Editor’s note: A classic example of media relations gone bad? Check out Art Hsieh’s thoughts on reporters being near the incident scene here.
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — A reporter’s clash with an ambulance crew member was captured on camera at the scene of a house fire.
Tim Hallman, of CoudyNews.com, was shooting footage of the incident scene in Coudersport, Pa., on July 22 when the unidentified EMT pushes the camera and orders him away from the area.
“Since the woman was telling me that I could not be there, I turned the camera in her direction,” Hallman said in an article on the website.
“That is when she took a swipe and smacked my camera (which I believe is damaged since the video here is really shaky). The woman then threatened to ‘call the cops.’”