Chipk
Elite Member
Last week I was allowed to hunt the grounds of a private school. The primary purpose was to clean the grounds because razor blades and other sharp objects were found there. So far, I've been there two days and plan on doing a third.
During the hunts I found a few goodies including a brass doorknob, teacher's bell and an old lock. I also found a beautiful makeup compact lid from 1910 and an aluminum toy truck from the 30s.
I am on a neighborhood web site and I posted pictures of these finds there. Didn't think anything of it.
Last night I received a message from a friend advising me that I had been on the 6:00pm news. Puzzled I called her and she described the pictures they showed and they were pictures of these items I had posted. I went on the station's website and a short blurb with my pictures and my name flashed.
I was appalled!!
Nobody contacted me. I didn't give permission. I didn't even know about it. As stated in FULL METAL JACKET, I didn't even get a reach around.
It was shown again on the late night news.
This morning I called the station and spoke with the news desk. They said if it's on social networks, it's fair game and they can publish it. I feel violated.
Now understand, part of me feels honored. But mostly I'm not only upset they didn't contact me but it was also a crappy story. No real story, just basically " This guy found this!"
I told them I could have given them much better stories if they had checked with me. Now we're actually discussing a story on all the sharp, nasty dangerous !!!! we find in the ground. That might have some real value.
During the hunts I found a few goodies including a brass doorknob, teacher's bell and an old lock. I also found a beautiful makeup compact lid from 1910 and an aluminum toy truck from the 30s.
I am on a neighborhood web site and I posted pictures of these finds there. Didn't think anything of it.
Last night I received a message from a friend advising me that I had been on the 6:00pm news. Puzzled I called her and she described the pictures they showed and they were pictures of these items I had posted. I went on the station's website and a short blurb with my pictures and my name flashed.
I was appalled!!
Nobody contacted me. I didn't give permission. I didn't even know about it. As stated in FULL METAL JACKET, I didn't even get a reach around.
It was shown again on the late night news.
This morning I called the station and spoke with the news desk. They said if it's on social networks, it's fair game and they can publish it. I feel violated.
Now understand, part of me feels honored. But mostly I'm not only upset they didn't contact me but it was also a crappy story. No real story, just basically " This guy found this!"
I told them I could have given them much better stories if they had checked with me. Now we're actually discussing a story on all the sharp, nasty dangerous !!!! we find in the ground. That might have some real value.
