Atlanta political analyst Bill Crane was fired Monday following alleged derogatory comments about former President Donald Trump. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the comments in question came during a WSB-TV newscast Sunday.
Crane appeared on “Action News” to discuss the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office investigation into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.
Crane told viewers that part of the Democratic strategy is to keep Trump’s fantasy of a stolen election in play to increase Democrat voter turnout. He then referred to Trump as the “orange-faced boogeyman.”
WSB-TV General Manager Ray Carter released a statement acknowledging that Crane’s remarks were “not aligned with our commitment for fair and unbiased reporting and analysis.”
“The Orange Face comment was found to be extremely offensive by some WSB-TV viewers. Calls followed to the switchboard, as well as social media posts, texts, and emails,” said Crane.
In a Facebook post, he noted that he’s been analyzing politics for more than two decades.
“The reason I have been able to do this for 22 years in a top 10 media market is that I call the hard balls and strikes on either side,” remarked Crane.
“As a result, we’re ending our relationship with Mr. Crane, effective immediately. We value the trust we’ve fostered for decades with our viewers, and we continue working hard to earn and maintain that trust,” Carter added.
Why is everyone afraid of the twice impeached disgraced, Russian loving ex-President? There was nothing wrong with that comment. Trump keeps his face orange appearing.
I don’t understand why anyone can vote for or follow Donald J Trump he is a psychopather lieing person no one stole the election from him he just flat out lost and don’t won’t to except it and for him to Influence people to go to the capital to start a riot and to top it off take Secret papers from the White House he needs to be in jail