM

Only forcible felonies likely to cause death or great bodily harm.

You better learn the law before you open your mouth after a shooting. Better yet, just let the dicks speak for your dumb ass.

11/26/2011 01:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's still in the video, they just changed the printed version because D'onfrio and Knowles are getting a lot of negative messages via FB.

11/26/2011 01:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is this officer aware that if she just let this animal run back into his habitat then there would be no threat to take her money, her job, her freedom, or her life?

Is she aware that the Cook County SA would happily put her into prison to the raucous applause of the citizens of this great shithole?

Is she aware the the city will one day ask her to pitch in $1000 to $5000 dollars to cover her punitive damages and settle the civil suit brought by this animal's brood?

Is she aware that nothing would make her superiors on this miserable department happier than passing her case onto the SA for criminal charges? Does she know her bosses, the very ones who asked her to arrest animals, would smile at the press conference announcing criminal charges against her?

Does she know she will get tons of support from her co-workers and that none of it will matter when she stands alone in a civil or criminal case? Is she aware that the memories of some of her coworkers will fade and their answers suddenly unclear or unhelpful when they must testify at her civil suit? Does she know that many fellow cops who were there will report that they didn't see anything?

She has learned a lesson only some of us really know. You'll never be more alone on this job than you are when the heat is on you.

Take solace in the fact that YOU saved YOUR life for YOU and your loved ones and the rest is just administrative bullshit. And here's the best advice you'll ever get. Look away from this job and away from everyone on it and toward your family and closest friends for support. In the end, they are all you have.

You're about to learn something only some of us on this job know. The only thing you get from this job is money to support your family. NOTHING MORE.

-Someone who has been there and done that and learned these lessons the hard way.

11/26/2011 01:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know I actually called the number to complain to ABC posted by a P.O. on the original thread. I was very cordial but stated my opinion of biased reporting by that reporter D'onorfrio and the person who answered listened to what I had to say and she actually stated "I understand, you are not the only person calling in about this" So my point being maybe many of us called and something did get done...I will give them credit for that, although I will still look at the media as being biased.

11/26/2011 02:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

MERELY PUNCHING A POLICE OFFICER ISN"t a forcible felony. Let's be careful about advising other about deadly force.

(720 ILCS 5/28) (from Ch. 38, par. 28) Sec. 28. "Forcible felony". "Forcible felony" means treason, first degree murder, second degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, robbery, burglary, residential burglary, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual. (Source: P.A. 88277; 89428, eff. 121395; 89462, eff. 52996.)

11/26/2011 02:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My wife and I are very long-term Disney stockholders and I will contact stockholder services Monday to complain.

These two reporters need to be held accountable for their stupidity.

11/26/2011 02:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ESPN falls under Disney and ABC.

11/26/2011 02:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dominicks
Jewel-Osco
Walter E. Smithe
Benjamin Moore
North Shore University Health System
Mazda
Allstate Arena
National Tire and Battery
American Airlines
Rizza Cars
Luna Flooring

Just a few advertisers from the website.

11/26/2011 01:23:00 AM

None of these businesses will get my money. I will fly any other airline, shop at any other grocery store, furniture store and car dealership. No problem.

11/26/2011 02:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been on this job over 30 plus years and I cannot remember one, that's one time, the Chicago media has reported a Police shooting as justified.
They always look for & find a " eyewitnesses " who saw the the whole thing, " murder by, execution of, ' dey didn't have to shoot him " hype.
But when the true facts come out, the story is buried on page 50.

11/26/2011 03:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, ABC 7 was one of the last local news stations I watched, but now I'm done with them too. I dumped CBS, WGN and then NBC years ago, but now I have to add ABC 7 to the list. I guess FOX will be the only one I will watch once in awhile now.

11/26/2011 03:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Apparently said...

News is truth!
Opinions are opinions!

Bullshit is bullshit.

11/26/2011 03:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Let's forget about this "fear for your life" stuff. It's not necessary under Illinois law. Someone punches a cop=forcible felony. You are allowed to use deadly force to prevent their escape. End of story.
Department policy may be another story but let these media scum learn the LAW before they start slandering officers.

11/26/2011 12:43:00 AM

Yes it is Dumb-Fuck.. Keep on giving out your shinebox advise and you'll get some poor dumb Cop into Federal Prison, for sure, Ass Hat.

11/26/2011 03:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There was a thorough shredding of Knowles and D'Onofrio on the web. I am sure at least some if it got back to WLS-TV.

