I know I am drunk, what would it take to make this go away?

[JohnnyMack]

How is it we didn't talk about this yet?

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080706_11_A13_pncase14356 9


News anchor arrested on DUI complaint

http://www.tulsaworld.com/articleimages/2008/Thumbs/20080706_giordano6_article.jpg

A Tulsa television news anchor was arrested Friday on complaints of hit-and-run and driving under the influence, according to an arrest report.

Jerry Giordano, longtime news reporter and weekend anchor at KTUL Channel 8, was arrested at 6:20 p.m. and booked into the Tulsa Jail, the report states.

He posted $6,000 in bonds and was released at 9:54 p.m., according to the Tulsa Jail's Web site.

KTUL station manager Carlton Houston said he couldn't comment on whether Giordano would be disciplined.

"This is a pretty serious situation, but I can't comment further," he said. "It's a personnel issue."

According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the area of the 1400 block of East 35th Place in reference to a hit-and-run and driving under the influence. Residents in the area said several vehicles and two street signs were struck by a car traveling in the neighborhood.

One area resident told police that he heard a collision from inside his home and chased a white 1992 BMW driven by Giordano for two blocks, until the car "crashed in a yard," the report states.

While being interviewed by police, Giordano reportedly told officers, "I have been drinking beer this afternoon" and "I know I am drunk," the arrest report states. Officers also reported that Giordano asked several times "What would it take to make this go away?"

Giordano, 46, has worked at KTUL since 1996, according to the station's Web site.

His court date stemming from the felony hit-and-run complaint and the misdemeanor DUI is set for Friday, according to the jail's Web site.

Jerry Giordano, you're a piece of crap.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Giordano, 46, has worked at KTUL since 1996, according to the station's Web site. ...until he was fired in July, 2008.

I suspect he will go away just like CNN's Richard Quest has gone away.

[Okla-homey]

How is it we didn't talk about this yet?

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080706_11_A13_pncase14356 9



Jerry Giordano, you're a piece of crap.

What is it with these guys? Until last year, there was a crap AM talk guy who used to be on KRMG named Michael Delgiorno...or something like that. This guy loved to rail against the evile of Indian casinos yet was caught on surveillance video at the MCN casino on Riverside stealing chips from players.

[StoopTroup]

Those Playas had it coming....plus...he was doing an investigation into gambling. ;)

[bri]

Jerry Giordano, you're a piece of crap.

Funny story; when he was being arrested he decided to try and scuffle with the cops...and sh*t himself.

Heh.

[sooneron]

Linda Cavanaugh > tulsey



:pop:

[Okla-homey]

Funny story; when he was being arrested he decided to try and scuffle with the cops...and sh*t himself.

Heh.

That Alli forced poop diet drug will do that to a feller.

[tulsaoilerfan]

He must really make the big bucks seeing how he was driving a 92 Beemer. :)

[Mjcpr]

Funny story; when he was being arrested he decided to try and scuffle with the cops...and sh*t himself.

Heh.

You've seen the TRACIS report, I see.

:D

[Okla-homey]

You've seen the TRACIS report, I see.

:D

puuuuuuuuuhleeze post it.

[Rhino]

puuuuuuuuuhleeze post it. link (http://www.thelostogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/giordano-police-report-edit1.pdf)

When GIORDANO was placed in handcuffs he lost control of his bowels and had feces running down his leg.

[Rhino]

For farkin' sake.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9713/jerrygiordanokk5.jpg

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Having to cart Drunky McDookie to jail in a squad car must have sucked.

[mdklatt]

Didn't Cherokee Ballard (OKC) have something similar happen to her? Maybe that's why she disappeared from KOCO for awhile and then ended up on KFOR.

And don't forget Randy Renner....

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Cherokee Ballard had cancer. It was a big deal at the time. She was pretty public about it, too. She lost all of her hair and went on camera telling her story and how she had to find a wig. She talked about how the American Indian people are very proud of their hair so losing it was hard to deal with. She really shared the daily struggles and all the things those of us that have never had to deal with it might not really be aware of.

Looks like she beat it down, though. Stupid cancer.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Now I'm not saying she never crapped her pants but I don't think that's why she was gone for a while.

