WTSP controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
Former WTSP anchor sues station and owner Tegna
Lawsuit filed
Former WTSP anchor Reginald Roundtree sued his former station and its owner, Tegna, alleging that they fired him in retaliation for raising an age-discrimination complaint. The lawsuit also alleges that the station fostered a hostile environment for older employees and sought to replace them with younger employees. These are allegations; the source does not report a court determination.
Former WTSP anchor Reginald Roundtree is suing his former station and its owner, Tegna, alleging that they fired him in retaliation for raising an age-discrimination complaint. The lawsuit also alleges that the station fostered a hostile environment for older employees and sought to replace them with younger employees. These are allegations; the article does not report a court determination.
Source excerpt
The lawsuit alleges the station fostered a hostile environment for older employees and moved to replace them with younger ones.
Former longtime WTSP (Tampa) Anchor Reginald Roundtree is suing his former station and it’w owner Tegna.
Roundtree is accusing the station and Tegna of firing him in retaliation for raising an age discrimination complaint.
1989
News managers dismissed after computer-system access controversy
WTSP’s news director and assistant news director were fired after it emerged that they had accessed WTVT’s computer systems and used information from those systems in making news-coverage decisions at WTSP.