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Canadian journalist pursues complaint against vulgar videobomber | |
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Police in Toronto are investigating a so-called videobombing incident after a man appeared to yell an obscenity during a live television news broadcast. | |
The man shouted the offensive phrase while Charlsie Agro, a journalist with CBC News Toronto, was reporting on the final night of the Pan Am Games, hosted by Canada. | |
The man appears to have shouted "fuck her right in the pussy". | |
Ms Agro continued her report unfazed. | |
Police reviewed footage of the incident and Ms Agro appealed on Twitter for help in identifying those in the background of her broadcast. | Police reviewed footage of the incident and Ms Agro appealed on Twitter for help in identifying those in the background of her broadcast. |
Here's how you can help: if you saw the show and know who it was tell @TPSTauro please RT and spread the word. #stopFHRITP | Here's how you can help: if you saw the show and know who it was tell @TPSTauro please RT and spread the word. #stopFHRITP |
The Twitter appeal has helped bolster the investigation with supporters using the hashtag #StopFHRITP to voice their disapproval for what has become something of an occupational hazard for television journalists. | The Twitter appeal has helped bolster the investigation with supporters using the hashtag #StopFHRITP to voice their disapproval for what has become something of an occupational hazard for television journalists. |
@CBCharlsie sorry to hear about this, Charlsie. This needs to stop!! #stopFHRITP | @CBCharlsie sorry to hear about this, Charlsie. This needs to stop!! #stopFHRITP |
Sadly #FHRITP not a new reality for women in the media working in public. We need to support folks like @CBCharlsie & others taking a stand. | Sadly #FHRITP not a new reality for women in the media working in public. We need to support folks like @CBCharlsie & others taking a stand. |
Sorry to hear this happened to you @CBCharlsie Hope they catch the person #stopFHRITP https://t.co/ybOmYPFIRI | Sorry to hear this happened to you @CBCharlsie Hope they catch the person #stopFHRITP https://t.co/ybOmYPFIRI |
Videobombing live television broadcasts by shouting "fuck her right in the pussy" became popular after a 2014 incident in which a man in a black hoodie appeared to interrupt a local news report in Cincinnati, Ohio by shouting the inappropriate remark on camera. | |
The incident was later confirmed as hoax, but the meme gained popularity nonetheless. | The incident was later confirmed as hoax, but the meme gained popularity nonetheless. |
A man once shouted “Fuck her right in the pussy” while I was live on Sky News. Annoying, but I didn’t call the police on them. | A man once shouted “Fuck her right in the pussy” while I was live on Sky News. Annoying, but I didn’t call the police on them. |
It has largely been used to target female journalists. | It has largely been used to target female journalists. |
In an incident in May, journalist Shauna Hunt, a reporter with Toronto's City News, confronted a group of men who shouted the phrase while she was broadcasting. | In an incident in May, journalist Shauna Hunt, a reporter with Toronto's City News, confronted a group of men who shouted the phrase while she was broadcasting. |
The Toronto police did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this article. |