MUST Americans bow-down to these "Pride" goons? 4 more scalps to add to their bone-pile!-----4 fired at West Michigan TV station after news leadership ordered scale back of Pride coverage - mlive.com

4 fired at West Michigan TV station after news leadership ordered scale back of Pride coverage - mlive.com

"GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Two members of news leadership and two staffers at WOOD TV8 have been fired after a leaked newsroom memo directed a scale back of LGBTQ Pride month event coverage to cow to unhappy viewers, according to reports...

•  “We know that West Michigan is a conservative area in many ways,” the memo, obtained by MLive/The Grand Rapids Press, stated. “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.”
• The memo went on to say that if there’s a news reason for a story, reporters should do it. But if it’s just more coverage of another Pride event, “that may not be a good enough reason to do the story.”
• For Pride events that are covered, the memo asked staff to present “both sides” of the issue. The memo didn’t outline what the opposing side of a Pride event is.
• “We should not cover every Pride event that we learn about,” the memo from the assistant news director stated. “We need to do some work to discern the newsworthy-ness of the event.
• “If we are covering pride events we need to consider how to make the story balanced and get both sides of the issues.”

The memo was met with pushback from WOOD TV staff, a number of whom took to social media to publicly criticize it and voice their concerns...