TV reporter in Madison who flipped out

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Thu Jul-07-05 10:17 AM
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TV reporter in Madison who flipped out

I hadn't heard of this, I guess for a Madison TV reporter to flip out like this, he must be a conservative. :D

Former TV Reporter Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Mental Disease

MADISON, Wis. -- A former Madison TV reporter was found not guilty by reason of mental disease Wednesday and committed to the care of family services for ten months.

Joe Ulrey, whose on-air name was Joe Mason while he worked at WKOW-TV, Channel 27 News, entered a Beloit radio station in February while armed with a semi automatic handgun.

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4692548/detail.html

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Thu Jul-07-05 10:18 AM
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1. So. Not a swipe at Wayne Madison after all....

"Former TV Reporter Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Mental Disease" did raise an eyebrow at first though.....

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fudge stripe cookays

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Thu Jul-07-05 10:22 AM
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2. Holy shit!

I was just up there a few weeks ago. Still have tons of distant family around Beloit.

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Thu Jul-07-05 07:39 PM
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3. I never heard about this story.

Happened in February? Why was it kept so quiet?

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Thu Jul-07-05 08:15 PM
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4. Maybe...

Because the "People's Republic of Madison" didn't want bad news getting out, the way the USSR used to? :D

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htuttle

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Fri Jul-08-05 07:34 AM
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5. Hardly. This town has more leaks than a collander

I didn't hear about it either, but he was apparently the Rock County reporter for WKOW, not one of the regular anchors. I watch WISC, but usually only catch their headlines before I switch to Democracy Now on public access.

I found some discussion of it on thedailypage forums, and apparently WKOW did run a small article about it the day it happened. Otherwise, I'd imagine that since hardly anyone watches WKOW news, nobody really cared. :D

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RevCheesehead

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Fri Jul-08-05 07:03 PM
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6. Really?

About 10 years ago (or more?), I thought Channel 27 was the best station in Madison. Of course, they got rid of the bald anchor - which was a mistake. I thought he was really good.

Now I get Green Bay's finest. :sarcasm:

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Jimbo S

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Sun Jul-10-05 11:52 PM
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7. This was reported in the Wisconsin State Journal

when it happened. I guess the other state papers didn't pick it up off the wires...wasn't local to them.

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