Keane declined to comment on several other questions regarding protocol for reporters when using social media, what other penalties McCoy might face, or when he’d return to the airwaves.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. In response to a call seeking comment, WTTG spokesperson Erica Keane confirmed told Metro Weekly: “Blake McCoy has been suspended pending further review.”
I have deleted my tweet and ask that you accept my sincere apology. I truly regret my words and want to apologize. I have deleted my tweet and ask that you accept my sincere apology.”Įarlier today I Tweeted something insensitive and offensive. “Earlier today, I tweeted something insensitive and offensive,” he wrote. McCoy later deleted the second tweet explaining why he deleted the initial tweet, and posted an apology.ĬOVID-19 is God’s Punishment for Homosexuality, Republican Says The Internet pile-on over McCoy’s body-shaming tweet continued, with some viewers calling on WTTG to discipline him. Probably ends there but I’m glad I put myself out there! Thanks for coming on this journey with me :)
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Just said goodnight so I can eat the rest of the pizza 🐽 and watch a movie solo. He then followed that tweet up with two others detailing what happened on the 2-hour date. If I die tonight, I want you to know I had a good run. Tinder date is arriving now for wine, pizza and monopoly. 6, McCoy wrote: “Tinder date is arriving now for wine, pizza, and monopoly.
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Still other Twitter critics linked to, a news blog about TV news, which wrote a post earlier this month criticizing McCoy for allegedly meeting up with strangers in the middle of a pandemic. McCoy traveled to Hawaii over New Year’s Eve and posted vacation and gay club pictures to his Instagram from Chicago and other destinations. Other called McCoy hypocritical for complaining about the vaccine schedule, when his social media accounts showed him traveling throughout the country on recreational trips during 2020.Ĥ00 Republicans Urge GOP Senators to Back Marriage Equality Some Twitter users called for his resignation or termination from the station.
See also: Reporter who criticized Detroit Lions coach’s anti-gay past apologizes for homophobic tweets “Rules seen as inequitable or unjust erode confidence in the system & drive urge to cheat it.” “…any people I know have quietly cut the line through various ways in various states,” he tweeted. McCoy later deleted the offending tweet, but responded to someone who mentioned that he deleted it with: “You’re right, I deleted because frankly, who has the time to argue with strangers on the internet.”īut McCoy also questioned whether the current vaccination protocols regarding appointments - such as D.C.’s, where no documentation is required to prove a person meets certain qualifications - might lead to people gaming the system. Others mocked McCoy for implying that a TV anchor was somehow an “essential worker.” McCoy’s tweet sparked a backlash from Twitter users who accused him of fat-shaming, insinuating that obese people didn’t deserve to be on the vaccination eligibility list, or that they don’t work in essential jobs. Department of Health, obese people - defined as those with a Body Mass Index of greater than 30 - are among a group of people with serious health conditions or comorbidities that could put them at higher risk of death or serious hospitalization if they become infected with the COVID-19 virus.Īs such, they are included in “Tier 1C” - the third group of District residents eligible to receive the vaccine, who will be able to begin making appointments starting Thursday, Feb. “When most stayed home, we went into work everyday last March, April, May and everyday since putting ourselves and loved ones at risk.
“I’m annoyed obese people of all ages get priority vaccine access before all essential workers,” he tweeted. broadcasts, tweeted his frustration with the District of Columbia’s guidelines for which people qualify for a vaccine, saying he did not believe people who were obese should be prioritized in the same way as essential workers. On Tuesday, WTTG Fox 5 News anchor Blake McCoy, who co-anchors the station’s 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9 p.m. TV station has been suspended after tweeting his objections to obese people being able to receive priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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