WFAA: John Wiley Price Shoves, Threatens Shipp
Remember the recent Park Cities Rotary meeting where John Wiley Price was slated to speak (and left, apparently, when WFAA’s Brett Shipp arrived)?
Well, the county commissioner and reporter exchanged words again today. And this time, says WFAA, it got physical.
Commissioner Dickey has taken so much crap from that man over the years, I don’t blame her for bringing a reporter with her to meet with him. But I do not like her choice of reporters, I’m sure there are legions of folks that would like to smack that guy around.
Brett Shipp was born in Dalllas and raised in the Park Cities. Graduated from Highland Park High School. His father was one of the best newsmen in Dallas for many years behind the scenes at WFAA.
I don’t understand why people are so down on Shipp. Is he my favorite person in the world? No. But part of his job is to go after creeps. It takes a certain confrontational approach. Who else is going to do it? The smiling anchor? The weatherman?
Sad commentary on Dallas County when a county commissioner can openly assault a reporter and threaten to kill him—when the reporter was covering a story on public property. And since when does a county office become a commissioner’s property? Didn’t he threaten some citizens a couple of months ago during a meeting? Why hasn’t he been arrested?
Definitely out of line for Mr. Price to shove Brett Shipp, but Shipp’s such a total d****ebag, I’ll let it slide this once.
What was JWP topic for the speech?
Possibly how all you white people should go to hell.
I shouldn’t type when I’ve been out in the heat too long, makes me even crankier. Brett is a nice guy, my husband went to school with him and we think he’s a nice guy. I do not like his journalism style, he ambushes people when it’s not necessary and he’s made innocent people look guilty because of it. So – Brett= nice guy, Mr. Shipp = skeezy reporter. Sometimes. JWP was hugely out of line here, but it seems Mr. Shipp got exactly what he was looking for, I’m sure there were high fives all around back in the newsroom.