Fox affiliate KTVU in SF Bay Area cancels live coverage of Sunday's pride parade

[Newsjock]

Source: SFist

Expecting nudity, foul language, and at the very least a lot of jockstraps and bare asses, the general manager of local Fox affiliate KTVU has pulled the plug on its live coverage of this year's LGBT Pride parade on Sunday. Rich Lieberman just blogged about this development, saying that a source told him that GM Greg Kelly "wanted no part of the parade," at least insofar as they were planning to have a live stream of it on the web.

Read more: http://sfist.com/2015/06/26/local_fox_affiliate_ktvu_canceling.php

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Edit: Not everyone at KTVU is apparently reading from the same book today; here is their current Facebook page header:

[randys1]

1. FUckers...motherfuckers...

[arcane1]

2. They're only just now expecting nudity?

[KamaAina]

3. They just got bought out by Fox

Expect more of this crap as time goes on. The leading newscast in the Bay Area is about to morph into a right-wing screed.

edit: And note the timing. Not even Fox could suddenly realize the possibility of nudity two days before Pride.

[arcane1]

6. I'm hoping the camera crew called in sick so they could attend

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. CRITICAL question, are they a local affiliate

or did FOX national bought them? I ask becuase our local affiliate is actually pretty good for local issues.

[KamaAina]

9. Fox just bought them

They had been a very, very good local affiliate until then. Movies like "Milk" use clips of their news coverage.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. My sincere condolences then

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Some of the photos we took at Pride last year

were not nudity, but were indeed highly suggestive. And this is news? We just did not run them.

[still_one]

4. How stupid. Do they cover Bay to Breakers? There is nudity and festivities during that

race. They control the camera, and they can point it anywhere they want, so this is a lame excuse

[Rex]

8. This is good! Now we get to see all the slimy creatures that hid under rocks for so long!

EXPOSE YOURSELVES ASSHOLE! What other asshole wants to step up to the national spotlight plate!?

[tularetom]

11. Not the first time KTVU has embarrassed itself recently

Remember the fake pilot names in the Korean airline crash at SFO?

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/KTVU-producers-fired-over-Asiana-pilots-fake-4685627.php

"Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow"

When we first got the dish out here we used to get the Channel 2 news and it was far superior to anything else on TV. Besides it came on at 10PM an hour ahead of all the other stations.

We don't get it anymore but it doesn't seem like they have kept up the same high standards.