{"id":1619544,"date":"2022-08-22T22:47:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T02:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1619544"},"modified":"2022-08-22T22:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T02:47:17","slug":"longtime-political-analyst-sacked-for-mocking-trumps-looming-orange-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-political-analyst-sacked-for-mocking-trumps-looming-orange-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Political Analyst Sacked For Mocking Trump\u2019s \u2018Looming Orange Face\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-political-analyst-sacked-for-mocking-trumps-looming-orange-face%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1619544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chief Political Analyst Bill Crane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/radiotvtalk-blog\/bill-crane-fired-as-wsb-political-analyst-over-trump-remark\/CFNRNARKPFHZHM3GAZJF5XTVJQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got the sack<\/a> on Monday from Atlanta\u2019s Channel 2 Action News after mocking former President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201clooming orange face\u201d during a live broadcast on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>During a segment about Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) and his potential testimony before a Georgia grand jury \u2014over claims that the senator had attempted to influence election officials to tamper with results of the 2020 presidential election \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/veteran-political-analyst-fired-after-mocking-donald-trumps-looming-orange-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crane<\/a> turned his attention to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabor Day is when undecided voters and nonaligned voters really start focusing on the election ahead and keeping Donald Trump and his fantasy of elections being stolen in November of 2020 in play, keeps Donald Trump and his looming orange face in front of voters at a time when they\u2019re trying to decide how they\u2019re going to vote,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Carter, WSB-TV\u2019s station manager, took issue with Crane\u2019s comments and announced on Monday that he had been terminated. The reason, he explained, was Crane\u2019s failure to present the kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ted-koppel-slams-media-bias-if-you-start-drawing-those-distinctions-hard-to-know-where-you-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unbiased report<\/a> that viewers expected.<\/p>\n<p>Carter said that Crane had \u201cuttered remarks not aligned with our commitment for fair and unbiased reporting and analysis. As a result, we\u2019re ending our relationship with Mr. Crane, effective immediately. We value the trust we\u2019ve fostered for decades with our viewers, and we continue working hard to earn and maintain that trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crane, who had worked with the station since 2006, also responded to the situation, saying, \u201cI offered that it is part of Democratic Party strategy to keep President Trump\u2019s fantasy of a stolen election in play, as well as to keep his orange face looming large as a Bogeyman to increase Democratic voter turnout, even though Donald Trump is NOT on the ballot anywhere in 2022.\u00a0The 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crane noted that he had referred to Trump as the \u201cOrange Man\u201d during previous broadcasts, but said that this latest instance had led station executives to believe that he had \u201cdemonstrated bias against Trump and the GOP, which was not recoverable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps in my verbiage I certainly could have been a bit more PC. I would like to think part of 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, and attempt to do so with a bit of humor, sarcasm, the occasional pun and tongue in cheek,\u201d Crane added, although he did not offer an apology for his analysis. \u201cI have worked in senior staff positions on both sides of the aisle and consider many of those folks, Democrats and Republicans, as friends and mentors \u2026 The ego is bruised, and I am a bit down \u2026 but not out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Political Analyst Bill Crane got the sack on Monday from Atlanta\u2019s Channel 2 Action News after mocking former President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201clooming orange face\u201d during a live broadcast on Sunday. 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