Quotation[2] = "'The story first broke on FTVLive.com' - AP"; WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Here's the script for the next on-air editorial I'd like to see from Liz Quirantes and John Discepolo, the co-anchors for WPEC Channel 12 news in West Palm Beach. A tweet to a local television news anchor landed a Lake Worth man in the Palm Beach County Jail, records show. Liz: But now we have to share his worldview as if it's ours. Lynn Gordon. Quotation [11] = "'Scott Jones, whose FTVLive.com Web site broke the story' - LA Daily News" I sincerely hope that if Mr. Discepolo ever reads this that he knows I wish him and his family nothing but the best and I hope that they have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Sign in Register John Discepolo returns to the anchor desk by Liz Quirantes Thursday, January 14th 2016. Homicides. We take any threat against one of our employees or the station very seriously.. You read words that other people have typed into a telepromptr. Trust me, when a lawyer calls, your heart tends to sink a bit [but] she told me that I was going to have a Merry Christmas after all. John Discepolo (@JohnDiscepolo) December 23, 2013. I had heard rumblings that the charges were going to be dropped, but this was the first official confirmation (she is sending the paperwork over). It was scary for a while because nobody seemed to be able to tell us what was going on,"Shay Morgan-Discepolo told Gossip Extra. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. It was just a joke. Quotation [13] = " '(FTVLive) is a Mad Blogger'- Piers Morgan" John: You need to know something very important about that editorial we delivered. Discepolo comes from KOMO, the ABC affiliate in Seattle, where he has been a weekend anchor and weekday reporter since 2010. *** Liz: Recently, John. Prior to his time in Seattle, Discepolo also worked at WCBS and WNYW in New York and KDFW in Dallas. In the worst cases, patients die when their lungs stop working. I neither read the Post nor watch the channel 12 news. Do I feel any ill will towards Mr. Discepolo or Channel 12? A Massachusetts native, John Discepolo anchored sports for nearly a decade in New York at WCBS-TV and WNYW-TV, where he also served as sideline reporter for the NFL's New York Jets and New York Giants. Here's the script for the next on-air editorial I'd like to see from Liz Quirantes and John Discepolo, the co-anchors for WPEC Channel 12 news in West Palm Beach. Your own broadcasters tweet can be read as a threat in the same way of reading. Suzanne Boyd and Eric Roby, the station's current evening anchors, will move to mornings, according to Gossip Extra's Jose Lambiet. _taboola.push({flush: true}); However, like Obamacare, an immediate threat is not implied. Liz: Yes, that's true. By Merrill Knoxon Sep. 17, 2012 - 4:32 PM. But thats not a serious way of reading it, is it? The new scam we uncovered next at 5. A couple of Twitter users claiming to be friends of @Cosmic Times tweeted their dismay at having Pierro arrested. Doctors say that Discepolo. The company even dictated how we dressed while delivering this message. How the disease starts is unclear, but Discepolos missus says it could be when the anchorman caught a stomach bug from one of their two children. Martin Thomas Pierro, whose twitter handle is @Cosmic Times, was arrested Friday af . (516) 463-6600View Hofstra Campus MapTake a Virtual Tour. Most of them, including the women, have a pretty inflated view of their value to the world. According the The Palm Beach Post, a Lake Worth, FL, man is facing criminal charges over a tweet he sent to WPEC anchor John Discepolo in October. The goal is to look apolitical, neutral, nonpartisan yet professional. Mary Quinn O'Connor. John: All under the false banner of media responsibility. Why? Cosmic Times (@CosmicTimes) October 23, 2013. Liz: I was so depressed, I almost ate dessert. Martin Pierro was facing charges of intimidation through a written threat . WPEC anchor John Discepolo spent the last six days in the ICU with a rare nerve disorder, reports Gossip Extras Jose Lambiet. John Discepolo - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. Gary Widom - weekend mornings (5:00-7:00 Saturdays and 6:00-9:00 a.m. Sundays) Ben Becker - weeknights at 7:00 p.m. Rick Horrow - Beyond the Game host; David Weir - South Florida Business Report host; Christine Christofek - South Florida Business Report host; CBS 12 StormTrac . He followed up indicating it was not a threat, but when the call was made the officers felt like they had to verify that. WPEC (West Palm Beach) Anchor John Discepolo has been off the air since October 15th and just spent the past 6 days in ICU. In his spare time, John loves to travel, play hockey, and is passionate about home construction, design and airplanes. Young Beichan (l. 5758), I doubt if men ever made a trade of heroism. I was just poking fun at your teases for the nightly news. John began his broadcast career as a reporter and weekend sports anchor at NEWS 12 in Yonkers, N.Y., and at WRGB-TV in Albany, N.Y. Discepolo graduated from Hofstra University where he played football as a kicker and punter for the Division I-AA Pride alongside former New York Jets player Wayne Chrebet. Martin Thomas Pierro, whose twitter handle is @Cosmic Times, was arrested Friday after he allegedly responded to a tweet by Discepolo about an upcoming story by writing, Someone is hiding in your house waiting to kill youfind out wheretonight at 11., @JohnDiscepolo @CBS12 Someone is hiding in your house waiting to kill you find out where tonight at 11, Cosmic Times (@CosmicTimes) October 23, 2013, @Cosmic Times then told Discepolo, Oh come on thats an old school broadcasters joke. So what does *moving have to do with it? @CosmicTimes @CBS12 Not something to joke about not cool. if(window.ImageLoader) window.ImageLoader.bootstrap({}, document);Squarespace.afterBodyLoad(Y); South Florida Anchor Off the Air with Rare Nerve Disorder. Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, John Discepolo Set to Join WPEC in West Palm Beach, An error has occurred, please try again later. Quick Links. He experienced paralysis that caused him to fall while carrying. @JohnDiscepolo @CBS12 Oh come on that's an old school broadcasters joke. http://www.videodetective.com/movies/when-a-stranger-calls-scene-its-coming-from-inside-the-house/61566, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080130/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt. I wish Channel 12 and the PB Post would take the news seriously rather than as a propaganda effort. All I can say now is Merry Christmas and so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, No Charges for Man Accused of Sending Threatening Tweet to Anchor, An error has occurred, please try again later. Quotation[1] = "'The One-Man Website That Broke the Jay Leno Story' - About.com "; The CBS12 news station eventually offered a comment, as reported by the Orlando Sentinel. Klein's imminent exit was first reported by FTVLive' - NY Times"; window._taboola = window._taboola || []; Hofstra University admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to its students. John: That's http://cbs12.com/content-concerns. How else am I going to find news I read on the internet eight hours earlier?? John Discepolo (@JohnDiscepolo) October 23, 2013. Another sign of the criminalization of everything. We all see the world through our own filters and just because I cant see things from his perspective doesnt make him a bad person or someone to hate. Static.COOKIE_BANNER_CAPABLE = true; WPEC (West Palm Beach) Anchor John Discepolo has been off the air since October 15th and just spent the past 6 days in ICU. She informed me that the charges against me had been dropped. John: Viewers watching might have been fooled into thinking that Liz and I wrote that script ourselves and those opinions were self-generated and genuine. In the bluntest dismissal of a South Florida anchor team in recent memory, WPEC-Ch. heard on WGYL-FM 93.7, WOSN-FM 97.1, WRMF-FM 97.9, WJKD-FM 99.7, WSTU-AM 1450, WTTB-AM 1490, and WPSL-AM 1590. Pierro, whose Twitter handle is @CosmicTimes, replied with a comment that he said was meant to mock the anchors news teases, not to intimidate him. Liz: Instead, time which otherwise would be devoted to local news reporting is being used to sow seeds of distrust in the connections made between the Trump administration and Russia. I was just poking fun at your teases for the nightly news, after the anchor tweeted back, Not something to joke aboutnot cool., Pierro told The Post by phone, It was just a joke. // To add more quotations, continue with the I immediately knew what she was getting at she told me that I was going to have a Merry Christmas after all. John Matthews (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. Chris Farrell (AMS Seal of Approval) - weekdays mornings (4:30-7:00 a.m.) and weekdays at noon. No. He told one user its a mute [sic] point to battle over the story, and that perhaps his critics dont know the full story: @Lant_ana Things are rarely that cut and dry, two sides to every story. showQuotation(); "This is an incredible opportunity that came my way, and one that I could not pass up,". John: So in the interest of better-late-than-never objectivity, we'd like to tell you some of the facts that would not be obvious from our previous editorial. Quotation [17] = " 'An insider newsy website' - Hoda Kotb" // to increment the Quotation[x] index! KOMO has not yet announced who Discepolos replacement will be. tips@mediaite.com. Remember For Use By Clients of the New York Times News Service. I received a call from my attorney, Pierro told WND. | Miller has been fired. Lets not forget the classic: Home; About Rick Carr; Contract Services; Client Testimonials; Our Clients; Client News; Contact; Featured Clients. @JohnDiscepolo @CBS12 Oh come on thats an old school broadcasters joke. Discepolo experienced progressive paralysis of his limbs, and even fell while carrying the couples two-year-old child when his legs just stopped working his wife Shay said. var Q = Quotation.length; John: Like other anchors in the more than 100 Sinclair Broadcasting Group stations across the country, Liz and I were handed a script by our corporate overlords that we had to read verbatim. var Quotation=new Array() // do not change this! @JohnDiscepolo @CBS12 Oh come on that's an old school broadcasters joke. John Discepolo returns to the anchor desk | WPEC Email Password Forgot your password? // Do not change anything below this line John Discepolo's Phone Number and Email Quotation [18] = " 'FTVLive is the Most Incrediable thing in our Business' - i24News" After a two month ordeal, charges have finally been dropped against Martin Pierro, 41, a South Florida comic publisher who spooked local CBS anchor John Discepolo with a tweet mocking the newsmans stereotypically grim-sounding news tease. Gosh, didja hear/see, wear the Frankenstein stand in (calls himself grayson or some such shit), got taken to the cleaner for about $18 million. @JohnDiscepolo @CBS12 Someone is hiding in your house waiting to kill you find out where tonight at 11, Cosmic Times (@CosmicTimes) October 23, 2013. Clearly not a threat; the you here is universal (the referent is not the person to whom the tweet was written). John: It was no different than the scripts read by TV news anchors in other Sinclair stations across the country. As a large media property, we are out in front of the public every day, said CBS12 General Manager Mike Pumo. LOL). I never would have seen that tweet as a threat. You are not re-creating Edward R. Murrow. Discepolo didnt think it was funny even after assurances by Pierro he was joking. John Discepolo. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. John Discepolo begins next week as the primary anchor at WPEC, the CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach. 12 has replaced its lead news anchors of the past six years, Reg Miller and Laurel Sauer. From Martin: Yesterday I received a call from my attorney trust me when a lawyer calls, your heart tends to sink a bit so considering all that is going on its fair to say that I was worried. Here is the complete text of what Pierro said on facebook. >> Follow Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) on Twitter, Have a tip we should know? 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