Pittsburgh TV reporter fired for racist remarks.....

[mrmpa]

it's been related here on DU about Wendy Bell's remarks on her facebook page. Well today she was fired, her facebook page is down and her profile on station WTAE's web site is down.

See Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article here:

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/03/30/WTAE-TV-s-Wendy-Bell-fired-over-racially-inflammatory-messages/stories/201603300196

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. And right on time the racists posting about how they are never watching this channel

again.

Calling it a speech issue.

Nope, not even remotely close to a speech issue. But they dont care, what they care about is preserving their right to be bigots and racists and not pay a penalty for it.

[gabeana]

2. What were remarks

article didn't have them

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. You're scaring me.

Get outta my head.

[gabeana]

6. LOL n/t

[mrmpa]

7. The gist of them is as follows:

These remarks were made after 5 African-Americans were killed in Wilkinsburg, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

She stated that the 2 shooters were African-American males, brought up by a single mother, unknown fathers, etc.

They were disparaging.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. What did she actually say ( i.e. post)?

No clue in the story.

[pugetres]

5. From a related article in the same publication:

Ms. Bell went on to describe her family’s recent outing to a restaurant at the SouthSide Works. She described an employee there, a “young, African American teen” working hard, stacking glasses, picking up scraps from the floor. He worked with “a rhythm and a step that gushed positivity. He moved like a dancer with a satisfied smile on his face. And I couldn't take my eyes off him. He's going to Make it.”

Then she called the manager over to compliment the young man. As he beamed, she wrote "I wonder how long it had been since someone told him he was special."

and

In the wake of the mass shooting the veteran news anchor posted her observation. She noted, in part, “You needn't be a criminal profiler to draw a mental sketch of the killers who broke so many hearts two weeks ago Wednesday.... They are young black men, likely teens or in their early 20s. They have multiple siblings from multiple fathers and their mothers work multiple jobs.”

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/03/23/Facebook-post-by-WTAE-TV-s-Wendy-Bell-sparks-online-debate/stories/201603230195

[47of74]

8. And almost on cue were the idiots in the comments whining her First Amendment rights were violated

Now they care about people's First Amendment rights. Of course they're too stupid to realize that freedom of speech only means the government can't take action against her or silence her. I don't have the time or energy to educate these bleep nuggets either.