According to a report from Page Six, Ken Rosato, a longtime reporter and news anchor at ABC 7 New York, lost his job due to derogatory comments he made that were accidentally picked up by a hot mic. .
According to an insider quoted by the newspaper, despite his agent’s claims that the comments did not include racial slurs, he was fired for good reason. . The channel has not released an official statement about its dismissal. A spokesperson for Rosato denied he committed any racial slurs and stated that Rosato had been a strong advocate of equal rights during his 20-year tenure at WABC.
Rosato is said to have made a ‘unflattering’ comment on the air and was fired ‘immediately for a reason’
On Friday, former colleagues of Ken Rosato were informed of his dismissal in a series of face-to-face meetings, but were not given information about the nature of his comments. An employee email simply stated that Rosato “no longer works for WABC” and expressed appreciation for his years of service.
Rosato originally joined ABC New York as a freelance reporter in 2003 and was later offered the opportunity to host This Morning alongside Shirleen Allicot, Heather O’Rourke and Sam Champion in 2007. , his presence was removed from ABC New York’s website. and social networks, including a profile segment from September 2020.
An email was also sent to staff stating that Rosato ‘no longer works with WABC. We thank him for his years of service’
In a segment from September 2020, Ken Rosato revealed that his first love was opera and his dream job was to be a veterinarian. He also talks about his passion for cooking. When asked about the most glorious moment of his life, Rosato shared that it was when he was invited to be a morning host at ABC New York after his ratings skyrocketed as host. supplementary program. Before joining ABC, Rosato worked for Fox New York and CBS Miami. He graduated from NYU, where he studied radio, Italian and Spanish.
It looks like Rosato suffered the same fate as Don Lemon, who was fired in April after making insulting comments to Jon Stewart over a hot mic. The incident was one of the reasons Lemon left CNN. On his morning show, Lemon played a clip of Stewart interviewing U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and making comments about Stewart’s comedian status. He then went back and tried to minimize the situation, emphasizing that Stewart was a thought leader and supporter of US service members and first responders.
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