WTMJ-TV controversies
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2019
Former employees sue Scripps Media alleging discrimination
Lawsuit filed
A federal lawsuit was filed against Scripps Media alleging that a Milwaukee weatherman and two other former station employees experienced discrimination because they are Jewish. The allegations include retaliation and wrongful termination. The source article does not report a determination of the claims.
A federal lawsuit against Scripps Media alleges that a Milwaukee weatherman and two other former station employees experienced discrimination because they are Jewish. The allegations include retaliation and wrongful termination; the article does not report a determination of the claims.
Source excerpt
The lawsuit against Scripps Media Inc., the parent company of WTMJ-TV, was filed in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Monday.
A federal lawsuit alleges that a Milwaukee weatherman and two other former employees of a local television station suffered discrimination because they are Jewish.
“Scripps began a campaign of retaliation against Steele for speaking up to protest the anti-Semitic discrimination workplace hostility he was suffering, and his criticism of the culture of discrimination at WTMJ 4,” the complaint said.