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Racist Hiring Practices

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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by Herm » Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:00 pm

TeddyBear wrote:
Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:27 pm
Dudley wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:54 pm
He's been around a while Herm. He has been in a lot of pissing matches with Dickhead 101.
Not exactly pissing matches, as much as exposing the fraud and many personalities that is LovinLoser101 and "it's" many names, in which 2 of them posted in this topic.
Who are the two? You’ve made it clear that you think Sinklair is also LL101. Who is the other one?



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by Herm » Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:03 pm

sinklair wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:25 pm
Teddy: nice attempt at baiting. Nice attempt at diversion.

Everyone knows who LL101 is. He’s a disgruntled former 25-66, former TV5, current M-Live employee.

As I have said before, I am directly affected as a current 25-66 employee. I am a good employee. I do my job and according to my last performance review, I do a good job. Why should I quit? Why is it wrong for me to ask the management at 25-66 to do their job to improve working conditions, improve the quality of journalism, improve the current low pay, to hire a diverse news team (especially in management ranks) that reflect the communities we cover, and to not just accept that we have to run the corporate propaganda and one-sided BS that make Sinclair a national disgrace and result in constant viewer complaints and advertisers who refuse to spend money on our stations?

The managers who run our station into the ground are largely held unaccountable for their decisions that have led to low ratings and low revenue. I (and many of my colleagues) believe that needs to change.

You can criticize me all you want for taking this approach to calling out my station. But I find it amusing that you and others refuse to debate the facts/the substance of why 25-66 is in the position that it is.

It’s the same approach station management at 25-66 take... to blame others instead of taking responsibility to improve the situation. To that end, Teddy, it sounds like you would be a perfect fit for a future career at 25-66 management. (Or maybe you already are a 25-65 manager... posting anonymously?). Either way, try sticking to the topic at hand and go ahead and defend 25-66/Sinclair’s racist hiring practices that prevent persons of color, LGBT, and other minorities from being hired and/or getting promoted.
I can assure you, LL101 is not Mark Torregrossa. Mark would never say the things that LL101 has said here.
I’m pretty sure LL101 is a woman.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by sinklair » Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:51 pm

Teddy: I frankly don’t care if you believe me or not. You can live in your delusional world if you so choose.

If you want to confirm every word I say, it’s fairly simple. Talk to anyone who works in the News, Production or Master Control. They’ll let you know how bad morale is... how bad management is... how disgusted we ate with airing Sinclair propaganda.

If that makes me “Negative Nelly” so be it. My coworkers know the truth about the goings on that undermine our success at 25-66.

Not Jewish. But a non-practicing Lutheran. L'chaim My friend! Shalom aleichem!



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by Deleted User 15062 » Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:43 pm

Herm wrote:
Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:00 pm
TeddyBear wrote:
Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:27 pm
Dudley wrote:
Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:54 pm
He's been around a while Herm. He has been in a lot of pissing matches with Dickhead 101.
Not exactly pissing matches, as much as exposing the fraud and many personalities that is LovinLoser101 and "it's" many names, in which 2 of them posted in this topic.
Who are the two? You’ve made it clear that you think Sinklair is also LL101. Who is the other one?
GG. Same erratic posting styles. Posts not making sense. Bullying.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by Deleted User 15062 » Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:46 pm

sinklair wrote:
Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:51 pm
Teddy: I frankly don’t care if you believe me or not. You can live in your delusional world if you so choose.

If you want to confirm every word I say, it’s fairly simple. Talk to anyone who works in the News, Production or Master Control. They’ll let you know how bad morale is... how bad management is... how disgusted we ate with airing Sinclair propaganda.

If that makes me “Negative Nelly” so be it. My coworkers know the truth about the goings on that undermine our success at 25-66.

Not Jewish. But a non-practicing Lutheran. L'chaim My friend! Shalom aleichem!
If it's that bad 101... QUIT!

