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Pittsburgh Chyron Writer Fired for Telling the Truth
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KDKA out in Pittsburgh is a pretty solid TV station. They win awards and do good journalism and seem to actually have a strategy and a direction.
That results in high standards for employees, who are expected to act without bias and blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda.
Today they shit-canned somebody who earlier this week wrote “known cheater” below Tom Brady’s name on a lower third graphic.
Fast forward to the 28 second mark:
Hah! That’s pretty good, but KDKA sent this statement to Sports Illustrated:
“While fans are entitled to have personal opinions, we have a journalistic responsibility to provide unbiased reporting. The graphic that appeared Monday violated our news standards. The individual who created the graphic no longer works for KDKA-TV.”
Personally, I think the employee deserves a raise. Everybody knows Tom Brady deflated those footballs to gain a competitive advantage.
This is just another example of the mainsteam fake news media attempting to manipulate the truth and keep us in the dark.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com