Someone at KDKA is out of a job for taking a shot at Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady. A chyron describing the Patriots quarterback as “known cheater” popped up while the Pittsburgh station showed a clip of Brady during interviews ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl. (TVSpy)
The designation, of course, was a callback to the deflategate scandal in 2015 for which Brady was suspended four games. (Mediaite)
“While fans are entitled to have personal opinions, we have a journalistic responsibility to provide unbiased reporting,” KDKA said in a statement. (SI)
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“The graphic that appeared Monday violated our news standards. The individual who created the graphic no longer works for KDKA-TV.” (HuffPost)