Cameron Responds

Remember the incident I blogged about last week, involving WPTY/24 anchor Cameron Harper calling someone a "fool" and a "chump" during a newscast?

Well, Cameron comments today on his blog. He admirably tells of standing up for WPTY reporter Craig Bell, as News Director Jim Turpin did for him in the "Mayor, will you resign?" kerfuffle earlier this year, but doesn't really get into why he did it the way he did. Yes, holding feet to the fire is great, but calling names a bit less so.

I was also surprised to learn how scripted it was (at least in the 9PM broadcast). That takes a bit of the luster off. Still and all, it's good to see some of the human behind the television masks.