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cali

(114,904 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:46 PM Aug 2012

Yahoo News fires D.C. Bureau Chief over "hot mic" remarks about Mitt and Ann

By DYLAN BYERS |
8/29/12 1:26 PM EDT

TAMPA, Fla. -- Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac, a source familiar with the situation tells POLITICO.

"They're not concerned at all. They're happy to have a party with black people drowning," Chalian said during the ABC News/Yahoo News webcast, in reference to the fact that the GOP convention in Tampa is taking place as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall on the north Gulf coast.

The conservative media watchdog organization NewsBusters first posted audio of Chalian's remarks, but referred to him as an ABC News employee (and offered slightly inaccurate transcription). ABC News spokesperson Julie Townsend informed the organization that Chalian was with Yahoo.

Chalian and Yahoo News spokesperson Kristen Morquecho did not respond to requests for comment; Townsend also did not respond to a request for comment. (ABC News, where Chalian was political director until 2010, has partnered with Yahoo News for 2012 political coverage).

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Yahoo News fires D.C. Bureau Chief over "hot mic" remarks about Mitt and Ann (Original Post) cali Aug 2012 OP
Wow... the truth seeps out more and more... hlthe2b Aug 2012 #1
Never tell the truth in news work. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #2
lol--he worked for us for about 6 months, then dashed off to make some real money librechik Aug 2012 #3
May I just say I predicted this response? Generic Other Aug 2012 #4
Has Fox *ever* had to fire anyone over similar remarks?? Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #5
the remarks are sooo telling... Generic Other Aug 2012 #6
I thought SwampRat lived in S.C.? Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #7
He lived in NOLA during Katrina Generic Other Aug 2012 #8

hlthe2b

(101,534 posts)
1. Wow... the truth seeps out more and more...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:50 PM
Aug 2012

Too bad for this guy who is paying quite a price for his mistake & far too honest appraisal...

librechik

(30,659 posts)
3. lol--he worked for us for about 6 months, then dashed off to make some real money
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:52 PM
Aug 2012

How'd that work out for you, David (who wouldn't answer my in-house emails) Come back when you learn a little journalism.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
4. May I just say I predicted this response?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:10 PM
Aug 2012

The PR debacle of the year!

I hope you don't mind if I post my video. It has very little shelf life before it is old news...

Republican National Convention 2012 Weather Report

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
5. Has Fox *ever* had to fire anyone over similar remarks??
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:12 PM
Aug 2012

and why the knee-jerk bullshit? Can't you just re-assign the bureau chief?

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
6. the remarks are sooo telling...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:17 PM
Aug 2012

a rip in the fabric of the matrix thing...a reminder that the GOP parties every time poor African Americans in New Orleans suffer.

Wa'at Swamp Rat. Stay safe, my friend!!

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
8. He lived in NOLA during Katrina
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:07 PM
Aug 2012

was evac'd to Memphis for awhile. I think if he's anywhere his heart must be in his beloved city of New Orleans.

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