The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Michael Klein informs that Rachel Buchman, a radio reporter at WHYY-FM, has resigned from her position at the station after a personal message she left on a the voicemail of laptoplobbyist.com was brought into the public eye by the site’s executive director, Chris Carmouche.
Radio reporter resigns after ethics question
November 30th, 2004 · 4 Comments
Tags: · Journalism Concerns
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1 David // Nov 30, 2004 at 2:12 pm
I can’t say I know of Carmouche’s website, as I’ve gladly avoided many politically-oriented blogs and websites; but I can’t see why Carmouche expected WHYY to deliver an apology here. I understand he doesn’t like the “liberal media”, but this was just an (idiot) voicemail from someone who happened to work at the station and was dumb enough to leave her work telephone number. Perhaps he wants to gloat, but what’s the point? The person resigned (rightfully) and apologized (which she should have). It should be left at that.
Of course, I have less understanding as to why anyone would even leave a voicemail like that…
2 UncleHornHead // Nov 30, 2004 at 11:39 pm
It’s a shame. WHYY is my NPR station and Buchman was a good reporter.
3 Asher // Dec 2, 2004 at 9:37 pm
Yep, I heard a couple of Buchman’s reports on WHYY and they were great. . . . one on Iraq soldiers and one on her neighborhood in Philly. That’s too bad she’s gone. WHYY does a good job as do most NPR stations. Definitely a lot more depth than you find with other news on the radio.
4 BigBubba // Dec 8, 2004 at 8:28 pm
I heard the voicemail. Rachel Buchman sounded like a Nazi. She needs to find another line of work…maybe flipping burgers.