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Chicago sports anchor Mark Giangreco out after inappropriate joke about colleague
Posted on 3/13/21 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 3/13/21 at 11:41 pm
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The writing has been on the wall for Mark Giangreco, the 68-year-old sports anchor who has worked in Chicago since 1982 and has been with WLS-TV (ABC 7) since 1994. As the sportscaster from Chicago’s top-rated newscast, he was a mainstay of the Chicago sports scene for decades. That stint officially ended on Friday as he and the station agreed on a settlement on the remaining 18 months of his contract, per Chicago media reporter Robert Feder.
Giangreco’s dismissal stems from a complaint by news anchor Cheryl Burton after Giangreco referred to her on-air as a person who could “play the ditzy, combative interior decorator” on a hypothetical DIY show. Giangreco made those comments on January 28 and he had not appeared on ABC 7 since.
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If some of Giangreco’s previous transgressions occurred today, he wouldn’t have survived them. His most notable one came in 1999, when he said former Bears running back Walter Payton looked like Gandhi, not knowing Payton had a liver disease that would kill him that year. Giangreco apologized profusely for the mistake, and Payton called to forgive him.
In 2004, after the Pistons won the NBA title, he aired a black-and-white video of fires and joked that it was “a typical night in Detroit.” The station suspended him for week. Most recently, in 2017, Giangreco reportedly was suspended for multiple weeks without pay for calling former President Donald Trump a “cartoon lunatic” and the United States a “country full of simpletons” in a tweet.
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Posted on 3/13/21 at 11:45 pm to Jim Rockford
ABC local news is by far the best in Chicago, used to watch him a lot.
Posted on 3/13/21 at 11:45 pm to Jim Rockford
Most of the local sports-talk radio folks thought he'd be back in a week when this first happened, no one thought he'd actually be fired.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:00 am to SEC. 593
He probably had a fat contract they wanted to get out from under and used this as a reason to do it.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:01 am to Jim Rockford
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in 2017, Giangreco reportedly was suspended for multiple weeks without pay for calling former President Donald Trump a “cartoon lunatic” and the United States a “country full of simpletons” in a tweet.
In 2020 that would've gotten him a pay raise and a contract extension
Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:06 am to Jim Rockford
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Giangreco reportedly was suspended for multiple weeks without pay for calling former President Donald Trump a “cartoon lunatic” and the United States a “country full of simpletons” in a tweet.
Haha frick you. You got eaten by your own beast. Hope it felt good
Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:13 am to Jim Rockford
At first I was like oh come on, but looks like he's a liberal frick getting eaten by his own. So go frick yourself mark.
This post was edited on 3/14/21 at 12:14 am
Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:37 am to Jim Rockford
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In 2004, after the Pistons won the NBA title, he aired a black-and-white video of fires and joked that it was “a typical night in Detroit.”
Seriously
Who defends the disaster that is Detroit these days?
That's offensive, pointing out reality?Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:42 am to Jim Rockford
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ditzy, combative interior decorator
Pics
Posted on 3/14/21 at 12:43 am to noonan
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At first I was like oh come on, but looks like he's a liberal frick getting eaten by his own. So go frick yourself mark.
And this is why cancel culture won't end.
The people who say they are against it give it a pass when someone they don't like gets canceled.
Yeah, it may be a short term win, but you get fricked in the long run.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 4:10 am to MrFreakinMiyagi
In the middle
Posted on 3/14/21 at 6:29 am to Broski
quote:Yeah, THAT’S why it won’t end
The people who say they are against it give it a pass when someone they don't like gets canceled.
Guys guys guys! If the right fights really hard to keep folks on the left from getting canceled the left will notice how well meaning we are and they’ll end cancel culture!
Posted on 3/14/21 at 6:51 am to Jim Rockford
Typical racist sexist Dem bigot
Posted on 3/14/21 at 8:52 am to Jim Rockford
And we still don’t know why jordy got fired from OTB?
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:12 am to hyzersoze
2, 1, 3
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:33 am to Jim Rockford
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when he said former Bears running back Walter Payton looked like Gandhi, not knowing Payton had a liver disease that would kill him that year.
Oops
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:34 am to noonan
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At first I was like oh come on, but looks like he's a liberal frick getting eaten by his own
So you are okay with cancel culture as long as it’s someone with opposite views as you?
Isn’t that exactly what started this cancel culture?
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:40 am to noonan
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At first I was like oh come on
I hate cancel culture, but insulting a co-anchor on air warrants some discipline.
Insulting a colleague is different than saying something accidentally offensive to a few people on Twitter.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:41 am to Jim Rockford
Outkick will hire him within 10 days
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:45 am to Jim Rockford
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In 2004, after the Pistons won the NBA title, he aired a black-and-white video of fires and joked that it was “a typical night in Detroit.”
That’s hysterical
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