Posted on 08/19/2019 6:07:10 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones used his radio show Monday to wade into the controversy over LEX18’s decision to fire him last week, saying the campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath got him pulled from his television show last month.
“I knew they had done it,” Jones said Monday morning, adding that he was reluctant to say anything publicly because he didn’t want to appear whiny.
He stopped short of directly blaming McGrath for his ultimate firing on Friday, unlike an article published Sunday by online publication The Intercept that cited anonymous sources who said McGrath campaign manager Mark Nickolas bragged about getting Jones fired.
The McGrath campaign immediately denied any involvement in the firing.
“Despite an unnamed source’s claim, we had nothing to do with this firing,” said Terry Sebastian, McGrath’s spokesman. “Any further comment on this matter should be directed to the station’s general manager.”
When asked if the campaign contributed to getting Jones removed from the show in July, Sebastian said it was a decision made by the station.
“Again, the decision was the management of the station’s which is an independent news outlet,” Sebastian said.
Jones — who has long talked about his ambition to run for public office — was pulled on July 16 from his job hosting Hey Kentucky! until he made a decision about running for U.S. Senate in 2020.
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A bit too liberal and it showed, but this guy had a surprisingly good program, probably the closest thing to a statewide TV program here.
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