In an interview on The Joe Pags Show Wednesday, a former WMAL host dismissed for posting derogatory remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that newsrooms are now being dominated by activists, causing internal conflicts.
Amber Athey, who previously worked at 105.9 FM WMAL, was terminated after she tweeted the UPS delivery slogan last year and commented on the outfit worn by VP Harris during the State of the Union address. “Kamala looks like a UPS employee — what can brown do for you?”
Athey told Pags there’s been a dramatic shift in media, with activist-driven journalism dominating the landscape.
“What happened is the snowflakes who were instituting mob politics on college campuses graduated and ended up being hired at major American institutions, including the media,” said Athey. “The media people that watched what happened on campus from 2012 to 2018 didn’t take it seriously.”
According to Athey, conservatives on college campuses have warned for years about being silenced by the majority, who have silenced their freedom of speech.
“The media said no, it’s no big deal; either (students) will grow out of it, or we like that they are standing up for what they believe in,” she said. “It turns out it didn’t work well and ended up on their doorstep. The so-called adults in the room didn’t know how to respond when they were on the receiving end of this.”
Athey concluded that the reason for internal uprisings at institutions such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Politico, and The Hill is the failure of top-level management to suppress the revolt that originated on college campuses years ago.
“They (reporters) are more progressive and radical than ever before, and these [companies] have had their platforms highjacked for activism as opposed to journalism.”
Pags said the practice of journalism ought to involve simple acts of observation and reporting. As a longtime television journalist, Pags amassed many accolades throughout his reporting career.
“They seem to know how to do (journalism), or they don’t know how to do it, and they don’t care,” he said. “Or they think that their political leanings matter more. I agree that some of the woke millennials are doing it now, but I place some of the blame on the liberal professors.”
Athey is coming out with a new book titled: The Snowflakes’ Revolt: How Woke Millennials Hijacked American Media.
