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Brimley

(139 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:06 PM Apr 2013

Help out a young broadcaster just starting out, wouldja? [View all]

news@kfyrtv.com

Note: The station is an NBC (not FOX) affiliate

TV Anchor A.J. Clemente Gets Fired After Dropping “F” Bomb In Debut

We all make mistakes,” A.J. Clemente tweeted.

Unfortunately, the young reporter will have to learn the hard way from his mistakes after he was fired for cursing in his debut as a TV news anchor.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/04/22/aj-clemente-gets-fired-after-dropping-f-bomb-in-tv-anchor-debut/#ixzz2REC04nCn


Look, I used to work on-air at a radio station, and once exclamed "Jesus Christ!" into a hot mic. I wasn't fired, and neither should this young man be. I have already used the e-mail address at the top of this post to ask KFYR to give the kid another chance. Would you possibly consider doing likewise?


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