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Local News Anchors Resign, Tell Bangor Daily News It's Because Bosses Wanted Them to Be Biased

By Ken Shepherd | November 26, 2012 | 17:23

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Last Tuesday night, Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio of ABC 7 out of Bangor, Maine, resigned on air. The Bangor Daily News's Andrew Neff reported that the duo told him that they resigned in part because senior management at their TV station wanted them to deviate from objectively covering the news to bearing a decidedly more editorial slant (see MRCTV video of the on air resignation below; emphasis mine):