PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh television station WTAE says it has ended its relationship with anchorwoman Wendy Bell over racial comments she posted on Facebook about a mass shooting.
Parent company Hearst Television said Wednesday her comments were “inconsistent with the company’s ethics and journalistic standards.”
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Bell, who is white, speculated about the identities of the two men who fatally shot five black people in a poor Pittsburgh suburb March 9. She said they likely were “young black men” with “multiple siblings from multiple fathers,” despite having no description of the gunmen from police.
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After a social media backlash, Bell apologized, saying her words “could be viewed as racist.” The station also apologized.
Bell says she didn’t get a “fair shake.”
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She says the real story is the toll violence is taking within black communities.
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