11/26/2011 03:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

@10.35 John Drummond loved the police!!!! I still love to think about his comment: "I'm on the forecastle of a tramp steamer" as he did a remote from Soldier Field after a Bears playoff loss. Last of the old schoil reporters in this town before the Ken and Barbie dolls came to town.

11/26/2011 05:33:00 PM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

As far as the advertisers for the reeking, cadaverous, anal-slut media is concerned?

Don't get into a wreck speeding to their "holding the offender" & "in progress" calls...

Respond. But respond with your safety first in mind.

Policemen are a much too precious resource to be spent on those who support the funky crimes of media whores.

11/26/2011 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

MERELY PUNCHING A POLICE OFFICER ISN"t a forcible felony. Let's be careful about advising other about deadly force.

How about agg batt to po and attempting to disarm is that good enough. Is a broken orbital (skull fracture) good enough.

11/26/2011 07:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Is this officer aware that if she just let this animal run back into his habitat then there would be no threat to take her money, her job, her freedom, or her life?

Is she aware that the Cook County SA would happily put her into prison to the raucous applause of the citizens of this great shithole?

Is she aware the the city will one day ask her to pitch in $1000 to $5000 dollars to cover her punitive damages and settle the civil suit brought by this animal's brood?

Is she aware that nothing would make her superiors on this miserable department happier than passing her case onto the SA for criminal charges? Does she know her bosses, the very ones who asked her to arrest animals, would smile at the press conference announcing criminal charges against her?

Does she know she will get tons of support from her co-workers and that none of it will matter when she stands alone in a civil or criminal case? Is she aware that the memories of some of her coworkers will fade and their answers suddenly unclear or unhelpful when they must testify at her civil suit? Does she know that many fellow cops who were there will report that they didn't see anything?

She has learned a lesson only some of us really know. You'll never be more alone on this job than you are when the heat is on you.

Take solace in the fact that YOU saved YOUR life for YOU and your loved ones and the rest is just administrative bullshit. And here's the best advice you'll ever get. Look away from this job and away from everyone on it and toward your family and closest friends for support. In the end, they are all you have.

You're about to learn something only some of us on this job know. The only thing you get from this job is money to support your family. NOTHING MORE.

-Someone who has been there and done that and learned these lessons the hard way.

11/26/2011 01:58:00 PM

Such a sad but true commentary!

11/26/2011 07:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

..Only forcible felonies likely to cause death or great bodily harm.

The average (encumbered with equipment) female being battered by an experienced street fighting muscular male is reason to fear receiving great bodily harm.

11/26/2011 07:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11/26/2011 11:55:00 AM:

Please get over yourself. Being a Democrat DOES NOT make you a communist (but making the accusation makes you a fascist).

11/26/2011 07:58:00 PM  
Blogger flyonthewall said...

I e-mailed ABC 7, with a complaint. Demanded: retraction, suspension and possible termination of these two reporters. Left my name, e-mail and phone number to add credibility...

11/26/2011 10:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree! Parkers, movers, anovs,

11/26/2011 10:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11/26/2011 01:26:00 AM

Thanksgiving is a "holy day" now?

11/26/2011 08:27:00 AM

Comrade, you are correct. We are slowly ridding this silly superstitions started by the Puritans. Imagine thanking God, a mythical omnipotent being for everything that we have. The 'founding fathers' were so confused with their primitive beliefs when they wrote the Constitution. We all know that power comes from the State and whoever is the leader. We got rid of Easter, Christmas is in the works and Thanksgiving is next. We will all read about the myth of Christianity next to the old Greek and Roman gods when we establish our Progressive ways.

11/26/2011 10:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The days of good reporters like John Drummond, Mike Parker and other guys I can't think of are gone. Reporters that didn't play down to the lowest element. They simply reported the news minus there personal biases.
Fahey flynn and joel daly were probably the only decent reporters channel seven ever had. And bill curtis wasnt bad.

11/26/2011 11:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please get over yourself. Being a Democrat DOES NOT make you a communist (but making the accusation makes you a fascist).

11/26/2011 07:58:00 PM

Comrade,
Tell yourself whatever you need to to live with yourself better. Left is Left, no way around that...

Oh by the way, communists,fascists and socialists are all similar European style political systems...perhaps the Progressive Democrats should start reading the Constitution, which has worked so well for Americans and adhere to it...hmmm

11/27/2011 01:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comrade, you are correct. We are slowly ridding this silly superstitions started by the Puritans. Imagine thanking God, a mythical omnipotent being for everything that we have. The 'founding fathers' were so confused with their primitive beliefs when they wrote the Constitution. We all know that power comes from the State and whoever is the leader. We got rid of Easter, Christmas is in the works and Thanksgiving is next. We will all read about the myth of Christianity next to the old Greek and Roman gods when we establish our Progressive ways.

