WXMI Fires Reporter For Failing to Disclose Ties to Atheist Group He Was Covering
WXMI has fired reporter and weekend anchor Jason Volentine after he failed to disclose his connection to an atheist group that he was covering. In July, Volentine did a story for WXMI about the Freedom From Religion FoundationR ...
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Fox-Affiliate Apologizes for News Director’s Facebook Post as Rival Stations Cover Protest Over His Remarks
As KQDS went into damage control mode following a controversial Facebook post from its news director, Jason Vincent, rival stations WDIO and KBJR sent camera crews to the Duluth Fox-affiliate to capture footage of a handful of pro ...
VIDEO: NBC-Affiliate’s Sports Director Blows Up at Bob Costas After Olympic Coverage Goes Long
WTLV sports director Dan Hicken, who has been covering sports for the Jacksonville NBC-affiliate since the 80s, delivered an angry on-air rant against Bob Costas and NBC during a recent newscast after the network’s Olympic c ...
KFOR’s Melting Street Lamp Photo Goes Viral, Turns Out Summer Heat Wasn’t the Culprit
This week, Oklahoma City NBC-affiliate KFOR posted a photo sent in by a viewer on its Facebook page that showed a collection of street lamps that had been melted by extreme heat. The image quickly went viral and the consensus wa ...
News Director Under Fire For Facebook Post About ‘Drunk, Homeless Native American’
Jason Vincent, news director at KQDS, the Fox-affiliate in Duluth, MN, has come under fire after he posted a message on his personal Facebook page this week in which he referred to a Native American man as an animal. “Add dr ...
Washington Post Co.’s TV Stations Show Strength as Company’s Other Divisions Struggle
While its newspaper and education divisions continue to struggle, The Washington Post Co. is celebrating the success of its broadcast television unit. The company’s Post-Newsweek station group was the only Post division to r ...
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