Check Out My Mercedes! (Updated) (Patreon)

Update: Lea tells FTVLive that his account was hacked. "I have not bought a Mercedes, I have not been trading crypto or anything else that may have been posted since Sunday night," Lea tells FTVLive. He added that he is a proud owner of a Honda. Good reminder to have 2-step verification on your social media accounts.

People often ask me if I believe there are many good TV stations left to work for?

It gets a bit more difficult to answer that question, but the short answer is, yes, there are a some good places still left to work.

One station that I often point out is WRAL in Raleigh. The station still practices solid journalism and they are a good outfit to work for.

With that being said, it pains a bit to report this story about an Anchor at WRAL, who used questionable judgment in a social media post on his station-branded account.

WRAL Sports Anchor/Reporter Chris Lea felt the need to flex on his social media and posted pictures of what he says is his new Mercedes.

Since the picture of the car is on the showroom floor and not in his driveway, we have no idea if this really is his car, or he just visited the dealership. But, the car isn't the real issue here, it's the post itself.

After flexing the whip, he then goes on to pimp a woman that he says guided him through the process of crypto trading. I can not believe that WRAL would let one of their talents push a business on their station-branded social media.

On top of that, many people have lost their life savings trading crypto. It's a very risky investment, which many scams attached to the industry. The fact that WRAL would let a talent basically push financial advice to viewers is worrisome to say the least.

Finally, if this really is Lea's car that he bought with crypto, good for him and I'm glad he's doing well. But, with some many people in the country right now that are struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table, this post, if not anything else, is very tone deaf.

I would not have expected a post like this to come from someone working at what I think is one of the best stations, but it does prove there is no such place as perfect.