Madeline Odle and Luke Stier, executive producers at WOOD-TV8, were ousted Thursday after criticizing a company memo on Pride Month coverage, the two revealed on Twitter
, Fox wrote “We need to recognize that some stories related to LGBTQ issues are going to be controversial and polarizing in our community. While you personally may not agree with a certain position, people are entitled to their opinions and they are our viewers.”Odle and Stier wrote they were “waking up reading the news instead of writing it.”
“We have been told our non-compete clauses remain in effect, which means we are looking at unexpected career changes,” according to their statement. “This memo does not reflect our views,” Odle posted about the memo. “It has not and will not change how we cover members of our community.” The two were ousted for violating the company’s confidentiality agreement by openly criticizing the memo on Twitter,according to CNNA Nexstar spokesperson told CNN that the company had made changes to the station’s newsroom leadership team to “ensure its ability to continue providing outstanding local news coverage and service to the Grand Rapids community and surrounding area.”
“As these are internal personnel decisions involving matters of personal privacy, we will decline further comment,” the spokesperson said.
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