Like the McDonald's worker who is overworked and treated badly, you made a choice to tolerate those conditions. Then you want to be negative, or the accusations against Sinclair simply aren't real. Furthermore, you even promote them by using a misspelled version of their name. You don't appear to be too harmed if you still are there and did not go through the proper process and grievance proceedures... local, regional or national.

As for morale.... you said you personally are effected by the racism. Strange how that went to the back burner now. 101 did that allot.

Ok, this year you are Lutheran. You gay, straight or CD this year?



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by sinklair » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:51 pm

Teddy: straight. Happily married. Not interested, but thank you??? Stay on topic with this post and leave your interest in my personal life out if it.

If anyone is acting like LL101, it’s you. You seem to ignore the numerous times that I explained why I just don’t quit. In case you suffer from short term memory loss, here we go again: I am under contract, Sinclair has clauses in all of its contracts for liquidated damages that I would have to pay out $10,000+ to break... then not be eligible to work at any other local TV station due to a no-compete clause.

I am not a McDonald’s worker. McDonald’s workers don’t have contracts, non-competes, or liquidated damages. Your argument is nonsensical.

It also misses the point that companies, including one of the largest local television broadcasters in the US, have a responsibility to create a positive work environment that allow its employees to do their best work, that allow opportunities for growth regardless of race, to employ a diverse workforce where we can appropriately represent the range of viewpoints.

I prefer to work with my colleagues to call out the BS and create change from the inside.

You allege that I made a choice to tolerate bad working conditions. I did not.

I made a choice to do quality journalism... which I fight every day to cover stories that our viewers and communities will find value in.

You claim that I must not be harmed by racism. Also an idiotic statement. We all are harmed by racism... regardless if I am a Caucasian, African American or another race.

You claim that I didn’t go through proper complaint procedures. Also wrong. Reread my previous posts where I said I discussed my concerns with (1) my direct supervisor, (2) my department head, (3) the General Manager, and (4) the HR Director. I’ve made the effort. They’ve chosen to not address the issues. Others have done the same. Still no change. That’s why we are speaking out.

If they took action to fix the low morale, low pay, lack of representation, bad journalism, we likely wouldn’t feel the need to post on the Buzzboard. But if you treat your employees like the dirt on the souls of your shoes, then you should expect to hear criticism.

Teddy: If you would like to dispute any of the points I addressed in my initial post, that would be great. Either you can’t because you’re not a 25-66 employee and don’t know what you’re talking about... or you are one of the 25-66 managers posting anonymously on the Buzzboard and your personal attacks are yet another example of what’s rotten on Pierson Road.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by MasterB » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:46 pm

Does 25-66 reporters/anchors get to rate the managers at how bad they're doing at their jobs? You should take your complaints to Armstrong the boss at 25-66 is he too busy to do that because he is a diva who doesn't care what is happening at the station. I'm surprised that Bally's doesn't have ad's running about gambling as it seems like every casino now has sportsbooks up and running in the state of Michigan since Bally's owns the Sinclair RSN's.


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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by sinklair » Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:22 pm

Master: nope. There’s no evaluation of managers. My former news director used to ask for feedback from other colleagues who we worked alongside. I thought that was a great idea since I work closer with them and they see my work up close and every day. But the current news director thinks she knows everything. She talks down to everyone. She micromanages. She blames everyone but herself when things go wrong. She does ask for, nor wants feedback. She is in over her head and is primarily responsible for the poor quality of our newscasts.

As far as Armstrong, he makes a trip to “his station” once or twice a year. You don’t dare speak to him unless spoken to. He is so full of himself.

Once Bally Sports and its online gambling operation is up and running, you definitely will see tons of promotion on 25, 66 and 46. The Promotions Director will run these and push out news promotion. She has zero idea how to use promotion to grow local ratings. She meddles with the news team. She needs to be fired.

Phil, the news promotions manager, is ten times better than Jamie. He actually comes up with the creative. He worked at WXYZ.

