News Reporters Fired Over ‘Anti-Pride’ Memo

Conservatives have protested against firing Tang and Fox because they stood up for good journalism, but liberals are outraged that Odle and Stier, who support LGBTQ+ ideas, were let go


Two news directors at a western Michigan TV station were fired last month after they wrote a memo to their employees calling for more news coverage of non-LGBTQ+ related events.

Stanton Tang, director of WOOD TV, a channel based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, asked Assistant Director Amy Fox to write an internal memo telling employees that the station was covering too many “pride”-related events and asking reporters to balance their content. ---More...

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