News Directors Ousted For Telling Staff To Get Both Sides Of Pride Coverage

[Independent thinker]

Yet another example of lefty bias in the media. If you tell your staff to get both sides of a political argument, you get ousted. Only one side is to be presented.

Straight white men ‘dangerous’ says San Francisco campaigner for slavery reparations

A member of San Francisco’s reparations committee, which has proposed paying the city’s black inhabitants millions of dollars in compensation for slavery, has described straight white men as a “danger to society” and claimed “white supremacy is ingrained in the DNA” of America.

www.yahoo.com

 

[HikerGuy83]

Yet another example of lefty bias in the media. If you tell your staff to get both sides of a political argument, you get ousted. Only one side is to be presented.

Straight white men ‘dangerous’ says San Francisco campaigner for slavery reparations

A member of San Francisco’s reparations committee, which has proposed paying the city’s black inhabitants millions of dollars in compensation for slavery, has described straight white men as a “danger to society” and claimed “white supremacy is ingrained in the DNA” of America.

www.yahoo.com

Did you link the right article ?

 

[Magnus]

Yet another example of lefty bias in the media. If you tell your staff to get both sides of a political argument, you get ousted. Only one side is to be presented.

Straight white men ‘dangerous’ says San Francisco campaigner for slavery reparations

A member of San Francisco’s reparations committee, which has proposed paying the city’s black inhabitants millions of dollars in compensation for slavery, has described straight white men as a “danger to society” and claimed “white supremacy is ingrained in the DNA” of America.

www.yahoo.com

Did you read your link? I don't think it says what you think it says.

 

[Magnus]

WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids fires 4 employees over Pride month coverage memo​

Grand Rapids-based television station WOOD-TV fired four employees after an internal memo from station directors said producers and reporters need to stop covering LGBTQ+-related topics during Pride month.

The two people responsible for creating and distributing the memo, news director Stanton Lang and assistant news director Amy Fox, were terminated from their positions, according to Crain's Grand Rapids Business.

Two producers who openly spoke out against the memo on social media were also fired from their positions.

Producers Madeline Odle and Luke Steir publicly criticized the message on Twitter on June 15, saying it didn’t represent the beliefs of the entirety of the newsroom. On Friday, Steir announced via Twitter that both he and Odle were fired and looking for new positions.

WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids fires 4 employees over Pride month coverage memo

WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids has fired four employees, two news directors and two producers, after a memo discouraging Pride month coverage became public.

www.freep.com

So, everyone got fired. Both who gave the original order and two who opposed it.

They may or may not be balanced in their coverage of news... but they are balanced when it comes to firing people.

 

[Independent thinker]

Yet another example of lefty bias in the media. If you tell your staff to get both sides of a political argument, you get ousted. Only one side is to be presented.

Straight white men ‘dangerous’ says San Francisco campaigner for slavery reparations

A member of San Francisco’s reparations committee, which has proposed paying the city’s black inhabitants millions of dollars in compensation for slavery, has described straight white men as a “danger to society” and claimed “white supremacy is ingrained in the DNA” of America.

www.yahoo.com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

 

[Independent thinker]

correct link. Sorry about that.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

 

[Independent thinker]

Did you link the right article ?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

 

[Independent thinker]

Did you read your link? I don't think it says what you think it says.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

 

[Dekster]

Yet another example of lefty bias in the media. If you tell your staff to get both sides of a political argument, you get ousted. Only one side is to be presented.

Straight white men ‘dangerous’ says San Francisco campaigner for slavery reparations

A member of San Francisco’s reparations committee, which has proposed paying the city’s black inhabitants millions of dollars in compensation for slavery, has described straight white men as a “danger to society” and claimed “white supremacy is ingrained in the DNA” of America.

www.yahoo.com

Okay but they aren't your staff. You and they are the staff of the people higher up the food chain and the upstairs made the call. Presumably it was a business decision.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

They got fired for doing their job.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

News directors at Michigan TV station ousted after telling staff to ‘get both sides’ of Pride coverage​

June 30, 2023

Two news directors at a Michigan NBC affiliate were ousted on Thursday following the circulation of an internal memo calling for scaled-back coverage of Pride Month events and directing the station’s journalists to “get both sides” on LGBTQ issues, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

The email, sent earlier this month by Stanton Tang, news director of Grand Rapids-based WOOD-TV, and Amy Fox, the station’s assistant news director, said the “polarizing” nature of Pride events had upset some of its conservative viewers, CNN previously reported.

“We need to recognize that some stories related to LGBTQ issues are going to be controversial and polarizing in our community,” the memo sent by Fox said. “While you personally may not agree with a certain position, people are entitled to their opinions and they are our viewers.”

“If we are covering Pride events we need to consider how to make the story balanced and get both sides of the issue,” she added.

 

[Esdraelon]

They got fired for doing their job.

They should sue.

