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TexasTowelie

(116,562 posts)
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 01:02 AM Oct 2018

Minnesota TV reporter fired for wearing Trump hat at rally

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A southern Minnesota television reporter who wore a “Make America Great Again” hat to a Trump rally that he was covering has been fired.

James Bunner was a multimedia journalist for KTTC-TV in Austin. He wore the hat Thursday while covering President Donald Trump’s appearance in Rochester and images of him wearing the hat began appearing on Twitter.

News Director Noel Sederstrom says the station does not allow staff members to cover stories while wearing apparel from political campaigns. Sederstrom says Bunner was fired Friday.

Bunner doesn’t have a listed phone number and didn’t immediately return a social media message seeking comment Friday.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/10/05/minnesota-tv-reporter-fired-for-wearing-trump-hat-at-rally/
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Minnesota TV reporter fired for wearing Trump hat at rally (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2018 OP
Screw him. Good on KTTC. marble falls Oct 2018 #1
I'm sure GWC58 Oct 2018 #2
Update: Fired KTTC reporter gets job offer TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #3
They don't know anything about him except the gimmee cap and in thier minds ... marble falls Oct 2018 #4

TexasTowelie

(116,562 posts)
3. Update: Fired KTTC reporter gets job offer
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 05:53 AM
Oct 2018

James Bunner, the KTTC-TV multimedia journalist fired for wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat at a Trump rally, has been offered a job by the campaign of GOP Secretary of State candidate John Howe.

Tim Droogsma, campaign manager for the Howe campaign, said Howe is prepared to offer Bunner a job. Problem is, the campaign can't locate him.

"We haven't been able to make contact with him yet," Droogsma said. "We would like to hire him if we could get in touch with him."

Bunner was a multimedia journalist for KTTC-TV in Austin. He wore the hat Thursday while covering President Donald Trump's appearance in Rochester and images of him wearing the hat began appearing on Twitter.

Read more: https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/fired-kttc-reporter-gets-job-offer/article_f7f21e18-c9a3-11e8-a616-b73db2848fbe.html

marble falls

(62,014 posts)
4. They don't know anything about him except the gimmee cap and in thier minds ...
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 06:39 AM
Oct 2018

he more likely has more on the ball than anyone in Georgia. Now if they only knew his contact information. Things sound bigly sad Georgia.

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