Reporter for Michigan newspaper fired from her job on election eve after profane and insulting comments about Michigan Republican US Senate candidate John James

Michigan newspaper reporter Brenda Battel has been fired by her newspaper, the Huron Daily Tribune after making insulting and profane comments about Republican US Senate candidate from Michigan, John James who is running against Democrat incumbent Senator Debbie Stabenow: At :41: “Man, if he beats her, Jesus….F–kin John James….That would SUCK. I don’t think it’s gonna happen though.“ (end, 1:04)

11/5/18, “Whoopsie – Must Listen: Michigan Reporter Calls Senate Candidate John James Voicemail, Accidentally Didn’t Hang Up,” tcth, sundance

“Republican candidate John James is in a close race in Michigan with incumbent Senator Debbie Stabenow.

A reporter named Brenda Battel from the Huron Daily Tribune calls Michigan Senate Candidate John James to schedule an interview. She leaves a voicemail with the details of her request, then…. accidentally didn’t hang up the phone correctly; so the recording continues to pick up her comments.

What you hear next, after Ms. Battel thinks she has hung up, is the personification of media bias.”… 

At :41: “Man, if he beats her, Jesus….F–kin John James….That would SUCK. I don’t think it’s gonna happen though.“ (end, 1:04)



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Among comments: Today’s media doesn’t think bias is bad when it pertains to their views. As they would say, “without evidence,” they’ve concluded they’re smarter and more knowledgeable than regular people: 

“Impossible says:

November 5, 2018 at 10:07 pm

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Funny yes, but moreso, tragic. I’m sure that straight-faced, before a jury of her peers, she could confidently dissemble and claim, “no bias, no bias whatsoever.””…

 

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