:mack:

[Hamhock]

Cherokee Ballard had cancer. It was a big deal at the time. She was pretty public about it, too. She lost all of her hair and went on camera telling her story and how she had to find a wig. She talked about how the American Indian people are very proud of their hair so losing it was hard to deal with. She really shared the daily struggles and all the things those of us that have never had to deal with it might not really be aware of.

Looks like she beat it down, though. Stupid cancer.

mdk is such an insensitive bastard.

[frankensooner]

And she did get drunk and hit a cop. ;)

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Rearry?

Dang. That would suck.

[Mjcpr]

She talked about how the American Indian people are very proud of their cop hitting and getting they drink on so it was hard to deal with. She really shared the daily struggles and all the things those of us that have never had to deal with it might not really be aware of.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

:eddie:

[tulsaoilerfan]

[hairGel] [hairGel] [hairGel] Police Brutality!!!!!!!!

[tulsaoilerfan]

That's some funny **** right there. :)

[BigRedJed]

The drunk-getting/cop-hitting episode happened before the cancer episode. I think it happened in California, though she was working in OKC.

[mdklatt]

Cherokee Ballard had cancer. It was a big deal at the time. She was pretty public about it, too.

Yeah, I remember all that. But there was definitely a DUI or something like that with her. Maybe it was longer ago than I'm remembering.

[mdklatt]

And she did get drunk and hit a cop. ;)

See! I knew it.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Yeah, I remember all that. But there was definitely a DUI or something like that with her. Maybe it was longer ago than I'm remembering.

Looks like you're right...

[BigRedJed]

It was a LONG time ago. More than 10 years, I'm certain; maybe more than 15.

[BigRedJed]

Doesn't make her cancer struggle any less courageous.

[JohnnyMack]

Nor does her cancer diminish her cop-knockin' DUI.

Just sayin'.

[BigRedJed]

I do not disagree.

[Hamhock]

but did she ever poop herself?

[mdklatt]

but did she ever poop herself?

I think Randy Renner tried to solicit an undercover cop to poop on him. :eek:

[BigRedJed]

She probably did at one point in her life. We all have.

[BigRedJed]

I think Randy Renner tried to solicit an undercover cop to poop on him. :eek:
OMG. OMG.

OMG!!!

Possibly the funniest post I have ever seen on this board. I am being dead serious.

[Viking Kitten]

Cherokee's disappearance had nothing to do with her cancer or the DUI from a brazilan years ago. It has everything to do with KOCO's propensity for getting rid of its talented veterans when they get too expensive and replacing them with younger, cheaper, eye candy. (See Tyler Suiters for a more recent example.) The cancer came about in 1999 and she worked all the way through it.

[mdklatt]

OMG. OMG.

OMG!!!

Possibly the funniest post I have ever seen on this board. I am being dead serious.

I don't think that's what really happened, but he did get caught doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing in Trosper Park.

[mdklatt]

It has everything to do with KOCO's propensity for getting rid of its talented veterans when they get too expensive and replacing them with younger, cheaper, eye candy. (See Tyler Suiters for a more recent example.)

Is he the experienced veteran or the eye candy?

It seems like all the news stations do this. People disappear from one channel and then pop up on another channel here or in Tulsa, and vice versa up there. The TV news in this state--along with many other endeavors--is very inbred.

[BigRedJed]

I don't think that's what really happened, but he did get caught doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing in Trosper Park.
Yeah, I know. It's just that the post was funny as hell.

[Viking Kitten]

Is he the experienced veteran or the eye candy?

It seems like all the news stations do this. People disappear from one channel and then pop up on another channel here or in Tulsa, and vice versa up there. The TV news in this state--along with many other endeavors--is very inbred.

In Tyler's case, he came on board in 1999, and helped get KOCO's ratings out of the gutter. He was well respected among a profession of people who love to eat their own. He was repaid for this in May with a boot in his a**.

While it's true that some of that is just the reality of the industry, KOCO is notorious. For their parent company Hearst Argyle, it's 100 percent about profit. The quality of their newscast is completely beside the point.

[mdklatt]

For their parent company Hearst Argyle, it's 100 percent about profit. The quality of their newscast is completely beside the point.

Yeah, I'm not seeing how that's different than any other local news program. I don't bother watching anymore. If it's important, I figure there will be a thread about it on here. I'm dead serious. How pathetic is that?

