Anchor for Fox Affiliate Taken Off the Air After Calling Rachel Maddow an ‘Angry Young Man’

[DonRedwood]

"Last Friday, nearly a month after she posted a disparaging, homophobic remark about MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on her Facebook page, Tricia Macke, weeknight news anchor at Cincinnati's FOX 19, finally issued a quasi-apology on behalf of herself and her employer.



On October 12th, Macke published a single sentence status update: "Rachel Maddow is such an angry young man." When viewers pointed out to Macke that her "Fox" was showing and she should apologize, the newscaster responded "I am sorry. I should have said antagonistic."

Both the original update and the response were subsequently deleted, but national and local LGBT advocacy groups refused to let Macke's comment slide.

Their demands for an apology were sort-of met on Friday, when Macke issued the standard "sorry if you were offended" non-apology on Facebook."

I'm sad to say she wasn't fired. Merely suspended after her crappy apology made her station reprimand her.

read more at: http://gawker.com/5960228/anchor-for-fox-affiliate-taken-off-the-air-after-calling-rachel-maddow-an-angry-young-man

[Wait Wut]

1. I have plenty of adjectives for you, dear Tricia.

The jury would have a field day with them.

So, I will leave it at...have fun in the unemployment line...you sack of homophobic shit.

[DonRedwood]

5. Sadly they only put her on suspension...probably won't be longer than a few days. :0(

[Wait Wut]

8. Of course.

How could I ever have dreamed that this ass would lose her job? Her damned boss probably took her out to dinner to apologize for the suspension.

She's still a sack of homophobic shit and isn't fit to lick the bottom of Rachel's shoes.

[freshwest]

56. I hope she's not emboldened make more trouble, but I doubt it.

Remember how Limbaugh doubled down?

[SoCalMusicLover]

2. Hope She's Fired

People just feel like they have to shoot their mouths off on Facebook or Twitter. Fucking Morons.

What a piece of garbage with her NON-Apology "apology." Sarcastic Twit.

[DonRedwood]

21. I wish--but only a suspension

The thing is, a real apology would have been enough. She could have taken a higher road and come through this fine. Instead she made a big deal out of it by refusing to be kind or thoughtful.

I know FOX won't fire her for it, but I hope it hurts her long-term career.

[crunch60]

42. The publics perception of her is forever changed, and her comment will come back to haunt her.

She let everyone know she is homophobic, that's a comment that has already put her into a special box, limiting future options for her. People will remember and remind her, in case she has that selective memory recall problem like Romney.

[SoCalMusicLover]

3. How Nice - Showing Her Children On Facebook Picture

Maybe she can explain to her children why she's suddenly home a lot more often.

I'm sure they'll grow up to be bigoted adults just like their mom. Chip off the ol' block.

Never mind...just read that her employer is bringing her back today. They probably feel guilty, and will now pay her for all the time of her suspension too.

Good thing she didn't insult the republicans.

[sammytko]

11. Doesnt she know that one of her kids might be gay?

What is she going to do then.

[Raine]

4. She's not much on looks, her face looks like some weird scruntched up pixie face. When

you aren't any more attractive than that don't go around insulting others.

[louis-t]

7. Are you kidding? If she could only have a brain transplant,

I'd ask her out. She'd turn me down, of course.

[mythology]

19. Her looks are irrelevant, but

I don't find her physically attractive at all. Too much makeup, too much spray tan and too much bad hair dye. That and she's an idiot as you mentioned.

[DonRedwood]

29. I agree about looks...BUT...what about choices? fake tan, fake hair, veneered teeth

nothing showing is natural. I wouldn't say she is ugly or cross-eyed--that would be making fun of how she looks. But making fun that there is nothing natural left about her seems fair. Says a lot about a person when everything about them is fake.

[Raine]

28. Actually I was kind of kidding but using the looks which I'm sure she

takes great pride in to show what a petty small person she is.

[DonRedwood]

35. She's so petty and small! She must be a 2 petite!

[xfundy]

6. Wow. What an airbrush job.

[DonRedwood]

49. She is a fox newscaster...what do you expect?

[HappyMe]

9. Good fucking grief!

Oh, I have some words for her ass.....

[Matariki]

10. She seems kind of obsessed with Maddow

[Cleita]

12. And she's wearing a pin-stripped suit?

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Well, I guess this means we have to stop calling Ann Coulter Mann Coulter. Truthfully, I think the only offense Rachel would take with that remark is that she is angry. She's not. She just speaks the truth and backs her truth up with facts.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Why do faux orange tan people wear pink-purple lipstick?

There should be an age limit on that look. 17-18 at best.

[DonRedwood]

24. NOTHING about her is natural! Skin: spraytan, hair: bleached, teeth: bleached eyes: contacts?

Her gums and the whites of her eyes are the only natural parts!!

[budkin]

14. Disgusting.

[Sophiegirl]

31. I am blonde

And seriously resent that comment.

[RebelOne]

16. So she made a stupid remark.

Why all this criticism of her looks? Why do DUers always do this?

[narnian60]

30. Because we're human.

[DonRedwood]

52. making fun of Rachel's looks/sexuality.... kind of opens her up a bit for comments on her looks.

