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On The Record Ambushes UVA Suspect’s Grandmother

Posted by Ellen -7835.60pc on September 24, 2014 · Flag

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In case you’re not up on the case of UVA student Hannah Graham, the latest missing blonde story in the news, an arrest warrant was issued for an African American man named Jesse Matthew today. There was no indication Matthew’s grandmother had anything to do with the crime. Yet a Fox News reporter and contributor ambushed her at home and demanded to know if she had talked to Matthew.

No matter how awful a person Matthew may be, surely his grandmother is suffering and stressed out at this time. Not only is her grandson in terrible trouble but the harsh glare of the spotlight on him is probably hard on her as well.

So what was the point of Fox reporter Griff Jenkins and contributor Ted Williams ambushing the grandmother at her house? Did they really think she would spill the beans to them? Or were they just looking for sensational video at her expense?

Apparently, taking a camera crew to the door had been nixed. So we saw the grandmother from afar as Jenkins and Williams apparently called from the street. “We just wanted to ask when you saw him last,” Jenkins said.

Matthew’s grandmother was unequivocal in her desire not to speak to them “Don’t ask nothing. I’ve got nothing to say to you,” she said.

But Jenkins ignored her desire. He repeated, “When was the last time you saw Jesse?” Then, in a slightly accusatory tone, “Ma’am, a girl is missing.”

Williams said, “Ma’am, Just one question: Have you talked to Jesse?”

“No one here knows and no comment. Bye,” The woman went back into the house.

Back in the studio, Fox host Greta Van Susteren said, “Ted, that didn’t work too well.”

No, Williams agreed. He even acknowledged that the grandmother is a victim, too. “She’s a victim of a grandson who has now, Greta, been charged with a felony. A felony abduction with the intent to defile. Greta, the stakes in this case have now been raised hugely. The ante is up.”

Van Susteren asked why they went to the grandmother’s house.

Williams said they went there “primarily” because she “made some statements that she raised Jesse Matthew. And so we wanted to talk to her. He’s, as you know, on the run and when you’re on the run like that, Greta, you’re more likely to go to people who love you and who care for you and the grandmother is, like I said, someone we wanted to talk to.”

Williams was described by Van Susteren as a “former D.C. homicide detective.” But it’s not his job to track down Matthew nor interrogate his grandmother. I suspect that the local police would be less than pleased with national media sticking their nose in the investigation now.

Nevertheless, Williams said “We have been on numerous occasions to Jesse Matthew’s apartment. I talked to individuals there. They’ve told me that he was an odd fellow, that he was weird.”

What’s next, phone hacking?

Watch the report below from tonight’s On The Record.

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Jane S commented 2014-09-25 11:08:15 -0400 · Flag
Griff Jenkins and especially Ted Williams are entirely Greta’s creatures. Jenkins is a decent reporter/producer but hopeless as on-air “talent.” He rarely appears anywhere else but Greta’s show. Ted Williams is an old pal of Greta’s from her days as a practicing defense attorney in Washington when he was a homicide cop. He also rarely appears anywhere else on Fox.

I would say there’s very close to zero chance she didn’t approve this stunt. Then she saw how bad it looked on tape so played the innocent. If her producers blindsided her on this and sent her own people out to do something they knew she’d disapprove of without telling her, she needs to quit the network, or get those producers fired.

And please, she had the option of refusing to air the video at all since it added absolutely nothing to the story.
Ellen commented 2014-09-25 02:54:39 -0400 · Flag
I actually got the impression a producer had sent Jenkins and Williams to the grandmother’s house. In the segment (in the video) Van Susteren asked why they went, and she didn’t sound all that approving.

I have many criticisms of Greta but I don’t think she’s dishonest or deceitful the way Megyn Kelly or Hannity would be.
Jane S commented 2014-09-25 01:17:54 -0400 · Flag
This has been the latest edition of Fox’s long-running public service series, “Black People Behaving Badly.”

I love Greta’s innocent pretense. She sent Jenkins and WIlliams to that poor woman’s house, but she tries to make it look like it was their idea all on their own.

For shame. It’s totally disgraceful behavior for someone who spent so many years as a defense attorney for low-income African-Americans in D.C.

Anybody still want to pretend she’s a liberal?
Steve St John commented 2014-09-24 18:56:33 -0400 · Flag
Janet Tuhey: “Can Fux sink any lower?”

I’m sure they’re working on it at this very moment.
Antoinette commented 2014-09-24 15:40:33 -0400 · Flag
If the man went missing was white and the female victim was black, these cafeteria Catholics would not be sitting their discussing this case.

Fox “News” third-rate, so-called producers are the biggest race-baiters in the history of broadcast journalism. We blame them for digging in the sewers for ratings purposes. They would exploit their own mothers if it can boost their ratings.

That male senior producer in the D.C. Bureau is pure slime. If Satan had a son…
Janet Tuhey commented 2014-09-24 12:38:11 -0400 · Flag
Ambushing a probably guilty suspect (i.e. John Gotti) is barely acceptable to even the “MSM.” But the grieving, innocent grandmother? Can Fux sink any lower?
Dave Wright commented 2014-09-24 12:17:05 -0400 · Flag
Bigger question: Does anybody think that Howard Kurtz, their media czar who is always so critical of everybody else’s form of journalism, will come down hard on these two? My guess is no.
Blue Turtle commented 2014-09-24 10:47:42 -0400 · Flag
This type of sleazy TV is on a par with Headline News. This is the kind of crap my Fox relatives would switch off in a minute if it were being broadcast on any other network.
Richard Santalone commented 2014-09-24 09:41:12 -0400 · Flag
Boy oh boy, how much more proof do we need to prove conclusively that, in the world of Faux Spews, African Americans will ALWAYS be GUPI: GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!

’Nuff said.
truman commented 2014-09-24 09:30:45 -0400 · Flag
Another missing white girl. Van Suckup hasn’t been this excited since Natalee Holloway went AWOL in Aruba.
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Think they'd do it to a white grandmother?








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