Jamie has only ever worked for 66 and Sinclair, which is why she and Neille are being protected despite running the station into the ground. But since the new GM is also a “company woman” willing to blindly follow corporate mandates, Jamie and Neille’s incompetence is protected.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by Deleted User 15062 » Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:59 am

sinklair wrote:
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:51 pm
Teddy: straight. Happily married. Not interested, but thank you??? Stay on topic with this post and leave your interest in my personal life out if it.

If anyone is acting like LL101, it’s you. You seem to ignore the numerous times that I explained why I just don’t quit. In case you suffer from short term memory loss, here we go again: I am under contract, Sinclair has clauses in all of its contracts for liquidated damages that I would have to pay out $10,000+ to break... then not be eligible to work at any other local TV station due to a no-compete clause.

I am not a McDonald’s worker. McDonald’s workers don’t have contracts, non-competes, or liquidated damages. Your argument is nonsensical.

It also misses the point that companies, including one of the largest local television broadcasters in the US, have a responsibility to create a positive work environment that allow its employees to do their best work, that allow opportunities for growth regardless of race, to employ a diverse workforce where we can appropriately represent the range of viewpoints.

I prefer to work with my colleagues to call out the BS and create change from the inside.

You allege that I made a choice to tolerate bad working conditions. I did not.

I made a choice to do quality journalism... which I fight every day to cover stories that our viewers and communities will find value in.

You claim that I must not be harmed by racism. Also an idiotic statement. We all are harmed by racism... regardless if I am a Caucasian, African American or another race.

You claim that I didn’t go through proper complaint procedures. Also wrong. Reread my previous posts where I said I discussed my concerns with (1) my direct supervisor, (2) my department head, (3) the General Manager, and (4) the HR Director. I’ve made the effort. They’ve chosen to not address the issues. Others have done the same. Still no change. That’s why we are speaking out.

If they took action to fix the low morale, low pay, lack of representation, bad journalism, we likely wouldn’t feel the need to post on the Buzzboard. But if you treat your employees like the dirt on the souls of your shoes, then you should expect to hear criticism.

Teddy: If you would like to dispute any of the points I addressed in my initial post, that would be great. Either you can’t because you’re not a 25-66 employee and don’t know what you’re talking about... or you are one of the 25-66 managers posting anonymously on the Buzzboard and your personal attacks are yet another example of what’s rotten on Pierson Road.
Hunny.... I don't date trash! NOBODY WAS EVEN ASKING FOR INTEREST. And truthfully, "married" means nothing. The fact that you point out homophobic interest shows more about you than I ever asked for- or ever wanted.

As for quality journalism, do that. You do know that quality journalism has nothing to do with opinion. You learned that on your first day at whatever college you were at. Spitting on your employer verbally is not quality journalism. In fact, it makes you a person to not pay attention to. Something tells me this statement about you being a journalist is not true. Your whole aura does not reflect that. You're acting like a dramatic "it" that wants to be center of attention, even if it is negative. Another LL101 thing.

I will give you one thing... we all are harmed by racism. However, you are not the victim of it LL101. The chances of you being a minority Lutheran is extremely low. So... maybe it's time to stop being the drama qween and victim, when you are not affected, yourself. Yes, you made it sound like you were. but the odds don't show this.

You are lucky that I'm not your employer LL101. You'd have been gone a long time ago, if you actually are employed for Sinclair. Your little wahoo would have been a topic of the "terrorism desk" itself on the 6 pm edition, since you want to terrorize the cluster.

I also am pointing out that you can get out of your contract. If you stay or even renew your contract, you accept the treatment you get. You made that choice. You (or you all, per "we" above) have a hand in all of this too.

