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MNC' reporter going through elonging in the townhoue ofthe upected an ernardino hooter.

MNC howed a cloe-up image ofRa�a Farook’ driver’ licene on live TVtoda.

Farook i the mother of ed Farook, oneof the accued hooter in the anernardino hooting thi week.

iMediathic watched the video of MNCgoing through ed Farook’ townhoue

after hi landlord let media in. The MNC reporter went through the room, looking through acalendar, a tack of photo of unidenti�ed people, and o on, with the camera howing cloe-up of

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ome. At one point MNC’ Andrea Mitchell in the tudio caution to not how picture of thechildren.

Ironicall, on MNC later, the commentator aid law enforcement wanted to e “low and correctrather than fat and wrong.”

Over at CNN, Wolf litzer dicued the media going through the townhoue.

“Never have I een omething like thi,” CNN legal analt Paul Callan aid on air aout the mediaeing allowed uch acce to the townhoue, going through elonging, epeciall when it doen’tappear �ngerprinting wa done et.

“Turned a crime cene in a terrorit ma murder into a garage ale,” he added.

“I’ve certainl never een anthing like thi,” CNN’ Wolf litzer commented.

For it part, CNN told Mahale:

“CNN, like man other new organization, wa granted acce to the home  thelandlord. We made a conciou editorial deciion not to how cloe-up footage of anmaterial that could e conidered enitive or identi�ale, uch a photo or ID card.”

NC New pokeperon rika Maonhall tweeted:

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The Hu�ngton Pot noted: “Multiple televiion network, including MNC, CNN and C, airedfootage Frida from inide the home of an ernardino hooting upect ed Rizwan Farook andTahfeen Malik.”

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Mahale added: “New outlet, including MNC, C, C New and CNN, roadcat live cenea reporter toting camera and microphone puhed through the open door and reported frominide the apartment.”

elow, ee ome tweet aout the media coverage inide the townhoue.

 

 

MSNBC got in first and was most reckless, with so many close-up shots of family photos (including children) and IDs. 1:16 PM - 4 Dec 2015

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You're journalists. You're supposed to care about integrity, not spectacle. Go to Hollywood where you belong and get out of my profession.1:05 PM - 4 Dec 2015

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MSNBC just doxed Rafia Farook, mother of a terrorist, on live television. I've blurred the important bits. 12:49 PM - 4 Dec 2015

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MSNBC now cut from the live shot, maybe deciding not such a great idea to show unknown people's pics, driver's license[!] on live TV12:32 PM - 4 Dec 2015

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iMediathic ha written to MNC to ak if it will apologize, lur or remove the driver’ licene, inparticular, from it coverage.

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