Denver meteorologist kisses job goodbye - compares federal troops to nazis (soldiers, compared)
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Meteorologist Marty Coniglio, a staple of Denver TV weather for three decades, left 9News Friday, a day after he compared, on social media, federal troops in U.S. cities to Nazis.
Coniglio, in a text message, confirmed his departure but said he would “not be able to talk about the situation for at least a week or so.”
Mark Cornetta, the station’s president and general manager, said in an email that “Marty is no longer employed by 9News.” He declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding his exit.
Thursday morning, Coniglio tweeted “Federal police in cities … now where have I seen that before?” with a picture of Nazi soldiers posing in front of a Swastika banner.
Pretty dumb on his part. As a public figure, and especially one that represents a local news outlet, it's not a good idea to air your political opinions on social media.
That being said, he certainly isn't the first. And the action of saying dumb things that gets someone fired certainly knows no political boundaries, as we've seen plenty of people people with both left & right-leaning political opinions get "canceled" or lose their jobs over the last several years.
Pretty dumb on his part. As a public figure, and especially one that represents a local news outlet, it's not a good idea to air your political opinions on social media.
That being said, he certainly isn't the first. And the action of saying dumb things that gets someone fired certainly knows no political boundaries, as we've seen plenty of people people with both left & right-leaning political opinions get "canceled" or lose their jobs over the last several years.
Yea really, same thing would have happened if this incident occurred when the Nazis were in power! I guess its best to just sit down and keep quiet, OBEY and COMPLY, offer NO resistance of any kind!
LOL Just kidding btw! People like this are the real patriots in my book!
Yea really, same thing would have happened if this incident occurred when the Nazis were in power! I guess its best to just sit down and keep quiet, OBEY and COMPLY, offer NO resistance of any kind!
LOL Just kidding btw! People like this are the real patriots in my book!
No.... he would have been dragged from building and shot in the back of the neck. People who compare others to NAzis have no idea what the Nazis were really like......
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