Tricia Macke Suspended For Homophobic Rachel Maddow Comment
by Free Britney at .A homophobic remark about Rachel Maddow earned Fox anchor Tricia Macke a brief suspension, after which she apologized to the political commentator and the public.
Macke, a reporter with Fox 19 Cincinnati, was removed from the air Sunday after calling MSNBC's Maddow "such an angry young man" in a Facebook post.
Maddow is openly gay. After taking heat from some of her followers, Macke only upped the ante, writing, "I am sorry. I should have said antagonistic."
Macke subsequently took down the Facebook posts, but not before GLAAD took a screen shot of them, called the station and demanded that she apologize.
"Referring to Maddow as a 'man' because she is a gay woman is completely unacceptable for someone in the business of journalism," stated the gay rights group.
After Fox 19 handed Macke a two-day suspension and apologized "to anyone who may have been offended by her comments," the journalist followed suit.
"I recently posted comments on my personal Facebook page regarding cable news anchor Rachel Maddow which were insensitive and inappropriate," Macke said.
"I apologize to Ms. Maddow and any others who may have been offended by my comments, as they do not reflect my firm beliefs in individual and equal rights."
"They certainly do not represent the opinions or position of my employer WXIX-TV."
Macke has since resumed her duties anchoring Fox 19's 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. news.
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Comments (24 Total)
Hey all you conservatives--keep making homophobic bigoted comments then wonder why you keep losing elections. Well done Macke and all the anti-gay posters on this site. Well done.
The people here saying that Rachel Maddow says hateful things have never watched her show and don't know what they're talking about. If they're going to comment on these things they should watch it first so they're not depending on misinformation from Fox News.
Rachel Maddow is gay, so what? But that does not give her the right to be so hateful. And she is indeed hateful. I do not listen to her and apparently enough stupid people do, so she stays on the airwaves. Too Bad! And Bill Maher should be hoisted on his own petard.
What has Maddow said that is so hateful? Give a specific example or we'll know you're talking out of your rectum.
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Macke is a typicathumb her nose up ignorant REPUBLICAN who we all no so well!¡ macke believes inooutdated ideals! They(republicans) are still in the 50's!¡ Y DON'T THE REPUBLICANS EMBRACE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE?¿ IT'S NOT IN ANY WAY gonna A THREAT 2 THEM!¡