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Harris:Well it's just
that, what if I want to tape your presentation? Von
Erck: Well, you're gonna
need to talk to MSNBC... Byron
Harris:I have already,
I have their permission. Von
Erck: Well don't get
in MY face about it. Byron
Harris:What? Hey, uh,
I think you were getting in MY face Von
Erck: Hey, I'm just
informing you..(incomplete) Na, actually YOU walked up to ME son, and YOU walked
up to me, now I know you think I made a mistake... Byron
Harris:I beg your pardon,
am I your son? Von
Erck: You.. are ACTING
like one... I know you're old, and don't have much life left, and you have problems,
but when you walk up to me and get in MY face and tell me I'm getting in YOUR
face? THEN we have a problem. So I'll be RIGHT back, you hold tight (Taps reporter
& fingers reporter's lapel)... Byron
Harris:You're touching
me you know... Von
Erck: You spit in my
face. Byron
Harris:I did? Von
Erck: Yeah you DID.
Please keep your dribble to yourself. Be right back. (Turns to leave, walks away
shaking head) My goodness. Byron
Harris:(reporter follows)
My goodness indeed! You... y-You REALLY have a problem don't you!
Von
Erck: No YOU have a problem.
Byron
Harris:Anybody who doesn't
agree with you has a problem, isn't that true? Von
Erck: (Stops & turns)
Don't worry about it, if you don't... Look. First off, you're trying to be disruptive,
you're trying to be negative, ok - If you wanna be a journalist, you ask journalistic
questions. You don't walk up to me and go... (makes facial expression) and get
in my face... Don't walk up to ME and tell me I'm getting in YOUR face. Byron
Harris:You know, you
know we have it all on camera so.. We'll see what... We'll see what happened. Von
Erck: You can have your
camera all day long. I'm sure you'll edit it the way you want to edit it, I'm
sure you'll do your little thing and that's why you're a local reporter, not national,
that's why you been in this business how many years.. How many years you been
a reporter? Byron
Harris:Thirty-Five Von
Erck: Thirty-five -
And where do you work? Byron
Harris:Dallas, Texas. Von
Erck: Dallas Texas,
and you work for a local affiliate, right? Byron
Harris:Correct. Von
Erck: Did you ever ask
yourself WHY you work for a local affiliate Byron? Byron
Harris:Yes.. Von
Erck: Ah... Byron
Harris:I work there
because I want to be there. Von
Erck: Oh you've never...
you've had all these opportunities to move up and you've turned them down... Byron
Harris:No, I actually
work for the network Von
Erck: Oh you work for
the network, huh.. Byron
Harris:Yeah I work for
ABC Von
Erck: You work for ABC...Yeah
and that's why you're doing the reporting you're doing aren't you? Byron
Harris:No Von
Erck: Yeah (turns to
face conference official off camera) 'Scuse me, he's been trying to harass me,
he got up in my face and said "get outta my face", he basically spit
IN my face and uh, he's been trying to disrupt the conference we're doing... So
if you could please escort him? Byron
Harris:I didn't do any
of that stuff Conference
Official: Well we would
like you to leave though because we don't want our speaker to be uncomfortable
in this situation. Byron
Harris:Well you know
Dave... Conference
Official: Yes Byron
Harris:...Caplan said
I could be here. Conference
Official: Yes yes. Certainly
I can get Dave Caplan involved here Byron
Harris:Yeah why don't
you go get him. Conference
Official: We can go
up to the show floor together Byron
Harris:No, let's just
stay here why dont you... Von
Erck: Now YOU can explain
to Dave Caplan why you been trying to harass me and got in my face and insulted
me. Conference
Official: Yeah. (walking
away) 'Cause we really do want this to be a positive experience for everybody Von
Erck: Yeah, You can
do that Byron. Ok? Thank you very much. Conference
Official: I will. Von
Erck: And you can e-mail
anytime you want and we'll be glad to <unintelligible> Byron
Harris:Hey let me give
you my card because I sure would like to have a conversation with you sometime... Von
Erck: Uh, I already
have your e-mail address so it's fine. Byron
Harris:I think I'd like
to have a phone conversation with Frag or Del. They're the people I really came
to talk to, not you. Von
Erck: Well, THAT'S too
bad. Byron
Harris:(Incredulous
pause) Why? Von
Erck: Because! That's
up to them, don't ask me for them to talk to... Byron
Harris:Well... You wouldn't
give them their... my business card with my phone number on it? Von
Erck: I'm REALLY busy,
I'm sorry (walks away) Conference
Official: Yeah (with
an embarassed look on her face) Is he coming down? Von
Erck: (From across the
room) I gotta go Conference
Official: Ok, Dave will
be here in a moment so if you could shut off the camera we'll wait for dave to
arrive and we can, uh, discuss this with Dave. Von
Erck: Yeah... You pretty
much have the idea of what he was doing in there? Conference
Official: Yes Von
Erck: Ok thank you very
much. So you don't need me? Good. (Walks out door) Conference
Official: (To Xavier)
We'll let the other people in, we'll just have them shut the door for us Von
Erck: Yeah Conference
Official: Ok. Cameraman:
I left my tripod in
there, so.. Conference
Official: Feel free
to go and get the tripod Byron
Harris:(to official)
Yeah, we can roll the tape back, we have videotape of the whole thing if you want
to see what happened. I didn't spit in his face, I didn't... This is, this, this
is a twenty-seven year old kid with a problem. | 
