Is Gray OK with This? (Patreon)

KFDA In Amarillo was doing election coverage and this caught our eye. 

The station threw to Reporter Vania Patino who was at Congressional primary winner Ronny Jackson watch party. 

As the anchor tossed to Patino, she is standing right next to Jackson wearing a mask.

But then, she takes the mask off and starts giving her report and interviewing Jackson who is standing less than a foot from her. This seems to defeat the entire purpose of the mask in the first place. 

Jackson's supporters standing in the background are yelling their support.  

It is a large group and yet only one person in that group can be seen wearing a mask. In Texas right now, there is a mandatory mask law/ordinance statewide for communities with more than 20 cases. Amarillo was one of the top hot spots in the state and yet here is the Reporter and most others in the room, ignoring the mandate.

The station is owned by Gray and we have to wonder if the suits at Gray no that this happened. 

Gray has been very good about the safety and concern of their employees during this pandemic and yet here is a Reporter that is in a room with a lot of people, most not wearing masks and then strips it off when the live shot starts. 

It seems that the station put this Reporter in a hazardous situation and then lets her ditch the mask to do her report. 

I can only hope that the Reporter does not end up with the coronavirus and then brings it back to the station. 

I would hope that Patino and other news people from the station that was in that room are self-quarantining. 

I also have to question the actions on management that are dealing with a young and inexperienced staff. 

Let's hope that Gray is looking into this?