News Anchor Fired For Accusing IRS Of Targeting Him After Obama Interview

[Tx4obama]

News Anchor Fired For Accusing IRS Of Targeting Him After Obama Interview

Larry Conners, a news anchor for St. Louis station KMOV, was fired after publicly claiming that the IRS targeted him after a somewhat contentious interview with President Obama during the 2012 election. According to The Huffington Post, Conners attempted to walk back his statement, but he was nonetheless let go from KMOV, with a public statement citing Conners’ “appearance of bias that is inconsistent with important journalistic standards.”

In the midst of the continuing investigations into the IRS targeting tea party groups during the 2012 election, Conners jumped into the mix with an allegation of his own.

On May 13th, Conners posted the following on Facebook.

“I don’t accept ‘conspiracy theories,’ but I do know that almost immediately after the interview, the IRS started hammering me. … Can I prove it? At this time, no. But it is a fact that since that April 2012 interview … the IRS has been pressuring me.”

Mere days later, Conners publicly retracted his statement on the air, but it was not sufficient enough, and his firing was announced in a statement published to KMOV’s website.

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http://www.mediaite.com/tv/news-anchor-fired-for-accusing-irs-of-targeting-him-after-obama-interview/

[kairos12]

1. Shortly to have Faux News bloviating show, no doubt

[FLyellowdog]

2. Consequences are hard to face...

but Faux will probably fix it for him by giving him his own show. I'm still glad he got fired.

[Cha]

3. Oh he thought he'd get in on the IRS pile on.. and he

got fired from his job instead.

[busterbrown]

4. They hate Obama just so much. Don’t they?

Its nuts!

[pacalo]

5. The IRS will most certainly "hound" someone who owes more than $85k in back taxes.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Conners and his wife owe more than $85,000 in back taxes.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/kmovs-larry-conners-irs-issues-began-before-2012-interview-with-president-obama_b90485

In regard to the Obama interview on which he's blaming his IRS problems, Connors was no more impressive than a Fixed News hatchet man. His bias was obvious. I've never seen Bush treated that way by a U.S. reporter. We had to rely on news from foreign sources half the time to know what was really going on.

[LiberalFighter]

6. I wonder what led him to have $85k in back taxes?

[pacalo]

8. I was wondering, too.

[tblue]

7. I want increased scrutiny for Tea Party groups

and anybody else who claims to be a social welfare organization claiming tax-exempt status. All of them. Prove it. The real problem is that the story got spun in one direction only, and nobody pushed back. And they still haven't. I think there probably is justification for extra scrutiny and caution. The Tea Party has hardly conducted itself with concern for anybody's welfare except their corporate masters'. You spit on a black congressman and you want me to grant you what? Tax exemption? Don't make me laugh.

But as for this dude, too bad. I'm just glad there's one news org with a touch of integrity.

[Sunlei]

9. Tea Party 'members' who see or suspect fraud can report to IRS anonymously

There is even a reward. Here's the link for any members who have knowledge of their groups activity and were wondering what to do about it.

http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/How-Do-You-Report-Suspected-Tax-Fraud-Activity%3F

[WI_DEM]

10. Good! glad they fired this idiot.

[BlueDemKev]

11. Good!

I'm not saying this isn't a serious matter, but when assholes like this start falsely claiming to be victims they deserve to be publicly humiliated.

[Life Long Dem]

12. Another accusation without evidence

I'm seeing a lot of that lately.