While I can't blame Lisa Stebic’s family for trying to keep the issue of her disappearance circulating in the media, I do find the fact that the media keeps running segments with no tangible developments to be both unprofessional and unethical. The liberally dominated media does not continue to regurgitate stories about missing children or women when there are no new or few new developments in cases involving minority communities.

So here we have a typical liberal conundrum. While they purport to advance minority causes and issues they ultimately fail to reflect fairness in their propensity to push missing person cases like Lisa Stebic’s over those involving missing minority persons.

Former NBC reporter Amy Jacobson’s bimbosity served to display the lengths some in her field will go to promote stories that they believe are newsworthy. Jacobson choose to include her children in her appearance at the Stebic residence displaying a complete lack of judgment by placing them in the presence of a man under scrutiny for the disappearance of his wife in order to advance her agenda.

Of course now Jacobson claims that if she were a man in swim trunks he would not have been fired. Jacobson says, “If I were a man, the story wouldn't be an issue”. Again, typical liberal response. Now the moron who placed her children in jeopardy becomes the victim and claims gender bias is the reason for the reaction. Furthermore she claims a competing news station’s choice to air the event was improper when Jacobsen lack of professionalism, class, and judgment on her part became a story in itself.

Only hypocritical liberals are capable of contorting the facts to fit their own agenda while at the same time claiming to be victims.

At least she was doing something to get to the bottom of this case, unlike the slow witted and inept Plainfield Police and Will Co Sheriff's dept.

Amy is a pushy reporter who would do anyting for a story. She should have enough brains to know that the house is surrounded by pushy media who would do anything to get or "CREATE" a story. That sexist remark is garbage if a male reporter showed up at the pool of a wife with a missing husband in a bathing suit, It would get the same reaction

I didn't get to see Amy in her bikini...Was she hot? I think it is great that she has two kids and is still able to wear a bikini!

Amy it seems has a history of doing anything to get "the story", like her relationship with the corrupt mayor of Atlanta. I question not only her ethics but mainly her sanity in bringing her two young children to the home of someone under scrutiny for the disappearance of his wife.

But alas this kind of behavior is becoming more the norm in the news industry. Journalistic ethics are rarely a consideration as at the same time the truth becomes less important to the entire mainstream press, an industry dominated by liberals intent on forwarding their own warped socialistic views in hopes of imposing a Stalinist freakshow in this country while at the same time satisfying their sexual appetite at any opportunity like in the recent news of the telemundo reporter having an affair with the mayor of LA.

The management at Chicago NBC station is not without disgrace however, they tried to bring us Jerry Springer for a commentary segment on the newscast.

I think that was Don Henley, and the line was "bubble-headed beach blonde."

Amy Jacobson has been cutting corners all her career.
(The Coffee Story stands out.) Now let her reap what she has sown.
The ranks of TV journalists have been just cleaned up by one
less in my opinion, as David Henley says "Bubble headed reporter".)

No this is not about being a nice lady in a bikini. This
is about misuse of the reporter position and abuse of the television community's power to influence.

Let's hope no other TV station picks her up.

I remember how Jacobson reported the coffee incident where Ms. Besner had lied to the Police claiming that Kendra Davis threw hot McDonald's coffee on her. Without any proof at all Jacobson stood there on T.V. with a cup of boiling hot coffee showing what Kendra threw on the woman. It was proven in court that Kendra Davis never bought coffee from McDonalds or any where that day.
from that day on I suspected that Jacobson lacked integrity. She's cavorting with this man who's wife is missing (she may be murdered} and this guy refuses to take a Polygraph. She's either stupid or something worse.

All that matters is how Lisa's family feels about the situation. If they are okay with it then so should everyone else. If it upset the family any further then she deserves to lose her job. Personally story or no story I would never knowingly bring my kids around someone who could potentially be responsible for someone missing.
Bottom line, Lisa's family has enough to deal with. Why do people have to add to it?

All this talk of "sources", "news" and "compromising integrity" is ridiculous. The TV news is dumbed-down "infotainment". Most of it seems to be about fires, bad weather and drunk drivers! I think she rubbed some people up the wrong way in the past and this was just an excuse to get rid of her.

I agree with the Tribune guy's column. She got fired because she was a woman in a bathing suit. All she was doing was cultivating a source - trying to get information from Craig Stebic. If it was a guy there wouldn't have been a problem. It all boils down to gender and the salacious aspect of her wearing what apparently was a bikini. It was too much in the end - especially in puritanical Chicagoland. The moral of the story: be careful where you go in a bikini. If, in fact, it was a bikini.

Does anyone seriously believe she wasn't doing her job? Why else would she be at a pool party--because she digs Craig Stebic?

Frankly, I think Amy is a hell of a reporter and probably a bit dumb for taking her kids to the party--but she goes beyond the call of duty and gets canned.

I like that CBS interviewed that NU professor as if she had anything interesting to say--what a crock. She looked like she was happy to be on TV for once...and probably shouldn't have.

It's a shame too because, as mentioned, another odd factor gets swept into this story. They should have had Phil Ponce and Tom Skilling chicken fighting in the pool.

Was she fired or did she resign? If she was actually fired it would be tough for me to say that is correct. If she resigned under pressure or of her own volition, then that is her own decision and she should have no recourse. Ultimately, no matter if she was trying to cultivate a lead or just spending time with people on her day off, she had a serious lapse of judgement and is putting her employer at risk. She had been assigned to cover this story, by all accounts was not asked to do this particular action by her employer, so there really is no excuse to attend a pool party with the family of the missing woman. One other thing is if she was just trying to be a hard working/investigative reporter, it is reprehensible to use your children in any fashion. Who would put their children in the middle of any potential negative situation just to further their career?