[MrScorpio]

17. What is it with Fox and empty headed bleached blondes?

It's freaking ridiculous.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. Don Henley nailed it years ago with "Dirty Laundry". Released in 1982.

[Blue_Tires]

18. You stay classy, Cincinnati...

[No Vested Interest]

55. She lives in KY

Like many in the Cincinnati area, Tricia is a Kentuckian, went through school there, and still live in Northern KY.
PS - she was back on the news tonight.
She looked a little chastened, but I didn't stay around for the entire newscast - Lawrence O'Donnell is on at the same time.

[William769]

20. Good!

[Honeycombe8]

22. Goes to show you. Mean people can be cloaked in beauty. nt

[Justice]

23. she will get a promotion to national Fox cable station.

[graywarrior]

25. I had a haircut like that once

I grew it out after my brother called me a peckerhead.

[cherish44]

37. Looks like it could be a wig

Not bashing people who wear wigs, I have alopecia and had to wear hair pieces myself from time to time. That's why I can usually point them out.

[graywarrior]

40. I used to be able to tell but wigs these days are so real looking.

[libdem4life]

26. Can we boycott Fox, like a 15 cent pizza cost increase?

[GoCubsGo]

27. Tricia....

You aren't even half the woman Rachel is.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. Maddow's got more brains in her pinkie than this mannequin has in her whole plastic being.

What drives the wingers nuts about Maddow, more than anything, is that she laughs at them without letting them get to her. She takes their shit exactly as seriously as it deserves, i.e. not at all.

[PATXgirl]

33. She's just jealous because RM has 3things she'll never have

1. Brains
2. Personality
3. Her own show

Suck it, Trish !

[Sophiegirl]

34. If I were gay...

Super smart, savy, articulate, have as much intellectual acumen and about twenty years younger, I'd make a run at Rachel.

But I'm not.

She rocks. If I miss her show, I have DVR.

[ceejdre82]

36. Rachel is much prettier! I have a hetero crush on her! and I am sure that Rachel is 8097973 times

smarter than her

[hrmjustin]

39. Because she feels comfortable in those clothes.

[rawsome]

41. I understand...however

she goes out of her way to not look like a woman (hair, also) and I think a woman can be comfy and still represent the gender in the traditional way.

[hrmjustin]

43. As I said she dresses in what she feels comfortable in.

I think she is cute.

[crunch60]

50. Where did you ever get the idea she goes out of her way not to look like a woman?

Rachel is a very beautiful fashionista! She represents my gender with her understated elegance in both dress and hair style.. She is smart as a whip, funny, get's all the facts and news straight, and she's honest Love her. Yep, I'm a girl, a female, a lady!

Have you ever heard of these designer's rawsome? Yves Saint Laurent and Coco Chanel, • Paul Poiret -

The fall 2012 runways were awash in pantsuits that will land in stores in the coming week, along with less-expensive copies emulating designer versions. Attribute it to the shaky economy, or the renewed energy around closing the gender wage gap in Washington. Even power women like Hillary Clinton, who has been mocked for her penchant for power pantsuits in the past, is suddenly finding her commanding image has given her a cool factor.

Roopal Patel, Moda Operandi’s Fashion Director, and previously a veteran of Neiman Marcus says, “The suit has never been forgotten in the boardroom, for power dressing, but suits haven’t been a fashion staple for most women for a long time.”

[bullwinkle428]

44. "I'm Tricia, peppy, blonde and stunning! Sophomore prom queen 5 years running!"

See, we can be just as catty!

[Cha]

45. What an insipid B****.

[crunch60]

46. Can't we make Trisha a meme like we did the UC Davis pepper spray cop? Wish I was better

at photo shop, cause then I would start one for sure of this Fox twit.

[txdemsftw]

47. I have a girl-crush on

Rachel..she is awesome in my book. Intelligent, well spoken, and classy...unlike the asshole above.

[proud2BlibKansan]

48. She's been at this station for 19 years

That's a pretty long haul for a TV reporter.

[Botany]

51. She is just a "spokes model" playing her roll and no doubt she thought what she was ,,,,,

,,,, saying was the company line and a smart career move.

In her personal world and her current working world everyday she hears
that; the President is a n*****, lesbians are men, and that liberals are evil.

[demwing]

53. Is she real? She doesn't look real...

she looks virtual

[smccarter]

57. <begin sarcasm> I'd do her. As I'm sure many have. <end sarcasm>

Did offend anyone?

<more sarcasm> Tit for tat... BOOM!!! I'm on fire. <end sarcasm>

She sounds like an idiot. If she's not fired, she really should be. Should be black balled <more sarcasm&gt balled... get it?)<end sarcasm>

What an idiot. Years of work by women to get the respect they deserve, and how are they represented? By an absolute moron like this. Unbelievable that the bigoted pricks are showing their true colors.

Hello... is this mic on? Are we stuck in the 50's?

What is going on in this country? Is it again okay to be a bigot again?

[RFKHumphreyObama]

58. Tricia Macke sounds like someone who has a very high opinion of herself and her abilities

which is not validated by reality or the facts

Which of course makes her perfect for FOX