Norman Robinson (television news reporter)
Norman Hollis Robinson (born 1951WDSU-TV Channel 6 (NBC), where he worked in the news department from July 1990 until his retirement in May 2014.
Career
After service as a musician in the
City Councilwoman Stacy Head was interviewed as she started posting her e-mails online during the height of the 2009 New Orleans e-mail controversy.[4]
1991 Louisiana gubernatorial debate
Robinson received significant national and international attention in 1991 when he questioned
Louisiana gubernatorial candidate David Duke, a Republican State Representative and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, during the state's runoff debate. Robinson, who is African-American, told Duke that he was "scared" at the prospect of Duke winning the election because of his history of "diabolical, evil, vile" racist and anti-Semitic comments, some of which he read to Duke. He then pressed Duke for an apology and when Duke protested that Robinson was not being fair to him, Robinson replied that he didn't think Duke was being honest. Jason Berry of the Los Angeles Times called it "startling TV" and the "catalyst" for the "overwhelming" turnout of black voters that helped former Governor Edwin Edwards defeat Duke.[5]
Post Katrina
In June 2008 Robinson was furloughed by WDSU after being arrested for
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Robinson said that post-Katrina
trauma, including loss of his home:
- I ended up going to a psychologist because I wanted to commit suicide, and I ended up in a drunken stupor most of the time.[8]
Personal life
He is a member of Golden Key International Honour Society and a deacon at Central St. Matthew United Church of Christ in New Orleans.[2]
References
- ^ "Peoplesearch.com information on Norman Hollis Robinson". Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ^ a b Norman Robison bio on WDSU-TV's web site (accessed 2009 March 21).
- ^ See, e.g., the articles on Ray Nagin and Veronica White.
- ^ Stacy Head speaks out on e-mail controversy (WDSU news site Retrieved May 20, 2009).
- ^ "Duke Gets His Comeuppance From the Victims of His Hate Message : Politics: Up until an amazing TV exchange, Louisiana's blacks had remained on the sidelines. Then they flooded the polls". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1991. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- WWL-AM Radio 870 (CBS) web site (accessed 2009 March 21); Dave Walker, WDSU anchor Norman Robinson returns to work following June arrest, in Times-Picayune, 2008 July 23 (accessed 2009 March 21).
- ^ Norman Robinson: 'It will not happen again', in Times-Picayune, 2008 August 15 (accessed 2009 March 21).
- ^ Robinson quoted in Susan Finch, Newsman describes his own trauma: Robinson testifies in MR-GO, Corps lawsuit, Times-Picayune, 2009 April 23, pp. A1, A3 (quotation appears on p. A1).
External links
- Norman Robinson goes to NASA on National Aeronautics and Space Administration)