One last thing... If you actually work at 25/66: The more you talk, the more you can be identified by Sinclair. Now is the time to keep your mouth shut! And is all of this posting worth your job... if not more legally? These are some major accusations you post on here.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by sinklair » Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:36 pm

Teddy: thanks for the advice... not that I asked for it, or will follow it. I/we have been posting for more than a year. 25-66 hasn’t figured out who I am/we are. So forgive me if I’m not too worried about management’s investigative skills.

Even if they knew who I am, they couldn’t prove it. I don’t post on company time. I don’t use company resources.

Then you’d have to ask is anything I’ve said incorrect. You may not like my opinion, but that’s not enough for you to fire me. If you could fire someone for having an opinion, it would be a very lonely TV station.

Am I revealing company secrets? Hard to make that case too when that information is backed up with articles you can find on the World Wide Web.

As I said before... believe what you want. But attacking me doesn’t refute anything I’ve said about the horror show that is 25-66



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by Deleted User 15062 » Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:15 am

Not one person attacked u 101. But keep playing the victim. Makes you look regal. And yes, they can find you by your IP. You have extremely serious accusations. And that's not about what anyone likes or not. It has everything to do with YOU ruining someone's or a company's reputation without proving it. Yes, they can go after you. Tread carefully.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by sinklair » Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:33 am

Oh Teddy, how I missed you... so many misstatements in such a short post. Let me correct you...

You seem obsessed with me. Give it a break. You’ll find more personal enjoyment when you focus less on me and more on the post topic.

As I said, I’m not 101. Look back at the multiple past posts where I criticized LL101 for his off topic, anti-gay rhetoric.

I’m no victim. But I do call out the station management BS.

They can find out my IP address? Nope. Thanks to the wonder of VPNs, I can easily make it look like I’m posting from any town USA. If it were that easy to find me that way, Chris and Marc would have already narc’d on me to the corner office.

I do have some serious accusations. 25-66 is poorly run. It is has been for many years. It puts profits over the quality of journalism. It underpays and underappreciates its staff. It has a lack of diversity, especially in its management ranks. It rewards bad behavior by promoting people who suck up to department heads and forces out good people who actually disagree and advocate for changes aimed at improving the station culture. 4 words: Sinclair corporate must runs.

All of the above are factually based statements covered by my First Amendment right to comment. Just because you, the new shipped in from out of town Sinclair corporate GM, the ASSistant GM/Promotions Director, the In Over Her Head News Director, the Director of Declining Sales, or the HR Director/Grilled Cheese Party Planner don’t like what I have to say (a) doesn’t make it untrue and (b) doesn’t mean they can sue me/fire me/burn me on the stake.

If you don’t like it, fix it. I’m not going anywhere... unless of course the station wants to continue to layoff even more good colleagues to make up for management’s incompetence.

It would be hard for me to “ruin” Sinclair’s reputation. They have done a pretty good job of that themselves. It’s hard to ruin David Smith’s reputation after sexy-time with a prostitute. (Google it... but tread carefully.)

Now, try to get back on topic... discussing 25-66’s racist hiring practices.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by sinklair » Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:27 am

#SinclairSoWhite

Sinclair has a race problem. 25-66 has virtually no managers that are from minority groups, reflecting the racial composition of our community. Only after multiple criticisms did the In Over Her Head News Director actually make attempts to hire black female reporters. So at least there was some attempt. But the only way to make this stick is to promote good minority managers at all levels at 25-66. The HR Director/Grilled Cheese Party Planner and her regional boss have completely failed in this effort and need to be let go and replaced.

This isn’t an isolated case, Sinclair is also being criticized for its white staff down the road in Cincy.

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/ ... ir-station

Our local NABJ Chapter needs to do similar efforts to make sure journalists of color are being represented.



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Re: Racist Hiring Practices

Post by MasterB » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:57 pm

Teddy Sinklair isn't LL101 he worked for TV5 or was it TV12 he'll deny that he worked for any of the local TV stations. It's very peaceful without LL101 anymore I think LL101 is GG and some other usernames on this forum?


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