 

[OKTexas]

They got fired for doing their job.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

News directors at Michigan TV station ousted after telling staff to ‘get both sides’ of Pride coverage​

June 30, 2023

Two news directors at a Michigan NBC affiliate were ousted on Thursday following the circulation of an internal memo calling for scaled-back coverage of Pride Month events and directing the station’s journalists to “get both sides” on LGBTQ issues, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

The email, sent earlier this month by Stanton Tang, news director of Grand Rapids-based WOOD-TV, and Amy Fox, the station’s assistant news director, said the “polarizing” nature of Pride events had upset some of its conservative viewers, CNN previously reported.

“We need to recognize that some stories related to LGBTQ issues are going to be controversial and polarizing in our community,” the memo sent by Fox said. “While you personally may not agree with a certain position, people are entitled to their opinions and they are our viewers.”

“If we are covering Pride events we need to consider how to make the story balanced and get both sides of the issue,” she added.

I don't get it, George Washington got 1 day, Abraham Lincoln got 1 day and Martin Luther King gets 1 day, now Washington and Lincoln have to share their days with 44 other presidents in a single Presidents day. How is it the faghadist and blacks get a whole fucking month? Does that really make sense to you?

Also you can never expect NBC to be fair and balanced, even in their local stations.

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[SweetSue92]

They got fired for doing their job.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/media/michigan-news-directors-fired-pride-coverage/index.html

News directors at Michigan TV station ousted after telling staff to ‘get both sides’ of Pride coverage​

June 30, 2023

Two news directors at a Michigan NBC affiliate were ousted on Thursday following the circulation of an internal memo calling for scaled-back coverage of Pride Month events and directing the station’s journalists to “get both sides” on LGBTQ issues, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

The email, sent earlier this month by Stanton Tang, news director of Grand Rapids-based WOOD-TV, and Amy Fox, the station’s assistant news director, said the “polarizing” nature of Pride events had upset some of its conservative viewers, CNN previously reported.

“We need to recognize that some stories related to LGBTQ issues are going to be controversial and polarizing in our community,” the memo sent by Fox said. “While you personally may not agree with a certain position, people are entitled to their opinions and they are our viewers.”

“If we are covering Pride events we need to consider how to make the story balanced and get both sides of the issue,” she added.

Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaahha

The Left is losing so hard.

Yes, the west side of Michigan was settled by evangelicals, and is mostly conservative to this day--except for in the city and in newsrooms. Whoever circulated this story is right, but of course, this deeply offended the Marxists at CNN.

What a time to be alive, as they saying goes.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

You're a little late to the party. There's already a rather lengthy thread on this.

By the way, something about this story is not adding up, and I suspect it's CNN's incompetence that is to blame.

Two of the station’s executive producers, Luke Stier and Madeline Odle — who had, among others, publicly voiced their concern over the directive — were fired, the pair announced Friday on Twitter.

So the firings were people who complained about the instructions to cover both sides of the story. At least, that's how CNN's article reads. So either, their headline is wrong, or the article contents are wrong.

 

[scruffy]

Okay but they aren't your staff. You and they are the staff of the people higher up the food chain and the upstairs made the call. Presumably it was a business decision.

Which should tell you a lot, about where the media's money is coming from.

 

[Hellokitty]

Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaahha

The Left is losing so hard.

Yes, the west side of Michigan was settled by evangelicals, and is mostly conservative to this day--except for in the city and in newsrooms. Whoever circulated this story is right, but of course, this deeply offended the Marxists at CNN.

What a time to be alive, as they saying goes.

I wonder how many viewers the station would loss if they knew how little respect the station has for their viewers.

 

[SweetSue92]

I wonder how many viewers the station would loss if they knew how little respect the station has for their viewers.

I would have to say this story is partly founded IN that loss. I would say a big # of west side viewers are either Fox News or other sources already....

 

[scruffy]

Michigan.

I won't go there anymore.

As far as I'm concerned Michigan has replaced New Jersey as the armpit of America.

 

[SweetSue92]

Michigan.

I won't go there anymore.

As far as I'm concerned Michigan has replaced New Jersey as the armpit of America.

Um. Yes, but aren't you in....California?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You're a little late to the party. There's already a rather lengthy thread on this.

By the way, something about this story is not adding up, and I suspect it's CNN's incompetence that is to blame.

Two of the station’s executive producers, Luke Stier and Madeline Odle — who had, among others, publicly voiced their concern over the directive — were fired, the pair announced Friday on Twitter.

So the firings were people who complained about the instructions to cover both sides of the story. At least, that's how CNN's article reads. So either, their headline is wrong, or the article contents are wrong.

4 fired at West Michigan TV station after news leadership ordered scale back of Pride coverage

Two employees were fired for leaking the memo that directed reduced Pride coverage in response to angry viewers, according to media news outlet The Desk.

www.mlive.com

Seems it was both. 2 were fired for the memo and two were fired for leaking it to the outside press