Posts Tagged: Bing
Mobile sign in Detroit says TV’s Charlie LeDuff lied. Former Dep. Fire Commissioner Fred Wheeler’s name on press release announcing campaign.against reporter.
Fred Wheeler lost his job in May after he lost his cool as reporter LeDuff tried to interview him.
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Detroit TV reporter says state now investigating firehouses. Charlie LeDuff sounds off on what real story is after confrontation with fire official.
Fred Wheeler issued a statement saying he resigned.
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UPDATE: Detroit Deputy Fire Commissioner Fred Wheeler gone. Mayor Dave Bing swings axe after confrontation with reporter Charlie LeDuff. Commisioner Austin answers the questions Wheeler wouldn’t.
Bing says Wheeler has been "unappointed, effective immediately".
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Update: Detroit’s mayor investigates Deputy Fire Commissioner Fred Wheeler’s confrontation with TV reporter Charlie Leduff.
Mayor Bing says he will make a decision based on the findings of his investigation.
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Trust me, this is Must See TV: Detroit Deputy Commisioner Fred Wheeler has to be bleeped & knocks microphone out of Charlie Leduff’s hand after reporter tours city firehouses.
Reporter/advocate Charlie Leduff finds raw sewage in and coming from numerous city fire houses in the Leduff story that tops all others.
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Interim Detroit Fire Commissioner Fred Wheeler finally meets with reporter Charlie LeDuff. Sort of.
More lessons on what not to do when dealing with the press.
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Charlie LeDuff finally catches up with Detroit’s Fire Commissioner. Fred Wheeler gives the reporter the silent treatment.
When a public official doesn't answer a reporter's questions, expect to be ambushed.
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Charlie LeDuff on the case of Detroit’s interim fire commissioner. When will they learn?
More lessons on what not to do when the image of your department and city are at stake.
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Twitter and all Social Media continues to Surprise Me
I use Twitter for my Department in a limited form due mainly to the fact that I still cannot get a total handle on its overall effectiveness in getting our message and information across to our neighbors. Every time I think of nixing Twitter when reporting on an incident something new pops up to make me realize how important it is.
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Whoyagot?
Bing is the newest competition for google. Not that there have been many competitors for google, they more or less crushed the other search engines on the market at the time of their arrival. Remember lycos and infoseek, when aol, netscape, and one oth…
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Court rules for white firefighters over promotions
I have only followed this story a little bit and it was given more publicity once Sonia Sotomayor was plucked for the high court.
The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their ra…
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Monday Morning Shoutout – Paramedic-ing Blog
This weeks monday morning shoutout goes to a new blog (much like this one). The Paramedic-ing Blog is new and he knows it. He makes no bones about being the new guy on the block. The blog is written by a medic who works for a fire department in Californi…
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Give a Shoutout
Hey all you webmasters out there. The Fire Critic is looking for shoutouts, or at least a mention on your site. We are running a grassroots marketing effort here at The Fire Critic Headquarters and we need all the help we can get. We believe that we have…
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2nd Class Citizens
Morale...it is all about morale. Firefighters usually don't have a huge audience when it comes to complaining about working conditions or pay and benefits. Occasionally we get all together and stage a public demonstration in order to have the media help …
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Cardiac Arrest only kills 300,000 per year?
Michael Jackson reportedly died of cardiac arrest. I was watching some of the news following his death and one of the channels reported that cardiac arrest only kills around 300,000 each year in the U.S. They followed it up with the fact that there is on…
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