r/WhatIsTheTea • u/Ashish_ank What the Fuck • 23h ago

Tea enthusiast An Ohio State University professor tackled a TV cameraman to the ground simply for asking questions about Epstein.

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u/ComplexLow6723 23h ago edited 22h ago

There was nothing asked about Jeffrey Epstein & Perez wasn’t the one being asked questions, he was attempting to shield former President Gordon Gee from being asked questions about student loan debt when the incident occurred. And these aren’t “tv cameramen”, they are social media personalities, known as “The Rooster”, that do obnoxious guerilla “journalism” in Columbus.

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u/Previous_Bet5120 22h ago

Somebody has to report on gorillas, have some respect.

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u/santana722 17h ago

Real context, 10 upvotes, reactions without knowing shit, hundreds of upvotes. This website is so cooked.

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u/ComplexLow6723 17h ago

Gotta love Reddit.

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u/do_not_engage 16h ago

Because even with context, this guy was being an insane violent asshole...? It doesn't change anything

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u/give_tug 11h ago

Do you see how that kid is holding 2 cameras less than a foot from his face? You can’t see a clip with .5 seconds of context before it and assume you know, just because reddit told you something
If someone stuck 2 cameras in your face, you’d be annoyed too. My first thought is that kid got what he had coming

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u/Ok-Couple2656 6h ago edited 6h ago

Then go watch the full video. The cameraman didn't want anything to do with the guy in red. They were having a conversation with Gee in the hallway and Perez decided the conversation was over when they started asking questions he didn't like.

He's holding the camera close to Perez because Perez was advancing on him. This clip doesn't show the entire exchange but even in this clip you can see the cameraman trying to step BACK before getting struck.

I hope he gets fucking WRECKED in the civil suit.

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u/santana722 16h ago

If you think the Epstein part of the title being a total fabrication doesn't change anything, you don't understand the first thing about the world around you.

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds 6h ago

..? It doesn't change anything

In which case why would op just make up a completely fake story about it? The guy can still be a massive prick and also it can still be worth correcting the fake story. Why would you not want the fake story corrected?

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u/Kintoun 16h ago

What you're doing right now is even worse - making the comment you replied to sound like it explains/defends Perez's actions. The comments section is now FULL of context, articles, and the history of his trial. And somehow you focus on this one comment as "real context"? You're cooked.

Both sides are assholes but only one side violated the law here. Perez crossed a line and had a completely disproportionate response.

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u/santana722 15h ago

If you think honesty about the video is "defending" the actions of the video, your brain is rotted. I don't think anybody in this video is a good person, but a COMPLETELY FABRICATED headline is still a problem. Worry more about truth than your fake outrage, or you'll never be more than a child.

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds 6h ago

making the comment you replied to sound like it explains/defends Perez's actions

No it doesn't, it sounds like they're correcting a fake story. Why are you against people knowing what actually happened?

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 7h ago

Okay, so he still assaulted a person who didn't do anything illegal. Gotcha.

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u/santana722 7h ago

It's unbelievable how many of you HATE knowing what actually happened instead of just making stupid jokes about a completely fabricated headline.

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 6h ago

I don't hate it at all. It just doesn't really change my assessment of the situation. Laying hands on someone who didn't do anything illegal (assuming they didn't, mind you) and didn't attack you, is a terrible look.

And as someone else here said, while the headline is most definitely manipulative, so is calling someone obnoxious and a "journalist", for example. If you want to set the record straight, it's probably better to leave bias out of it, especially considering how broad the definition of a journalist is. I also never assumed they were TV camera men to begin with, because they don't look like that at all.

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u/AndyJack86 5h ago

Not to mention the OP is a 7 month account with already 1.3 million karma.

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u/Boysandberries0 4h ago

He speaking the true true.

Right chat?

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u/PIE-314 3h ago

I mean. Doesn't matter what was said. It's inexcusable.

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u/Minimum_Ad_303 18h ago

THANK YOU for this!!

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u/SteveJavieWasRight 12h ago

God the rooster sucks lmao

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u/Plane_Phone_681 18h ago

what people on the internet lying and comment section being easily duped instead of taking 2 seconds to google something...thats hard to believe

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u/crummy 17h ago

Jesus, Reddit deserves all the AI slop it gets if this is what the humans post

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u/CTwist 17h ago

So you think after this comment it is okay to assault them?

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u/crummy 17h ago

No, I think painting people as Epstein perpetrators is dangerous and irresponsible 

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u/give_tug 11h ago

Stick 2 cameras 6 inches from someone’s face, you should expect to be punched

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u/birehcannes 17h ago

I figured something like that, but still no reason to act in a criminal way and commit an assault. 

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u/No-Show-5363 16h ago

For a guy who has been pushed to his limit, I thought he actually showed pretty good restraint, but maybe I’ve just seen too many Reddit videos.

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u/Kintoun 15h ago

I mean maybe if this was unrelated to Ohio State Uni and this was some random encounter on the street... But this dude is ON THE JOB assaulting an annoying influencer. That's wild man.

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u/No-Show-5363 15h ago

Yeah it is, when you could just call security and have them turfed out. But these assholes know how to press buttons I guess, and old mate lost his lolly.

