News Anchor Drops F-Bomb, Bashes Poor People On Live Mic

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By Tiffany Willis on September 25, 2014

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2014/09/25/news-anchor-drops-f-bomb-bashes-poor-people-on-live-mic/

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Pieper was about to do a report on the need for school crossing guards when he said the words that will doubtless have a huge impact on his career.

“And Dave wants you to also mention that parents do their f—— jobs and walk their little kids to school on their own and not rely on everyone else. Kind of like people rely on government assistance for their entire lives. And bye Felicia. I actually added the part about government assistance but it’s true. I mean, how old are these kids?” Pieper said.

The ridiculous Amy Yensi laughed and said, “I think I qualify for government assistance.”

“Just check that box, girl,” Pieper said.

Yensi popped off with “EBT,” an acronym for Electronic Benefits Transfer cards.


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The station issued a lame apology.

“As a result of a technical error during a program break this morning, a personal conversation between an anchor and a reporter was unintentionally placed on air,” the note read. “News 12 the Bronx deeply regrets that this incident took place. The remarks of these individuals in no way reflect the views of News 12 management or other News 12 personnel.”

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[yourout]

1. I see a little Government assistance(unemployment benefits) in his future.

Oh the irony.

[2pooped2pop]

2. everyone in the conversation needs to be fired

or at least wear a sign that says "I work only for the rich"

[FiveGoodMen]

30. I'd say that "I work only for the rich" is implied for everyone at a news station

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3. And he called Amy "girl". Sexist, too.

[SummerSnow]

6. and after Amy laughed at his comment she said hashtag ebt.

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9. Stockholm syndrome?

[Dustlawyer]

4. I wish their reaction to finding out all of that RW BS just went over the air could have been

broadcast as well! Loved the guy saying he just worked his last day. Irony would be him on public assistance now. Maybe after the FCC fine he will be!

[SummerSnow]

5. I was watching the show when he said it.

Such a dumbass

[SummerSnow]

7. I see Fox news in his future.

They'll be happy to have him

[Enrique]

8. the state of conservatism these days

so enraged by crossing guards that he jeopardizes his career.

[SummerSnow]

10. What amazes me the most..

is how people who think like him assume all those people in that neighborhood are on govt assistance, or don't work. Many of the parents in that neighborhood work and they children walk to school alone, with their siblings or with their grandmothers in the mornings. If the parents do walk them to school they go to work right after they drop them off. I watch news 12 daily and he reports for the Bronx. Majority of the neighborhood is black and Latino. Now we all know how he really feels about the neighborhood he reports about. This morning he was not on. good.he doesn't need to be there.

[Chakab]

11. Does the thought seriously not occur to this ignorant fuck that many people can't

walk their kids to school because they have to work to support their families?

If they weren't working, he'd be shitting on them for that too.


Thanks Rupert Murdoch, for normalizing this kind of vitriol in the public discourse.

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12. How many middle class folks have the chance to walk their kids to school?

[Chakab]

14. These people invent shit to blame on the "moral decay" of

America. Never in my life have I heard somebody complain about the existence of crossing guards much less equate it to government assistance in a pejorative sense.

[progressoid]

13. Wow. I couldn't care less about the F-bomb.

The rest was much more offensive.

[marble falls]

21. The F bomb means nothing. Racism, classism, sexism mean everything, you got that right!

[christx30]

23. I just find it impressive as hell

that he was able to pull off that hat trick by accident in an under 2 minute conversation. I'd buy him a beer he can drink while working on his resume.
Bravo, dude.

[marble falls]

33. It is impressive in a weird sort of way.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. +2 nt

[tomm2thumbs]

15. TXT how this idiot equates crossing guards to government assistance is beyond me

"And Dave wants you to also mention that parents do their fucking jobs and walk their little kids to school on their own and not rely on everyone else. Kind of like people rely on government assistance for their entire lives. And bye, Felicia. I actually added the part about government assistance but it’s true. I mean, how old are these kids?

The banter continued, with Yensi chiming in: “I think I qualify for government assistance.” To which, Pieper replied, “Just check that box, girl,” initiating Yensi to add: “hashtag EBT”, a reference to EBT Electronic Benefit Transfer cards ie. food stamps.

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How anyone can watch this guy present the news any longer is beyond me. I don't care who you are, you are at your job, hot mic or no hot mic, and you are representing the public in a public speaking job.

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16. An Emmy-nominated anchor? - bet he won't be fired any time soon, cuz he has the 'cred' for his crud

Emmy = license to hurt others


** and this is just the stuff we happened to HEAR, while he knew he was mic'd, in a business suit, under the lights and in the presence of his producers and stage crew... imagine what he REALLY says the rest of the time. THAT is the scary part.... **

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34. Local Emmies aren't so impressive.

[Enrique]

18. the birth of the Crossing Guard Queen

next it will be Streetlight Queens and Trash Pickup Queens.

[christx30]

24. Why do we have streetlights, anyway?!

Why don't people carry flashlights around everywhere and stop relying on the city to take care of them?? And why can't people load up their own pick-up trucks every day and drive 20 miles to the nearest landfill? And why can't we get people to direct their own traffic? Ugh. And it makes me sick that people can't just buy themselves 10,000+ books and have to go to the library all the time. Get off your butt and go to Barnes and Nobels, people, sheesh. Clean up your own roadkill. Solve your own murders and robberies. Inspect your own food. Fix your own potholes. Inspect your neighbor's car.

I'm not actually serious. Just taking this guy's comments a little further. I'm sure there are other examples.

[narnian60]

26. Well said.

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28. BINGO!

these people are just useless who talk this way and spout this garbage!

[valerief]

17. Unless the station fires his ass, people should change the channel. nt

[jwirr]

19. They both need to be fired. And the station needs to understand what a personal conversation is.

That one included a lot of us.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. The station needs to understand their audience isn't a bunch of Right Wing assholes.

[asiliveandbreathe]

20. Is it nature or nurture - these are professional

news anchors? Someone mentioned here how did this guy got around to Govt. assistance from a story re: crossing guards..how do they equate the two?

Well, a short short - I stopped at a convenience store in "AZ" this week - a young man who looked like he belonged to the "brothers of the brush" had a sign on his hatchback "I get up in the morning just to pay for those on welfare" - I just shook my head and said "whatever", considering you just don't know what nuts are going to do -

I say bring back the draft just for this one person - and lets see what he has to say about getting up in the morning....

[HomerRamone]

22. damn Liberal Media nt

[Z_California]

25. Don't forget to let him know what you think

His Twitter handle is @MattPieper.

His account is protected but I'm sure he'd love to hear from you!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Bet everyone there makes an easy six figure income for a half hour show.

[americannightmare]

32. The only way this shit stops...

is to stop giving the corporations your money. It's the only power we have left. And it starts with cutting your cable TV. The whole machine is connected to it - advertising (including political), programming violence and uber-patriotic BS, all going into your retina and mind, unfiltered. Pull the TV needle out of your arm - that's what Mario Savio called "putting your bodies on the gears." Everyone must certainly notice how right-wingers complain that poor people in the U.S. can afford television. You know what would happen if all those poor people stopped paying for cable, along with a bunch of the rest of us? Revolution! I bet their attitudes would change quick fast and in a hurry! The lower classes in this country are literally feeding the BS fantasy machine. Stop it and you stop them!