A news anchor has been from his Cleveland radio station for referring the Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as “colored.”
Wtam brass sent Kyle Cornell packing Thursday after a social media backlash over his remarks that aired in a news teaser during Wednesday night’s Cleveland Indians game. He called her America’s “first colored vice presidential candidate.”
Outraged reaction was swift to hit social media, and the station wasted little time in parting ways with Cornell.
“We are aware of the reference made on Wtam by Kyle Cornell,” Wtam program director said in a statement Thursday. “We take this matter very seriously and addressed it immediately. The term used is extremely offensive and does not align with our station’s core values and commitment to the communities we serve. He is no longer with Wtam.”
Cornell apologized in an interview with Wkyc-tv Cleveland on Thursday. “I wasn’t...
Wtam brass sent Kyle Cornell packing Thursday after a social media backlash over his remarks that aired in a news teaser during Wednesday night’s Cleveland Indians game. He called her America’s “first colored vice presidential candidate.”
Outraged reaction was swift to hit social media, and the station wasted little time in parting ways with Cornell.
“We are aware of the reference made on Wtam by Kyle Cornell,” Wtam program director said in a statement Thursday. “We take this matter very seriously and addressed it immediately. The term used is extremely offensive and does not align with our station’s core values and commitment to the communities we serve. He is no longer with Wtam.”
Cornell apologized in an interview with Wkyc-tv Cleveland on Thursday. “I wasn’t...
- 8/22/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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