Posted on 02/23/2017 3:21:41 PM PST by Beave Meister
WLS-Channel 7 has slapped sports anchor Mark Giangreco with a multi-week suspension for a tweet in which he called President Donald Trump a “cartoon lunatic” and referred to Trump voters as “simpletons.”
Management of the top-rated ABC-owned station released the following statement Thursday: “Mark Giangreco’s Twitter comments are not in line with ABC 7 Chicago’s non-partisan editorial standards. We’ve reviewed the matter and are taking the appropriate action.”
An ABC 7 spokeswoman would not elaborate on the action. Sources said Giangreco would be suspended without pay for “multiple weeks,” starting Monday.
Reached Thursday, Giangreco declined to comment. His agent, Joel Weisman, did not respond to a request for comment.
The controversy began last Sunday when Giangreco reacted to a tweet by Bruce Arthur, sports columnist for the Toronto Star, who wrote: “Donald Trump: a hateful ignorant corrupt simpleton supported by 87% of Republicans.”
(Excerpt) Read more at robertfeder.com ...
Uh, a sports writer referring to anyone as simpletons?
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha. Repeat as necessary.
PAID suspensions????? BFD!
Hypocrites trying to cover their tracks.
Now if could only get the same thing done to Chris Cuomo for his tweet storm today about men and little girls in the same bathroom.
Even worse he is an anchor. He just reads the script.
“Sources said Giangreco would be suspended without pay for “multiple weeks,”
Unpaid.
Oh PUHLEEZE....ANY attorney can get him his pay.
I posted in a related thread last week that upper management needs to start stepping in and quelling these tweets and commentaries. Upper management should have enough sense to realize their own are hurting the bottom line (translation: $$$$$$$$$$$$$).
When upper management starts taking direct action, these things will end.
Clue: ESPN losing millions of viewers.
One older-citizens group is already threatening to boycott new movies, if the Oscars turn into a political rant-fest. (Translation: movieland will lose $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$).
Pocketbook warriors can be an effective army in attacking the pc and political rant-fests.
Means nothing. Suspension is a mere timeout.
No one ever gets fired. They need to be fired. Like,they fire conservatives, and destroy their careers.
Sports anchors have agents?!!
Never heard of him but I have to laugh at their melt dows and wailing and gnashing of teeth. This is what I wanted to see and it is so wonderful to actually see. And the Democrats are electing a Muslim who said that George Bush was behind 9/11. Oh the humanity!!!
Sounds like he was just padding his resume to get a job with Disney - ESPN.
The pervert over at CNN needs to be fired too.
What it’s going to take is for paying advertizers to call Channel 7 and cancel their ads. That’s the only thing that will get their attention.
I am conFUSED! Just what the blazes is our official label, anyway?
First we were told our designation was "Bitter Clingers".
But as of last summer, we were instead supposed to call ourselves "Handbaskets of Deplorables".
Then last week, Marxine says we're "Scumbags". But is that the official designation for *ALL* of us, or just for the Elite Deplorables who make it all the way to Cabinet-level?
And now today they say we're supposed to wear yellow-on-black armbands saying "simpletons".
Huh? Simpleton Scumbag Bitterly Clinging Deplorables?
Pretty soon our name will be longer than the LGBTQWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM crowd.
I am soooooooo confused. Can't someone explain it all to me?
I was responding to the information in the posted article which,I believe,is the reason that it was posted.
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I was responding to the information in the posted article which,I believe,is the reason that it was posted.
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Paid or unpaid vacation?
Upper management. . . . are the ones that hired these yahoos in the first place.
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