-By Warner Todd Huston
A news producer from KSAZ TV, Phoenix got herself in a bit of trouble by being thankful on Twitter that a drunk driver slammed into a residential home because it was a slow news day and she needed some news to report.
After learning of the drunk driver’s accident, Fox affiliate morning news producer Juliana Vasquez jumped on her Twitter feed and said, “Sometimes you just gotta be thankful that some drunk dude drivers [sic] into a house.. no one was hurt, but I needed the news,” and finished with the hashtag “#producerproblems.”
Naturally many an eyebrow was raised over a reporter who was apparently gleeful about the misfortune of the home owners who had their home destroyed by an irresponsible driver.
Vasquez was quickly reprimanded by her TV bosses, though. Vice president and GM of KSAZ, Mark Rodman, immediately released a statement that said in part, “This is unacceptable behavior and will not be tolerated.”
Vasquez quickly deleted her entire Twitter account.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, Wizbang.com, among many, many others. Huston has also appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and many local TV shows as well as numerous talk radio shows throughout the country.
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