Talk:Billy Bush/Archives/2016

Release of Audio Recording of Donald J. Trump boast of prowess with folk.
Did Bush have ownership of the recording and should a section be added?--Wikipietime (talk) 21:10, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Photo
Does anyone have a photo of Billy Bush for this article? Gilliamjf 23:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I uploaded a picture (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_hall_bush_2006.jpg). Don't know if it meets quality guidelines, thus I did not add it to the article by myself. Danielsl (talk) 08:12, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Follow the newspaper article or the video?
The reason I put in "p...y" rather than "pussy" was that's how it appeared in the Washington Post article cited, but they do have the video in the article where the word is clear (also Trump said it earlier in another context). I don't especially have a preference, but maybe you might want to find a second reference that spells the word out, if other folks object. Smallbones( smalltalk ) 01:07, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Plenty of sources spell it out, so I think we can too. Even the Old Grey Lady went there. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:12, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Are you smarter than a 5th grader
should be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.109.62.112 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No. Presumably you mean that he was on the show once, but even then, it's unimportant. &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 04:44, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Not until the secret tape is released.--Jack Upland (talk) 07:47, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Heading should say contraversey
Bush had many recorded conversations with Trump. This is more accurately a contraversey. Knope7 (talk) 14:27, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

San Diego Radio?
Was he doing live station IDs on a station in the city when they were broadcasting holiday music 24/7 between Thanksgiving and Christmas, 2005? Don't remember the station call sign, but I do recall the voice occasionally identifying himself as "Billy Bush". Maybe not the same Billy Bush as AccessHollywood. The FM station might have been the CBS station that evolved into Jack-FM. Anyone with the same recollections or, even better, documentation confirming or denying? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.238.102 (talk) 03:31, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2016
Please change "Following the incident, Bush was suspended from The Today Show and later fired from NBC" to "Following the incident, Bush was suspended from The Today Show and negotiations were underway for his dismissal."

Explanation: As of the writing of this note he has not been fired. His dismissal from NBC is under negotiation and may come as early as this week, according to news media.

Here's one of multiple sources for the information: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/billy-bush-today-nbc-3-1201885576/

Gstrawley2 (talk) 01:04, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * ✔️ -- seems to have been taken care of. Thank you for pointing out this error. MPS1992 (talk) 18:15, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

The end of this article currently reads, "On October 17, TMZ and other media reported that Bush had officially been fired." That sounds to me a lot like Bush has been fired. If several reliable, conventional sources have clearly said this, then clearly Wikipedia needs to say it too. That makes this sentence in the lead "He departed Access Hollywood in 2016, having been named a co-host of the third hour of Today" misleading. If the lead is going to mention "Today"; it needs also to mention that he's been fired from "Today". In fact, when Bush was only suspended, it needed to mention that too. TheScotch (talk)

Trump Scandal section
I don't know how to do this! I filled out another short explanation about 2 sentences long. Don't know if "minor edit" or "watch page" applies, nor how to receive messages. Maybe Sandbox?

I'm trying to say that Section Trump Scandal should be corrected to say that the lewd conversation was on audio only. Article states it was on videotape which is incorrect. Your Ref. #15 is Washington Post which originally leaked the story and they call it an audio leak only. No videotape.

Other References after article also call it audio, hot-mic, tape. A couple references incorrectly stated footage or video, but was in the minority, and wrong.

???? 05:09, 19 October 2016 (UTC)Casa345 (talk) Casa345


 * Actually the Washington Post article used as a source in this article says "the video". Another source cited quotes a relevant person as talking about "cameras rolling" but isn't specific. It is strange that news outlets do not seem to have a consistent account of this quite well-publicized story. Thank you for raising the issue -- can anyone else offer any insight? MPS1992 (talk) 17:10, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

No, it's not "strange". The audio-only portion is seamlessly connected to the video-plus-audio section. There were seven people on the bus. When it stopped, cameramen got off and immediately began shooting video as the audio portion simply continued. TheScotch (talk) 19:12, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * To expand further, there is video that accompanies the entire audio. Trump and Bush can be heard but not seen at the beginning, but it is still part of a video, which includes the visual of the outside of the bus and audio of the conversation on the bus. Knope7 (talk) 03:45, 3 November 2016 (UTC)