Talk:Geraldo Rivera

Occupy Wall Street edits.

The following section has been repeatedly tweaked by 67.163.161.132: "On October 10, 2011, Rivera was filmed by Russia Today being jeered by the Occupy Wall Street protesters at Liberty Square. The crowd chanted, "FOX News lies!" until Rivera and his camera crew left the protesters." The edits seem to be anti-Occupy Wall Street, but are poorly explained. #1: Describes the protesters as "idiots standing in the street. No edit summary. #2: Removes the entire section. No edit summary. #3: Removes "FOX News lies!" Edit summary: "Deleted irrelevant portions." (What they were chanting, of course, explains why they were chanting.) #4: Again removes "FOX News lies!" Edit summary: "Redundant." (Not at all explained previously that the chanting was anti-FOX News.) The editor's only other edits are the unexplained removal of a timeline from Sean Hannity (no edit summary) and blanking their talk page (edit summary: "Annoying."). If anyone wishes to support the IP's edits, this is the place to do so. Otherwise, the reverts will continue, until such time as the IP is blocked and/or the article is protected from editing or their is reasonable discussion. Thanks. - SummerPhD (talk) 02:57, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Said editor has now made a few more edits re this issue and is currently blocked for 31 hours. We can certainly discuss the issue when they return. - SummerPhD (talk) 21:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

For what it's worth, and I pray this adds clarity and agreement to this matter: I was viewing Fox News at the time the above referenced exchange occurred. Yes, "Fox News lies" was indeed chanted by the crowd at the "Occupy" protest. Furthermore, while broadcasting live Mr. Rivera made statements to the effect of "I'm on your side, I support you, I have been supporting your view", then left the location after (apparently) concluding his words went largely unheard by the demonstrators. His statements prior to attending the "Occupy" event were en-total supportive of the group, its positions, and motives. In-fact, he was the only show host employed by the Fox News Network harboring that position/opinion. While I'm no fan of Geraldo (in general), and procure my news from multiple sourcing, referencing a webcast dedicated to a largely negative political view of the United States, or any country (for that matter) can in no way be considered "position: neutral". In fact, the statement should more correctly / accurately be placed within the confines of the Russia Today page and not the page relating to this article. A politically neutral stance is best assessed by the reader who cannot conclude the political leanings of the author/writer/journalist. In conclusion, I strongly believe this section of the article should be amended to demonstrate such neutrality, thus helping to reinforce the credibility of Wikipedia in the eyes of everyone. PA MD0351XXE (talk) 09:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

To add this to the article, we need independent reliable sources making this observation. Otherwise, it is opinion/synthesis. - SummerPhD (talk) 13:45, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree, and would imagine neutral sourcing in this matter to not be a problem, the non-edited video must be available somewhere on-line , however, leaving the Occupy section of the article as-is does not appear the most viable of options. Accuracy should be the key factor in the conveyance of any subject matter. The quoted reference source is itself controversial. My initial visit to the article was for purposes of verification of the age of the subject, the aforementioned text stood out like a sore thumb - detracting from the quality of an otherwise fairly well written offering. That was, and is my purpose for posting within this section. PA MD0351XXE (talk) 01:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

NPOV

I have protected this article because of recent vandalism. However, in looking through the page, it appears to be pretty heavily biased. The bit about the Al Capone vault is quite mocking, and almost all of the information in the "Career" section is pretty negative, though factual. – GorillaWarfare (talk) 03:45, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

A lot of this is pretty "heavily" written, with details and weighting that seems to reflect a negative opinion of Rivera. I've taken a crack at the vault section which seemed overly long and determined to demonstrate something about the incident. - SummerPhD (talk) 04:17, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Concurred. Although accurately cited, much of the material in the latter sections read as a "Controversy" section as opposed to a cohesive biography. It would be better suited to remove the unnecessary one-liners and meld the remainder cleanly. - Dasgravyboat (talk) 15:57, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hoodie Photo

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The current photo of Geraldo in a hoodie probably isn't free and is likely a subtle dig at his recent [comments] in regards to Trayvon Martin. --Ichabod (talk) 12:41, 24 March 2012‎

I would like to [agree] I was just going to ask if that was the photo was an intentional choice. 198.96.35.36 (talk) 19:39, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Looks like my photo's been making the rounds. :) This was taken during the OWS protests back in October when he was doing coverage. --Dasgravyboat (talk) 21:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

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Early stages

Maybe someone with better research skills than I can verify that Geraldo's nationally televised report on Willowbrook appeared on ABC's Dick Cavett late-night show. ABC's 20/20 & Nightline programs appeared much later; Nightline growing out of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American embassy in Teheran, Iran. 138.162.128.54 (talk) 15:37, 28 May 2013 (UTC)