{"id":1932311,"date":"2023-05-17T04:12:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-anchor-fired-from-abc-for-what-he-was-allegedly-caught-on-hot-mic-saying\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T04:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:12:54","slug":"news-anchor-fired-from-abc-for-what-he-was-allegedly-caught-on-hot-mic-saying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-anchor-fired-from-abc-for-what-he-was-allegedly-caught-on-hot-mic-saying\/","title":{"rendered":"News Anchor Fired from ABC for What He Was Allegedly Caught on Hot Mic Saying"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnews-anchor-fired-from-abc-for-what-he-was-allegedly-caught-on-hot-mic-saying%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=1932311&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>    News                                                                                                                                                                                                     Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE                                                                                                                                                                                                             NEXT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   About Connatix                                                                                                       <\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0By Johnathan Jones   \u00a0May 16, 2023 at 12:21pm      An anchor with New York City\u2019s ABC affiliate was abruptly fired earlier this month after a hot mic allegedly caught him using a four-letter while he referred to a female colleague.<\/p>\n<p> The word did not make it on the air, but it did reportedly lead to the anchor\u2019s termination.<\/p>\n<p> Page Six reported WABC-TV host Ken Rosato made a disparaging comment about fellow anchor Shirleen Allicot during a broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>  The outlet reported that the longtime host of the city\u2019s \u201cEyewitness News This Morning\u201d was \u201cimmediately\u201d terminated after he \u201ccalled her a c**t\u201d on a hot mic.<\/p>\n<p> Insiders at the network told Page Six that upon using the four-letter word, Rosato was \u201cimmediately let go\u201d by management.<\/p>\n<p>   WABC-TV has not confirmed Rosato\u2019s termination.<\/p>\n<p> Additionally, the host has not commented publicly on the matter and denied requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>  It was initially claimed he had used a racial slur while referring to Allicot but a representative for Rosato told Page Six that was untrue.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBeing fired for any racial slur is 100 percent inaccurate and untrue,\u201d the person said. \u201cKen Rosato had a benchmark of 20 years at WABC of supporting all equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Station staffers were reportedly informed that Rosato would not return to the network but were not told what word he had used.<\/p>\n<p> Rosato\u2019s final tweet was posted on May 2:<\/p>\n<p>    On Twitter that same day, the veteran tagged Allicot:<\/p>\n<p>     Rosato was also active on Instagram until three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p> He posed with Allicot in a short Instagram video he posted six weeks ago:<\/p>\n<p> On his LinkedIn page, Rosato says he began at WABC-TV in the year 2003 after he spent a year with New York City\u2019s FOX affiliate WNYW-TV.<\/p>\n<p> Rosato was also the news director of WLNY-TV in New York beginning in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>   SummaryMore Biographical InformationRecent PostsContact<\/p>\n<p> Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<p>   Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE NEXT About Connatix \u00a0By Johnathan Jones \u00a0May 16, 2023 at 12:21pm An anchor with New York City\u2019s ABC affiliate was abruptly fired earlier this month after a hot mic allegedly caught him using a four-letter while he referred to a female colleague. 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