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Report: ABC Paid Darren Wilson $500,000 for Interview (Original Post) circlethesquare Dec 2014 OP
That is disgusting beyond words. I'm done with ABC. BillZBubb Dec 2014 #1
No, I refuse to accept this, this cant be true. If this is true then there is NO reason to NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #2
Can't watch the video Kelvin Mace Dec 2014 #3
The number Ink Man Dec 2014 #6
He'll need the money for the civil lawsuit. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2014 #4
Usually the tax payers pay - not the police assailant. nt Malraiders Dec 2014 #5
Well no wonder he fucking resigned Blue Owl Dec 2014 #7
If true, a boycott is called for. JaneQPublic Dec 2014 #8
Ka ching! blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #9
Step didn't ask hard questions as per agreement in the pre-interview contract, drynberg Dec 2014 #10
I will never watch ABC news again. Forever. retired rooster Dec 2014 #11

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
2. No, I refuse to accept this, this cant be true. If this is true then there is NO reason to
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 03:09 PM
Dec 2014

believe in anything good anymore, and karma can kiss my ass

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
3. Can't watch the video
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 03:13 PM
Dec 2014

so I cannot tell what was said. So far, I have seen no reliable source for this claim, thus I am very skeptical. Last time I looked this claim was on a dubious site which sourced an "unnamed" person at NBC.

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
8. If true, a boycott is called for.
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 05:18 PM
Dec 2014

We need a mass-letter writing campaign to ABC News heads. Tell them we're avoiding their news media and sponsors like the plague and say why.

Then write all the sponsors and say we're boycotting their products because they are bankrolling a news service that broke a cardinal rule of Journalism ethics by paying for an interview, thereby making murder pay big bucks.

drynberg

(1,648 posts)
10. Step didn't ask hard questions as per agreement in the pre-interview contract,
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:14 AM
Dec 2014

I'm sure. ABC just wanted to profit by Wilson's "fame" of killing a hand up Mike Brown with 6 or 7 shots, about 138 feet away. Disgusting, ABC is formerly boycotted by me...you?

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