My producer, Kevin, was just contacted by someone with Conners’s legal team. KMOV just terminated his employed on the basis of, according to them, his Facebook post, which I first covered here.
Past coverage:
EXCLUSIVE: Source Says KMOV Forced Reporter’s Hand In IRS Scandal
KMOV Corporate Parent Throws Its Reporters Under The Bus
KMOV Boots Larry Conners Off Air
Larry Conners’s Lawyer: My Client Is Muzzled
KMOV’s Larry Conners’s Disappears From Twitter
We regret to announce that Larry Conners is no longer a KMOV news reporter. Larry was a valued member of KMOV for a long time, and we will miss him.
For KMOV, there is no higher cause than unbiased, objective news reporting. It is what our viewers expect and it is what we work very hard to deliver. We can accept no less. Larry is certainly entitled to his opinion, but taking a personal political position on one of the Station’s Facebook pages creates an appearance of bias that is inconsistent with important journalistic standards. Larry’s departure has nothing to do with the particular position he took, but it does have to do with our belief that his actions made it impossible for him to report for KMOV on certain political matters going forward without at least an appearance of bias. Bringing you accurate and unbiased reporting is the reason we exist.
Mark Pimentel
KMOV TV President & GM
markpimentel@kmov.com
Larry Conners will be on my program tomorrow. My staff has also reached out to Pimentel to join as well.
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