WJLA-TV has fired veteran anchorman Doug McKelway for a verbal confrontation this summer with the station's news director that came after McKelway broadcast a sharply worded live report about congressional Democrats and President Obama.
McKelway was placed on indefinite suspension in late July after his run-in with ABC7's news director and general manager, Bill Lord. In a letter to McKelway this week, the station said it was terminating his contract immediately, citing insubordination and misconduct.
Amid the ongoing BP oil spill in July, McKelway covered a Capitol Hill demonstration by environmental groups protesting the influence of oil-industry contributions to members of Congress.
In his piece, McKelway said the sparsely attended event attracted protesters "largely representing far-left environmental groups." He went on to say the protest "may be a risky strategy because the one man who has more campaign contributions from BP than anybody else in history is now sitting in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama, who accepted $77,051 in campaign contributions from BP."
Luckily, Emperor Barry and Lady Shell-Shell were most likely unawares of Mr. McKelway's daring to report the truth. Not like either are remotely literate or interested in anything not hand fed to them.
Thanks to I Hate The Media for the link.
*Diogenes was one of the few men to ever publicly mock Alexander the Great and live.
3 comments:
I wonder if he has a wrongful termination suit in there somewhere. Here's hoping he gets a better job with Fox News, or something like that.
I wonder if he has a wrongful termination lawsuit in there. Here's hoping he gets a better job at Fox News or something like that.
Guy has journalism in his blood and might have enough of a nest egg to sit back and write a book or two.
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