TV Station Fires Anchor Because She’s Pro-Life, Gathered Signatures to Ban Abortions
October 5, 2022 | Nebraska
A Nebraska news station fired a journalist from her job this month because she participated in a campaign to end abortions in her town.
The McCook Gazette reports Melanie Standiford was a news director and co-anchor at KNOP-TV in North Platte, Nebraska, for five years before she was fired this month. KNOP-TV is part of Gray Television, which owns more than 100 news stations across the country.
According to the report, Standiford, who is pro-life and has nine children, lost her job after her bosses found out that she was helping to pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance in her hometown of Curtis. The ordinance would protect unborn babies by banning abortions within city limits.
Shannon Booth, general manager for the station, told the North Platte Bulletin that their journalists are not allowed to “actively engage in any political activity for any candidate, party or ballot initiative.”
KNOP-TV apparently found out about Standiford’s pro-life actions last week when another news outlet mentioned her name in an article about Curtis and other Nebraska cities that are working to pass Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinances. According to the article, Standiford helped to gather signatures on a petition to bring the pro-life ordinance for a vote… (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
