Posted on 07/29/2024 3:29:53 AM PDT by raccoonradio
(snip) At the other end of (NY) state, “Slick” Tom Tiberi has been an institution at 97 Rock (WGRF), where he’s worked on and off since 1982 as part of a Buffalo radio career ...
But it wasn’t budget cutting that suddenly cost Tiberi his job in mid-July. Instead, it was an unfortunate Facebook post he made on his personal page, showing a meme of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in matching coffins. If the post looked harmless on the Thursday when Tiberi put it up, it looked like something else a few days later when a would-be assassin took a shot at Trump during a rally outside Pittsburgh.
“Was it in poor taste? Yes, it was,” Tiberi posted last week.
“However,” he continued, “the point I need to stress is that this meme was put up BEFORE the assassination attempt on Saturday, I then took it down immediately! However, by then a small but well-organized group of far-right extremist on FB had taken a screen shot of my meme and posted it all over public FB and to their private far right FB groups. This included posting phone numbers and e-mail addresses of Cumulus local and corporate Cumulus management. The screen shot they shared made it look like I had posted the meme AFTER the assassination attempt rather than on Thursday. This small group of individuals have succeeded in getting me fired from 97 Rock, as Cumulus local management crumbled under the pressure from this small group of lunatics. Make no mistake, this was a well-organized hit job!”
“I was a dying breed,” Tiberi told the Buffalo News, speculating that Cumulus was quick to let him go in order to save costs as well as to placate protesters. Cumulus hasn’t responded to requests for comment
(Excerpt) Read more at fybush.com ...
Usually NOT fired for that single infraction.
No accountability. Typical leftist trash.
The left wing gestapo that destroys peoples lives for posting their personal thoughts on their personal social media pages get a pass though. They’re not the problem apparently. His imaginary “far right” bogey men (and women) are.
Posting Trump and Putin, kissing, holding hands, or dancing naked is harmless funny, political satire.
Posting pics of unaliving isn’t funny.
Don’t ban the posting- Free Speech matters.
But other folks Free Speech matters too. So listeners tell advertisers no bueno. Guess what happens?
I raise a glass and toast the concept of extinction. Or at least selective breeding.
This isn’t youtube, you can say “killed” without fear of retribution.
CC
https://x.com/srp723/status/1813094513532932261?t=hzmJWVFz0D49dT03y-ptig&s=19
Reproduction of the fb post
RadioInsight.com
>>INSTANT INSIGHT: Reason #8787234 that personal politics and music radio should not mix. While Tiberi shared the meme on his personal account, he did so as a representative of WGRF and Cumulus. Anything said in a public space that could lead to loss of advertising revenue or negative publicity will likely put a talent at risk.
It also didn’t help that this is the second incident in recent years regarding talent from WGRF. In 2021, then-morning host Rob Lederman was fired after comments made on-air where he compared how he likes toast to the skin tones of black women. A few weeks later the station parted ways with the remainder of the morning show and WGRF’s Program Director.
At least he didn’t say the word “BOOGER”
The Doctor is IN!
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