KDVR Reporter Eli Stokols Confronts Occupy Denver Protesters After They Crash His Live Shot

By Merrill Knox 

A confrontation between Occupy Denver protesters and a reporter turned nasty recently after the protesters walked into a KDVR live shot holding an obscene sign. After he was clear, the reporter, Eli Stokols, confronted the protesters: “When I’m live on f-cking television — and you can film this — when I’m live on television, you don’t come up and f-ck us up,” he said (video above).

Stokols spoke about the incident today with Westword, which first published the video:

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When this first started, when the first showdowns were imminent, we were down there all the time, and this is not uncommon. I’ve done live shots with signs behind me saying “Fox News is the devil,” and that’s not a problem. I don’t even tell them to get out of the way, because they’re the reason why we’re there and they can say what they want. But saying something like “f-ck the police” on a live broadcast is different.  Before, we’ve sat down afterward and had conversations about the mainstream media, giving them a shot, and I think they understand that we’re not slandering them and we’re not slanting them or making them look worse than they said.  Aside from the perception they might have of Fox News, and Fox31 being an entirely different entity, we understand the undercurrent and we try to be fair and give a voice to do what they have to say.

[h/t Politico]

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