Lottery drawing host says WRAL is a racist organization

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Former lottery drawing host Emelia Cowans has accused WRAL TV in social media posts and in talking to other local media of firing her because she had Covid 19, and because WRAL is a racist organization. The company made this response to her claims:

On August 7, 2020, WRAL-TV terminated the contract of Emelia Cowans, an independent contractor for WRAL-TV, for blatant disregard of the station's essential health and safety protocols established during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms. Cowans entered the workplace on August 4, 2020, while having Covid-19 symptoms and awaiting Covid-19 test results. Her conscious actions resulted in multiple quarantine actions for WRAL staff and contractors and in the aggregate put other's health at risk, something we have worked tirelessly as an organization to manage.

https://www.wral.com/wral-response-to-termination-claims/19293092/
Bas2020
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WRAL is one of the most left leaning biased news orgs for local media in the entire country.


Not a fan of WRAL and how they try to inject politics into all of their coverage (including sports) but this claim is ridiculous.
Bell Tower Grey
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Bas2020 said:

WRAL is one of the most left leaning biased news orgs for local media in the entire country.


Not a fan of WRAL and how they try to inject politics into all of their coverage (including sports) but this claim is ridiculous.
Exactly. This is the perfect example of "look at me" attention whoring at its finest.
Pacfanweb
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Bas2020 said:

WRAL is one of the most left leaning biased news orgs for local media in the entire country.


Not a fan of WRAL and how they try to inject politics into all of their coverage (including sports) but this claim is ridiculous.
Well, "left leaning" (which WRAL most certainly is) typically means "Most racist of all but hides it well" so just being leftist certainly doesn't mean "not racist".
GoPack2008
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Bas2020 said:

WRAL is one of the most left leaning biased news orgs for local media in the entire country.


Not a fan of WRAL and how they try to inject politics into all of their coverage (including sports) but this claim is ridiculous.


Left Leaning organizations can also be very racist.
Mormad
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GoPack2008 said:

Bas2020 said:

WRAL is one of the most left leaning biased news orgs for local media in the entire country.


Not a fan of WRAL and how they try to inject politics into all of their coverage (including sports) but this claim is ridiculous.


Left Leaning organizations can also be very racist.


No truer statement was ever made, but I'm still not seeing this as an example of that based on what we know thus far.
Ripper
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Doesn't look racist to me.
Civilized
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"This misplaced outrage by Ms. Cowans appears now to simply be a money grab. Her lawyer sent WRAL a letter on Thursday, Sept. 17 stating she intends to keep sharing her story publicly, but that she's willing to stop sharing it publicly and with media outlets if WRAL pays her $300,000."

Sounds legit.
Ripper
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Civilized said:

"This misplaced outrage by Ms. Cowans appears now to simply be a money grab. Her lawyer sent WRAL a letter on Thursday, Sept. 17 stating she intends to keep sharing her story publicly, but that she's willing to stop sharing it publicly and with media outlets if WRAL pays her $300,000."

Sounds legit.
Sounds like racial extortion. Used to be reserved for Jackson, Sharpton, and the NAACP. Now, more people are trying to cash in.
Civilized
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Ripper said:

Civilized said:

"This misplaced outrage by Ms. Cowans appears now to simply be a money grab. Her lawyer sent WRAL a letter on Thursday, Sept. 17 stating she intends to keep sharing her story publicly, but that she's willing to stop sharing it publicly and with media outlets if WRAL pays her $300,000."

Sounds legit.
Sounds like racial extortion. Used to be reserved for Jackson, Sharpton, and the NAACP. Now, more people are trying to cash in.

Interesting for WRAL to go so public with this to try to get ahead of it.
FlossyDFlynt
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Civilized said:

"This misplaced outrage by Ms. Cowans appears now to simply be a money grab. Her lawyer sent WRAL a letter on Thursday, Sept. 17 stating she intends to keep sharing her story publicly, but that she's willing to stop sharing it publicly and with media outlets if WRAL pays her $300,000."

Sounds legit.
If there are any lawyers on the board, how is this not extortion?
Civilized
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FlossyDFlynt said:

Civilized said:

"This misplaced outrage by Ms. Cowans appears now to simply be a money grab. Her lawyer sent WRAL a letter on Thursday, Sept. 17 stating she intends to keep sharing her story publicly, but that she's willing to stop sharing it publicly and with media outlets if WRAL pays her $300,000."

Sounds legit.
If there are any lawyers on the board, how is this not extortion?
I had the exact same question.

Making threats to reveal information unless you're paid an obscene amount of money certainly feels like extortion.
Mormad
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Don't know whether to laugh or puke over the play for hush money.
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