The end of FHRITP in Toronto?

[doug]

This is part of a tv reporter's job--has been for a very long time. Unless you don't believe women should be reporting the news...

Why did you bring up gender? Do you think women should not be reporters?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

You should hear the things they say when they're off camera, or think they are.

And what does it have to do with the acceptability of FHRITP or similar antics in public?

AoD

 

[doug]

And what does it have to do with the acceptability of FHRITP or similar antics in public?

AoD

Where did I say it was acceptable?
It's not acceptable for the public to say FHRITP to any reporter, nor is it acceptable for reporters to make fun of gays, disabled people, women, men, or anyone else....when they think they are off camera.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Where did I say it was acceptable?
It's not acceptable for the public to say FHRITP to any reporter, nor is it acceptable for reporters to make fun of gays, disabled people, women, men, or anyone else....when they think they are off camera.

Sure, but that's not really the point of this thread.

AoD

 

[tiffer24]

So, this time the recipient of the verbal ejaculate was a fifteen year old girl...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ew-interrupted-by-man-s-vulgar-barb-1.3226347

 

[Armour]

Was that a James Joyce excerpt that he mentioned, or was it Poe?

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

So - buddy has been rehired by Hydro One

http://globalnews.ca/news/2313080/e.../?hootPostID=16cae9a669049224053f542daad0b12b

 

[Admiral Beez]

I saw that too. My first thought was that Hydro One caved due to union pressure, or that Hydro simply used the incident as a PR gain to show how progressive they were, while fully intending to reinstate him later.

However, if you peel back the story a bit, there are reportedly letters of support from both female and male colleagues, he's taken some sensitivity courses, apologized to the reporter, and donated to charity(s) that focus on ending misogyny. That doesn't mean Hydro One had to take him back, but looking at the level of offence (never actually said FHRITP, but drunkenly stated he thought it was funny) with zero police charges or civil legal actions, I can't agree that this albeit idiot should be marked for life.

 

[James]

If anything, this whole shenanigan simply proves that Shawn Simoes is a drunken fool and an idiot. Hopefully he learns from this public revelation.

 

[salsa]

 

[gabe]

CityNews' Anna Vlachos considers charges after latest FHRITP incident http://www.citynews.ca/2016/04/27/c...nsiders-charges-after-latest-fhritp-incident/

If you were watching CItyNews at 11 on Tuesday night, you may have seen Anna Vlachos reporting live on a story about construction in Little Italy. You may have also heard an all-too-familiar vulgarity hurled into her microphone. As Vlachos, who is six months pregnant, spoke to viewers, a young man walked in front of the camera and slurred “FHRITP.”

Almost one year ago, on Mother’s Day, Shauna Hunt confronted a group of young men who were planning to bombard her in the same fashion while she reported live from a Toronto FC game. The ensuing confrontation triggered an international discussion and resulted in one young man temporarily losing his high-paying job at Hydro One.

Despite the obvious consequences, there’s been a recent flare up of FHRITP incidents directed at CityNews reporters.

A day after Vlachos endured the unsettling ambush, two more CityNews reporters, one male and one female, faced similar taunts while reporting from the street. Neither incident was caught on camera.

 

[Johnny Au]

Not just that, but the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council should take a look at well, especially given the unscripted nature of live news.

 

[picard102]

It's hard to imagine that we have laws to criminalize people shouting random rude words. But here we are.

 

[Skeezix]

It's hard to imagine that we have laws to criminalize people shouting random rude words. But here we are.

It's not just people shouting random rude words. It's harassment.

 

[picard102]

It's not just people shouting random rude words. It's harassment.

Generally, harassment is a behaviour that persists over time.