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We are hearing from Graham Media employees many of the same things that we used to hear from Scripps employees.

We often heard from Scripps employees and their complaints about Scripps Executive Sean McLaughlin.

Many Scripps employees still point to McLaughlin as one of the reasons Scripps fell from a company that you wanted to work for to a company, "that no one wants to work for," according one one former Scripps employee who worked for the company for over a decade.

McLaughlin was finally handed his hat at Scripps and after sitting on the beach for some time, he resurfaced at Graham Media. "To this day, I'm still shocked they hired him," said a current Graham employee to FTVLive.

McLaughlin joined GM as the VP of News and then talked his way into adding the GM job at KPRC in Houston as well.

"Sean McLaughlin strikes again," was the subject line of an email sent to FTVLive over the weekend from a Graham Media insider. The email pointed us to a story on KPRC's website with this headline.

In the insider's email, they write, "WTF does Sean actually have against talented anchors? Owen is beloved in the Houston mrkt...very popular...and now fired??"

Conflenti said in the story, “After 20 years, my time at KPRC 2 has come to an end. I’m so grateful to the viewers who welcomed me into their homes each morning, to my coworkers who became family, and to the station for two incredible decades. Thank you, Houston, for the privilege of sharing your stories.”

McLaughlin made sure he was quoted in the story, which seems to undermine news management as this was a news employee.

Now, you might say, it's just one Anchor, there could be lots of reasons why he left.

And, that is true, but along with Conflenti's position, look at all the job openings at KPRC.

That is a long list and in a market the size of Houston, it's not a place where people just go for a year or two. This is a market that many stay planted for years and years.

Then again, if Sean McLaughlin.is your boss, maybe not so much.

Stay tuned....