Reporter Calls Out News Director in Post (Patreon)

WKEF (Dayton) Reporter Courtney Wheaton was doing a live shot for the Sinclair station while wearing a pair of bright green gloves. 

Her News Director Kevin Roach found the gloves distracting and texted Wheaton to tell her. 

This is the kind of text that bosses send talent all the time. They are watching the newscasts, they see something that is off or distracting and they tell the employee about it. 

But, Wheaton decided that she should call out her boss publicly in a post online.

Look, TV is a visual medium and if Roach found the gloves distracting, it is likely others did as well. 

If Wheaton had a booger hanging from her nose, wouldn't she want someone to tell her? 

The News Director's job is to make sure that nothing distracts from the story and in this case, although a very small thing, that is what Roach was doing. 

Also, I understand that his phone number is just a phone number, but posting that online in the group (FTVLive blacked it out) was also not cool. 

Your ND gives you some advice, he was not attacking you, he was just stating that your wardrobe choice distracted from the story. Take the critique for what it was and move on. 

You don't have to run to social media to post about everything that happens at work.

Just saying...