Dick Oliver is a former New York Daily News assistant managing editor, who also worked as a reporter on local station Fox 5, for Good Day New York. In July 2001, Oliver got in an on-air row with his anchor Jim Ryan, his former employee at New York Daily News. The row was at the conclusion of an interview of Oliver, regarding a broken elevator. Oliver interviewed the landlord and tenant, and closed the interview. According to Ryan, Oliver cut the interview short, and requested additional questions. Within seconds, the scene changes from a regular news item to name calling between Oliver and Ryan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOc4XgBespw
Ryan tells Oliver he will "teach him how to do an interview", while Oliver responds with stating "I was your boss once". Ryan again responds: "You were, and aren't no longer. How did that happen?"
The dispute was later put to ease off-camera, but Jim Ryan was forced into retirement later that year. http://gawker.com/364372/if-i-have-to-teach-you-how-to-be-a-reporter-ollie-ill-do-that-later
Good Day New York is the morning show of Fox 5, (also known as WNYW), and launched on August 1, 1988. Jim Ryan was the first anchor of WNYW, from 1988 to 2005.
During the 9/11 attacks on New York, Jim Ryan and Dick Oliver reported on WNYW, which was fed to CNNhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdpTZ3XB-chttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=167322&mesg_id=167451
9/11 Terrorist Attack on CNN, with Dick Oliver and Jim Ryan
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Name
Dick Oliver
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Woking for
WNYW (Fox 5)
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Anchor
Jim Ryan
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Fact:
Dick Oliver and Jim Ryan had an onscreen clash while Oliver interviewed a tenant and landlord
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Fact:
Ryan and Oliver later reported on the 9/11 Terrorist Attack on CNN
