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This is what he tweeted:

After we posted the tweet, Kummer sent this email to FTVLive asking us to take our story down. 

Now, it's great that Mr, Kummer has moved into a new home with his wife and daughter. And let's hope that his tweet does not have "repercussions on his career."

But, it gets a bit old that people want to blame FTVLive for getting them fired or in trouble. FTVLive has never gotten a single person fired or disciplined, it has been their actions, not mine. 

Mr. Kummer works in a Top 5 market, he should have learned long ago that tweeting something like this is not a wise idea. 

I have said it many times. When you type out a tweet, before you hit the post button say to yourself, what would my Mom think about this and what would happen if it landed on FTVLive? 

If you are cool with both of those, hit the send button and post away. 

Now, I don't think that Jeff Kummer should lose his  job over this post and quite frankly, I don't think the station will do that. 

But, he should have known better and I do hope his boss explains that to him. 

But, stop blaming FTVLIve and stop asking us to take stories down. Do you kill stories in your newscast because a viewers asks you to? 

Of course not. So, why do you think it's right for us to kill a story? 

The idea that people even ask, tells me something about their Journalism skills.

Just saying....