VIDEO: US lawmaker threatens to break reporter in half, throw him off balcony

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Being a journalist is definitely very stressful and dangerous. Reporters risk their lives not only gathering news in hot spots but also just asking US politicians uncomfortable questions. An embattled US congressman was caught on film threatening to break a reporter in half and throw him off a Capitol balcony after he was asked about a campaign finance probe.

Michael Grimm, a Republican from New York, lost his temper during an interview with NY1 News television immediately after President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

"I'm not talking about anything that's off topic. This is only about the president's speech," Grimm said, after the NY1 journalist asked him about an investigation into campaign finances.

VIDEO POST: US congressman threatens to break reporter in half, throw him off balcony

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Fake CNN Reporter Swindles Bayelsa Government, Officials

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 Paul Yempe, who passed himself off as a journalist working for the US-based Cable News Network (CNN), succeeded in swindling key officials of the Bayelsa State government, SaharaReporters has discovered. Our sources in the state and within law enforcement disclosed that the fraudster obtained various sums of money running into millions of naira from state officials who were desperate to receive favorable coverage about the state beset by rising insecurity and incessant kidnappings.

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Kidnapped NTA Reporter Released !

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Olubunmi Oke, a female journalist working with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akure, has been released by her abductors.

Mrs. Oke , a nursing mother, was kidnapped on Thursday by four gunmen after closing from work at Oba Ile area of Akure, the Ondo State capital. She was said to have been whisked away shortly after she drove into her residence after closing from work.

Although, the abductors demanded ransom, it could not be ascertained at this time when any money was paid before the journalist was released

Power-drunk Lagos CP walks out PUNCH Reporter

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Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, on Tuesday ordered a correspondent of The PUNCH, Kunle Falayi, out of the premises of the police command headquarters, Ikeja.
Manko said a story published on Tuesday titled, ‘Guard shot by policemen in critical condition’ was an attack on the integrity of the police.