Friday, May 29, 2009

Al Roker gets ripped for snapping court pix & tweeting during jury duty

Today Show weatherman Al Roker took some good hearted ribbing from his co-hosts Matt Lauer and Merideth Viera today over his Twittering from the jury pool at the Manhattan Court House yesterday.

Below is the news account from the NY Daily News followed by video from this mornings Today Show, it is good for a laugh or two so check it out.

NY Daily News -

Al Roker's stint on jury duty was short - and Tweet.

The "Today" weatherman got into hot water yesterday for snapping pictures of jurors waiting to be called in the 15th floor assembly room at Manhattan Supreme Court - and posting them on his Twitter page.

"I'm not breaking laws...just trying to share the experience of jury duty," Roker wrote on his page. "One that I think is important and everyone should take part in."

Roker's postings set the blogosphere atwitter and in no time his pictures of jurors - their faces mostly blurred - popped up on TMZ.com and other Web sites.

Just as quickly, Roker found himself on the defensive.

"So everyone is clear, I am NOT taking pictures in the courtroom," he wrote. "So folks need to lighten up. I am in the jury lounge."

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