What’s the station’s policy on denigrating the president’s every move 24/7? What is the policy on moving from the newsroom into the left’s administrations, and then back again after the left is ousted?
A television reporter in southern Minnesota might need a new hat saying “Make Me Employed Again.”
James Bunner, a multimedia journalist for NBC affiliate KTTC-TV in Austin, was fired Friday, reportedly for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while covering President Trump’s rally in Rochester on Thursday.
Noel Sederstrom, the station’s news director, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that the station’s policy does not allow staff members to wear apparel from political campaigns while covering stories.
Bunner had uploaded a video of himself appearing to celebrate while dancing in a newsroom on Trump’s inauguration day.
“Me watching the Trump inauguration,” he wrote in the description.
Sederstrom told BuzzFeed News that Bunner was fired for wearing the hat during Thursday’s rally, not because of the political views displayed on his social media pages.
ht/ fdr in hell
Sad to say, he DID fuck up. The level of transgression should have earned him a suspension for a bit, though, and not an outright dismissal.
I’d like to know if any on-air people for that station wore any candidate- or party-specific lapel pins in the last 10 years or so. If this guy was treated inequitably, that’s plain wrong.
He should have played it safe and vigorously tongued Obama’s asshole instead
At the Las Vegas rally a cameraman was wearing a MAGA hat.
He received a whole lot of praise from the crowd.
I thought it was a smart move.
When in Rome. I’m sure if they made him to cover a knitting class, he’d be wearing a wearing an I <3 YARN T shirt, right?
Many (as in hundreds) NBC/MSNBC “on air” folk wore Obama gear from ’08 to ’16! How many were fired? I bet it was lass than 1% ! @#?%^&!
The Press has hated America fo 70 years. NBC is part of the haters.
Uncle Al – the majority of the mainstream media are basically party specific pins aren’t they?
@an ol exJarhead – Right after 0bama was inaugurated in ’09, the main NBC studios in NYC were selling all kinds of 0bama stuff. No conflict of interest there…
@Different Tim:
Yup! (-:
What? They never heard of camouflage? Don’t have to believe in it to use it.
He’s too hot and masculine to wear a pussy hat.
@MJA: If it was a Leftist class, he’d he’d be wearing a lovely knitted pink pussy hat.
🙂