Michigan TV station director fires staff for requesting “balance” in Pride coverage.

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Pride Month” is over and a day to be proud of, the Fourth of July, is upon us! But a news director, his assistant and two staffers from WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan will spend the holiday trying to figure out where to work next.

Over the weekend, some were fired over distributing a memo sent out asking for coverage ofpride parades to be covered “balanced” and to show “both sides.” The others were fired for leaking the memo. The assistant director that was fired, Amy Fox, was “ordered” to write the memo by the new director, Stanton Tang, who was also terminated.From the memo cited by TheDesk.net:

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“We know that West Michigan is a Conservative area in many ways. 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.

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