KTLA Fires Anchor Mark Mester After He Called Out the Network On-Air to Defend Former Colleague
justjared.comKTLA anchor Mark Mester has been fired by the network after he called out the station while on the air. Mark‘s longtime colleague Lynette Romero recently left her job at the network after nearly 24 years at the station.
The network hoped that she would spend the rest of her career with them, but she left to pursue another opportunity. Instead of giving Lynette a proper send-off after more than two decades of service at the network, she was not given the chance to say goodbye and no farewell video was made. Sam Rubin announced her exit with the following statement: “After nearly 24 years, Lynette Romero, our friend Lynette, has decided to move on from anchoring our weekend morning news.
KTLA management had hoped she would stay here her entire career and KTLA worked hard to make that happen, but Lynette has decided to move onto another opportunity elsewhere.” Mark took matters into his own hands and went off-script to give his friend the send-off that he felt she deserved. Click to the next slide to read what he said and to learn about his firing…
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