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WJLA-TV fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway, cites insubordination, misconduct

1:42 PM 09/18/2010
Tom Sileo

WJLA-TV has fired veteran anchorman Doug McKelway for a verbal confrontation this summer with the station’s news director that came after McKelway broadcast a sharply worded live report about congressional Democrats and President Obama.

McKelway was placed on indefinite suspension in late July after his run-in with ABC7′s news director and general manager, Bill Lord. In a letter to McKelway this week, the station said it was terminating his contract immediately, citing insubordination and misconduct.

Amid the ongoing BP oil spill in July, McKelway covered a Capitol Hill demonstration by environmental groups protesting the influence of oil-industry contributions to members of Congress.

In his piece, McKelway said the sparsely attended event attracted protesters “largely representing far-left environmental groups.” He went on to say the protest “may be a risky strategy because the one man who has more campaign contributions from BP than anybody else in history is now sitting in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama, who accepted $77,051 in campaign contributions from BP.”

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Tags: ABC, Barack Obama, BP, cap and trade, Climate change, Environment, Journalism, Mass media, Media bias, Oil spill, Politics, Television, Washington

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  • truebearing

    He should have known better than to speak the truth about Obama or the environmental religion. That is verboten.

    What was he thinking, that we have free speech, or a free press? Where has this guy been?

    He did this right under the noses of the Politburo and Kremlin West. His fate is sealed. They’ll make him watch Olbermann and Maher until he dies. It could take hours.

  • tombt

    The truth is the truth. Unfortunately, a lot of people hate the truth which is why it can be so unpopular. You know, like the morons who thought with the election of Obama the rise of the oceans would slow and the planet would heal. These are the people who prefer fairly land to the real world. Generally speaking, they hate the truth. As to WJLA, I don’t watch it nor will I in the future.

  • Momma M

    In DC, if you don’t swing left, … you’re not allowed to swing at all.

    There’s no real “reporting” in most media outlets… It’s regurgitation of approved “liberal-spin”… We all know that… now.

    I hope this reporter finds another job… where this time he can actually do some honest reporting … (Yeah, good luck with that fella !)

  • recovered dem

    I hope he sues ABC! Facts are facts! People should should boycott ABC since they are suppressing the truth.

  • clw

    Well if his reporting is full-tilt right, that’s just as bad as full-tilt left.

    However, the truth is the truth.

    Don’t they have to run this stuff past someone before they air it? Bill Lord was taken by surprise?

    For the sake of credibility, the answer is to present two (or more) sides/aspects to the story, with equal WEIGHT given to each, warts and all.

    We’ll decide what we think about the subject.