May God bless you in your pompous ignorance...
as for me, I will continue to live in my "confusion" praise be to God

11/27/2011 07:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11/26/2011 01:26:00 AM

Thanksgiving is a "holy day" now?


"Holy Day Now" ... Hey dumb-ass, just who do you think they were giving "Thanks" to, the Queen? what kinda grades did you get in U.S. history... Thanksgiving was always a Holy Day, a day to Thank God...

11/27/2011 07:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

(720 ILCS 5/28) (from Ch. 38, par. 28) Sec. 28. "Forcible felony". "Forcible felony" means treason, first degree murder, second degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, robbery, burglary, residential burglary, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual. (Source: P.A. 88277; 89428, eff. 121395; 89462, eff. 52996.)

11/26/2011 02:22:00 PM

I once shot a guy for Treason and boy was the Captain pissed. He told me next time challenge him to a dual at high noon so it would be fair.

11/27/2011 08:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11/27/2011 01:41:00 AM

In your Opinion...

Left wing Opinions = Commie

So since you are a Right Winger...

You = Supporter of the System

Right Wing = traditionalist conservatives and reactionaries, liberal conservatives, classical liberals and Christian democrats as well as some nationalists.

That means as a Right Winger you support:

The Mayor
The Super
The President
The Governor
God
The Church

11/27/2011 10:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please get over yourself. Being a Democrat DOES NOT make you a communist (but making the accusation makes you a fascist).

11/26/2011 07:58:00 PM

No it doesn't retard. Just because you read it on Facebook, where you get all of your news doesn't make it true. Democrat are the only people stupid enough to use the term, and have absolutely no clue what it means.

11/27/2011 12:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jason Knowles, not untypically, is an Ohio transplant where most of these people learned their small town hatred of cops from. You will find many of these cul-de-sac vanilla Ohio and Michigan bad attitude douche transplants all carry that provincial sloppy thinking attitude to this day. And generally you will find that if they work in the media, that fact shines through between the lines in a hundred ways. Typical Ohio rube in the 'big city'

11/27/2011 02:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Earth to FOP, come in FOP

11/27/2011 05:48:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Poleeses sayd drop mofo i will kilt yo ass...pookie said i aint got nothun y u messings with me and that pig then went die mofo and kilt my boy,,,...all i heard was boom boom then somewhere a gun felt to ground!!!i was on top of my roof throwing out garbage when i saw and heard him yelling momma why momma!

11/27/2011 10:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Inquiring mind said...

Mark W. (of IAD fame) sides with ABC 7 on these matters. After all, that's his home away from home. Hey Mark, how can you be on the A&A's until 1400 and be at Ch. 7 at 1345 about 3 x a week? Just askin'.

11/28/2011 04:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I once shot a guy for Treason and boy was the Captain pissed. He told me next time challenge him to a dual at high noon so it would be fair.

11/27/2011 08:48:00 AM

Ah HA so YOU are the old timer we keep hearing about! How the hell do you attach the beat tag to a horse?


Be good Brother.

11/28/2011 07:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

After reading the anti-police article the other day I was pissed enough to write a nasty-gram to Channel 7 to complain. Here is a response I received today.
Thank you for writing.

"We covered both sides of the story by presenting what police said in their initial overnight report to our assignment desk and what witnesses told us. We also talked to family members of the suspect who were in support of him. They did not believe the Police.

I do not believe the story was slanted or bias. I have no agenda for or against the police or the suspect.


Keep in mind, Chicago Police News Affairs never issued a detailed response or official statement on -or off camera after several requests throughout the day. I also personally went to 35th and Michigan police headquarters and walked in to seek a statement. I was told there would be no statement.

As for the hospital vocabulary used in the report, officials were only telling us that the officer was treated and released for injuries to her hand. However, since police also said the officer was punched in the overnight report, I felt it was necessary to assert that she was likely treated for facial injuries. This was a line I believed was in support of the officer and the police.

The line "if in fact she was punched " was used because witnesses were disputing the police claim that the officer was punched. I was not there to see this incident unfold. Again, police never gave details about the officers facial injuries.

I have complete respect for police officers and have been a part of the police academy training. I also know how officers have to make split second decisions in a life or death situation."

Jason Knowles
ABC 7 Chicago
Reporter

11/29/2011 10:18:00 AM  

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