File this one under “what the hell just happened here?”
Media outlets made contact with Doyle Miller, who says he is the landlord to the townhouse of Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik. And Miller removed the plywood that was blocking the front door with the media watching.
Door of #SanBernardino shooters' home opened by owner. Media heading in. pic.twitter.com/4XQnNQemmY
— Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) December 4, 2015
Multiple media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, BBC and CBS all went into the home. Miller now says he was “rushed.”
Landlord says he didn't allow media into San Bernardino shooters' apartment: 'they rushed' https://t.co/2CfqNG6voO pic.twitter.com/HlWPUEeJHY
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) December 4, 2015
In the meantime, viewers watching live were shown the mess left behind after the FBI search, and multiple documents that did NOT have information blurred out.
MSNBC just doxed Rafia Farook, mother of a terrorist, on live television. I've blurred the important bits. pic.twitter.com/VqPwT60yVY
— David Boles (@DavidBoles) December 4, 2015
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) December 4, 2015
Screenshots from MSNBC. I added the redout pic.twitter.com/Ttu3zJ0Fjj
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 4, 2015
Watching live stream inside #SanBernardinoShooting suspects apartment.
STREAM HERE: https://t.co/FPGkl3Ow9X pic.twitter.com/GO1nGNd4Qr
— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) December 4, 2015
This. Is. INSANE.
CNN's law enforcement analyst appears shocked by what CNN's reporters (and other reporters) are doing.
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) December 4, 2015
New video inside San Bernardino shooters' home: https://t.co/LikhAvn8vZ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 4, 2015
Even CNN’s own analyst was horrified.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niSDaLR7vKI
Buzzfeed reports that even CIVILIANS started entering the home before the landlord’s wife started kicking everyone out.
And law enforcement was NOT notified that the media was being given access to the home, even though the FBI says that they are done with the scene.
San Bernardino Sheriff's office tells TheBlaze that he has "no clue" who would have authorized reporters to enter suspect's home.
— Chris Enloe (@chrisenloe) December 4, 2015
When Mashable reached out to the FBI while the scene was simultaneously unfolding on live television, a spokesperson seemed shocked when asked if the public was allowed to enter the apartment.
“I do not believe so, but I can check,” she said around 9:30 a.m. PT. “My understanding is it is still an ongoing investigation.”
An hour later, Lourdes Arocho, spokesperson for the FBI Los Angeles field office, told Mashable: “The search is over at that location.”
Have all of these media outlets lost their minds???
This is going to be a rather extensive chapter in future journalism textbooks titled "Really though?" #CNN #MSNBC #FOXNews
— Esteban L. Hernandez (@EstebanHRZ) December 4, 2015
The search may have been over, but that the media hung around like vultures in order to get the next breaking story and bum-rushing an old man like lemmings to do it is just VILE. This is today’s journalism. It is disgusting.
UPDATE 12:01 PM PT:
Someone is in a lot of trouble. CNN and Fox News are both now reporting that Doyle Miller, the landlord, has been “escorted away by police” from the townhouse.
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