It's not just the local news, either. The morning "news" shows on Headline News, Fox News, etc. are completely unwatchable. A bunch of dipwads sitting around making stupid jokes about every story. Earthquake in China! Tee hee! Good Morning America has more gravitas. Hell, Rick and Brad have more gravitas. Walter Kronkite must be rolling in his grave. (He's dead, right?)

[Viking Kitten]

I don't watch much local commercial TV news either. I don't figure car wrecks, grass fires and homicides affect my life that much.

[bri]

Well, if you'd stop being so snooty about commerical news...there's about to be an opening in the Tulsa market.

And reading the TRACIS report is for amateurs. Hearing it from laughing cops is way funner. :D

[Viking Kitten]

there's about to be an opening in the Tulsa market.



Eww. I don't think I'd want to sit in that chair.

[mdklatt]

I don't watch much local commercial TV news either. I don't figure car wrecks, grass fires and homicides affect my life that much.

You would if that car wrecked in your yard, started it on fire, and burned up Czar.

[bri]

Eww. I don't think I'd want to sit in that chair.

I'm sure you could get them to throw "new chair" into the deal. Just wear something low cut.

I mean, lower cut. :D

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I'd make it a part of my contract at the station that they had to get a new chair...

Just saying. Oh and the comment about Tulsey running off good people. Yeah, Ch 2 ran off Jeff Lazalier for stupid Dan Threkeld. Not that edumacation means anything in talent pool TV, but run off a OU degreed Meteorologist for a non-meteorology degree hack from 'Bamer (I think)...

[sooneron]

She probably did at one point in her life. We all have.

In fact, I just did!


:texan:

http://www.drinkalot.com/Videos/564/Oops_I_crapped_my_pants.htm

[badger]

VK, the media industry on television is especially cruel to the aged - especially women. The worst part is you can't say "age discrimination!" in court, because TV depends on pretty faces to bring you the news.

As for this guy, I've seen the cop report. This guy is probably going to be gone shortly, if not already. TV personalities rely on their faithful audiences to keep their careers going, so losing crediblity or losing face (like a DUI/shat job would do) is going to end this guy in the Tulsa market.

The smug mug says it all: "My career's over and I know it, even in this drunken state of mind."

[frankensooner]

Remember when Beth Rengel Dropped the GD on the broadcast. Heh, she was gone pretty quick.


You know who was always classy? Patty Suarez!

[NormanPride]

So terribly sorry for the delay.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6682/oopsjerryoo6.jpg

[Okla-homey]

VK, the media industry on television is especially cruel to the aged - especially women. The worst part is you can't say "age discrimination!" in court, because TV depends on pretty faces to bring you the news.




I agree. Moreover, unfortunately for the ladies, old man anchors appear "distinguished and wise." Old lady anchors, although equally wise and experienced, end up getting the bootinski because they look, well, "old."

proving yet again. Life ain't fair.

[badger]

I agree. Moreover, unfortunately for the ladies, old man anchors appear "distinguished and wise." Old lady anchors, although equally wise and experienced, end up getting the bootinski because they look, well, "old."

proving yet again. Life ain't fair.

Just so I don't sound and look like a hardcore Rosie O'Donnell leftist butchy femnazi feminist, I should go even further with that.

News anchors are public figures in their markets and as such, have no private life that can't be made public.

Think of other media types out there - radio disc jockeys, newspaper reporters/columnists, television producers, bloggers. The distinctive feature of the news anchor and on-air personalities of television is that not only do you have a name and voice, but also a face.

In Internet media like blogging, you have no name, face, voice etc. Complete anonymity to some degree.

In print media, you have a face with columnists who print their mug, but with all others, just a name.

In radio media, you have a name and a voice to recognize, but no face.

In television, you are out there for the audience to see, hear and associate with. Thus, your audience will judge you on your personality in your private and public life alike. Not fair, perhaps, but reality.

As such, television relies on likeable, reliable personalities for their shows and the news teams to become public figures that people want to watch on a daily basis. They want people that the public and the station can trust and rely on for their information and to be there when the broadcast starts.

So anyways, long story short, he's probably gonna get fired. Television's tough for everyone, not just the aging women out there.

[Animal Mother]

Didn't Cherokee Ballard (OKC) have something similar happen to her? Maybe that's why she disappeared from KOCO for awhile and then ended up on KFOR.

And don't forget Randy Renner....

Maybe someone has said this already but after the Husker deal CHECK YOUR FACTS IN YOUR HEAD AND NOT IN PRINT!!!