KTRK-13’s Dave Ward just threw coverage out to Gene Apodaca at the Astrodome, who said he had secured permission from the Red Cross to report from inside the stadium.
As he was trying to report, hands kept going over the camera. Apodaca announced that sheriff’s deputies were blocking the camera, despite his having secured permission for the broadcast.
An annoyed Dave Ward told him to get the officer’s name and badge number.
Last night, Ward’s criticism and KTRK’s reporting seemed to motivate public officials to straighten out a developing mess at the Astrodome. Local officials shouldn’t underestimate the power of Dave Ward on the warpath!
UPDATE: Apodaca is back on the air, and the law-enforcement busybodies seem to have found something else to do. They should not have underestimated the power of Dave Ward!
