The silver lining in this mess is that our staff is united in pushing back on this ridiculous and hurtful memo that was sent out."īut that vocal opposition haunted the newsroom Thursday, when, in addition to Tang and assistant news director Amy Fox - whom Tang directed to write and distribute the memo, according to TheDesk - the company also terminated Stier and producer Madeline Odle. Producer Kyle McIlmurray wrote: "It has been an awfully difficult week for our newsroom. "The only two people involved in its creation have been removed from any discussions surrounding Pride coverage as our corporation conducts a thorough investigation." The guidance is not being followed," he wrote on Twitter. "This memo was met with immediate pushback from our newsroom. Please know we are standing up for what’s right, standing strong together and we will not let hate win."Įxecutive producer Luke Stier was also vocal about the newsroom's opposition. "We said no, and will continue to fight for our LGBTQ colleagues, family members, friends and the community. News anchor Michele DeSelms took issue with this portion of the memo, tweeting: "Our newsroom immediately stood up to the two managers who wrote a memo mandating that we cover 'the other side' of Pride events - essentially requiring us to give equal time to hate and discrimination.
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If we are covering Pride events, we need to consider how to make the story balanced and get both sides of the issue." The memo suggested reporters need not cover every Pride event, adding: "We need to do some work to discern the newsworthy-ness of the event. "We need to recognize that some stories related to LGBTQ issues are going to be controversial and polarizing in our community." "We know that West Michigan is a conservative area in many ways," the internal memo said, according to TheDesk. The outlet came under fire in early June, from both the public and employees, for allegedly telling reporters to cover fewer Pride events because it was upsetting conservative viewers. That's according to a report from TheDesk, which said news director Stanton Tang was informed of his dismissal during a one-on-one with the station's general manager after a two-week investigation by executives at parent company Nexstar.
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More: WOOD TV reporters, producers rail against internal memo calling for less Pride coverage GRAND RAPIDS - News broke Thursday, June 29, that Grand Rapids-based outlet WOOD TV-8 has fired both the officials responsible for a controversial Pride Month memo and those accused of leaking it. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Holland Sentinel is a content partner of WOOD TV-8.
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