"Opie and Anthony" fans interrupt NewsCenter 5 live shot

[TXengineer]

> Sued on what grounds?  As long as they do not touch the
> reporter, there is nothing to sue them on

"Disruption of buisness".

The cops can also arrest them for disturbing the peace as well.

[raccoonradio]

> They pulled the same crap on Ch 4 tonight as one of their
> reporters was doing a street report from Lowell. All I saw
> was some kid screaming holding up an XM Satellite sign.
> Pretty juvenile.

And on CNN covering the Harry Potter movie opening in Times Sq.--O&A sign

[kenwood]

> They pulled the same crap on Ch 4 tonight.


With Directv switching it's Music Service from Music Choice to XM this week.
I would assume thier potential audience is now more than doubled.


Probably trying to get the Directv folk to tune in.

[AllForADeuce]

> > > > > Moments ago, as NewsCenter 5 reporter Jim Boyd
> started
> > a
> > >
> > > > > liveshot intro from the Manomet section of Plymouth
> > > > > regarding the small earthquake earlier today, a
> couple
> >
> > > of
> > > > > dip$--ts ran up behind him and started yelling
> > something
> > >
> > > > > that sounded like "Opie and Anthony".  Jim merely
> > turned
> > >
> > > > to
> > > > > look at one of the men while the producers
> immediately
> >
> > > > broke
> > > > > to the taped portion of Jim's story.
> > > > >
> > > > > A minute or two later, when they came back live to
> > Jim's
> > >
> > > > > "out-tro" to the story, the men were gone and Jim
> > > finished
> > > >
> > > > > his story.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kudos to Jim Boyd for not losing his cool.  Earlier
> > this
> > >
> > > > > year, a New York reporter lost his job when he
> dropped
> >
> > > the
> > > >
> > > > > F-bomb live on the air after that same thing
> happened.
> >
> > > >
> > > > Same thing happened to, I believe, Bianca De La Garza
> > > during
> > > > the 5:00PM news on Fox 25 last week. And as with Jim
> > Boyd,
> > >
> > > > when the live shot returned, the fellow was gone.
> > > >
> > >  
> > > No, that a few weeks ago.  One of their hairbrains also
> > > jumped
> > > into VB's live shot from the Cape in late May.
> > >
> > >
> > > Their "assault on the media" is going to backfire big.
> > > Xm and these clowns will have their asses sued soon.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sued on what grounds?  As long as they do not touch the
> > reporter, there is nothing to sue them on
> >
>
> Well, so little do you know. There's an organized group
> called Newsbreakers- basically a bunch of rich college kids
> with too much time on their hands(look it up -
> http://www.newsbreakers.org/ -- that's where O&A ripped off
> their idea). In some cases, these numbskulls have been
> getting physical with reporters on live shots around the
> country. They're getting arrested and being taken to court.
> You know of O&A immitators is going to do something stupid
> one day...Just watch.
>


HAhaha well if you listened to O&A you'd know that O&A already addressed the Newsbreakers issue MONTHS ago and brought up examples how their material PRE-DATES Newsbreakers.

[AllForADeuce]

> > They pulled the same crap on Ch 4 tonight as one of their
> > reporters was doing a street report from Lowell. All I saw
>
> > was some kid screaming holding up an XM Satellite sign.
> > Pretty juvenile.
>
> And on CNN covering the Harry Potter movie opening in Times
> Sq.--O&A sign
>


They totally suprised the Howard/SIRIUS audience recently before his Letterman appearance

[AllForADeuce]

> > Sued on what grounds?  As long as they do not touch the
> > reporter, there is nothing to sue them on
>
> "Disruption of buisness".
>
> The cops can also arrest them for disturbing the peace as
> well.
>


So when the newsreporters chase you around, can you arrest them as well?