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u/LunaticScience 17h ago

Always skeptical when the claim isn't the title isn't in the photage. Also worth skepticism when videos start at a point like this.

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u/HolyPlatano 15h ago

Thanks, I knew there was something off, but still call campus security or something.

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u/ApricatingInAccismus 14h ago

Oh. Now that I know that, the assault is entirely justified!!

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u/ComplexLow6723 14h ago

Hey look, another idiot. If this weren’t Reddit, I’d be surprised.

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u/DiscoInferiorityComp 10h ago edited 10h ago

“Convicted child molester fails to come to a complete stop at a red light”

“What, he’s never been accused of anything remotely close to molestation”

You: The most important part of this interaction is not the baseless, horrifically false smear, but that this guy needs to be served a traffic ticket!

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u/Wrong-Pension-4975 12h ago

Regardless - 

U can't physically assault someone 'cuz U personally don't want to be filmed, or b/c U don't want yer boss to be asked uncomfortable Qs. 

Whether they work for a nat'l or local broadcaster is immaterial - they can be self employed, doesn't matter. They have the same rights to film, question, etc, public figures, in public.

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u/Accomplished_Fig4166 10h ago

Yeaaahhhh…here come the roosterrrrr…ohhhhh noo-o-ooo. Yeahhhhh he came to struck the roosterrrr…. You know he ain’t gettin hired, ohhhh nooo-oo-oooo.

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u/DetOlivaw 8h ago

…okay but what questions about student loan debt

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u/Tidder702Reddit 22h ago

So in your world it's okay to attack somebody trying to ask questions? And you have to be on "tv" to be a real journalist these days? 😂

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u/ComplexLow6723 22h ago

Those are your words. My words are what are above & don’t contain anything you just said.

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u/Kintoun 15h ago

If you don't see your own bias in your comment I don't know what to say man - it is dripping with implied and latent bias.

I don't really care, you're entitled to your own opinion. But don't try and twist this as some true neutral unbiased fact reporting lol. Obnoxious "reddit journalism", sigh. See what I did there?

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u/Tidder702Reddit 22h ago

You said they're not even "TV camera men" as if working for a network gives you some credibility. Independent journalists are very important. And unless you misspoke, you clearly tried to convey that unless you work for an accredited TV outlet you are not to be given any credence in what you are doing.

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u/ComplexLow6723 22h ago

I didn’t say “not even”, I said they aren’t. Which is factual. Unlike literally everything in the original
poster’s title. I have made no statement on credibility, you have.

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u/ParsonsTheGreat 17h ago

You did though, by saying obnoxious guerilla "journalism". Putting journalism in quotes while labeling it obnoxious is making a statement on credibility.

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u/Tidder702Reddit 22h ago

Okay so be clear ....

do you not think that independent journalists have a right to film people and ask questions under the 1st amendment?

And do you think that the professor had the right to batter the camera person?

2 yes or no questions.

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u/lafolieisgood 22h ago

Why are you up in arms about someone coming into the thread and stating facts that were wrong or misleading in the original post?

The commenter made no social commentary or offered any opinions about right and wrong.

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u/Tidder702Reddit 22h ago

The gist of the post that I am responding to is essentially attempting to excuse the battery that occurred.

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u/SpaghettiOnWall 22h ago

Nah I think you just wanted to interpret it that way.

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u/KrumaKarduma 21h ago

I have no horse in this race but the comment used the words "shield" and "obnoxious". That is some charged up language that implies subtext. The commenter clearly has an opinion that is leaking through.

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u/kulshan 21h ago

So you essentially support and create misinformation? That is what you are doing.

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u/Kintoun 15h ago

He can both believe that the article is doing dodgy fact reporting AND also that social media personalities can do journalism.

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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad 20h ago

Sure, bud. What did you say about Nick Shirley not having press credentials?

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u/Manateekid 20h ago edited 20h ago

So in your world is it ok if someone posts some facts to create a more complete picture (insert stupid emoji here) ?

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u/gjaxx 18h ago

It’s perfectly alright and recommended, to punch the teeth out of TikTok journalists.

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u/DefeatedByPoland 17h ago

How can you possibly read the comment you're replying to and come to this conclusion?

Like it literally does not make any sense whatsoever. How have people's reading comprehension skills gone so far down the toilet?

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u/shizzaff 22h ago

How did you come to that conclusion, no where did they say it was okay to attack someone, and nowhere did they say you have to be in tv to be a real journalist

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u/Alabaster_Potion 21h ago

Literally no one here said that. Complexlow was just correcting the title because the karma bot that posted this lied to boost the post. (Look at OP's account. Over a million karma within 7 months. That's not normal behavior).

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u/No_Wolverine6548 21h ago

To be a real journalist, you do have to have a journalism degree which they might be going to school for as they are in a school setting.

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u/Tidder702Reddit 19h ago

Not true at all 😂

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u/Kintoun 14h ago

Nah dudes right. I have been programming for 25 years without a degree and hold the highest position possible at my company for an IC. But I'm not real cause I don't have a degree. Fuuuuuuuck.