Viewers, Staffers Tee Off in DC Station (Patreon)

Many inside and outside Fox O&O WTTG in DC are not happy that longtime morning Anchor Allison Seymour is no longer at the station. 

Comments on social media show that many viewers think management at WTTG pushed Seymour out the door.

Many inside the station feel the same way. Seymour was loved by viewers and her co-workers.

While Seymour said as she signed off abruptly from the station that this was “her idea,” a number of people inside and outside the Firm’s station think she was pushed.  

WTTG has used nondisclosure agreements in the past with talent and people believe this is the same case with Seymour. Fox as a company has caught a lot of heat about using NDA’s in the past and people high up at Fox said they would be surprised if WTTG would be using one now. 

But, think that is exactly what they did. Seymour, who has shared her life publicity has barely spoken publicly since she left the station, which insiders say is out of character. 

A WTTG insider has supplied FTVLive with a copy of the NDA that the station uses and it includes this paragraph:

The NDA also goes onto say that basically the employee will not say that they were “released” from the station and that it was a voluntary action.

If Seymour signed such an agreement, it makes sense to her abrupt exit from the station and her silence since. 

As for WTTG, they are dealing with the backlash. 

This week the station put Reporter Tisha Lewis in the anchor chair on the morning show:

"Patrick (Paolini, WTTG GM) and Paul (McGonagle, News Director) moved Lewis in the anchor spot this week because of the backlash from the Black community," said one station insider.

One source tells FTVLive that the group Black Lives Matter is watching the situation and is taking about taking some action against the station. 

"The environment inside Fox 5 is toxic on so many levels," said one station insider. 

The insider adds that Paolini and McGonagle launch secret investigations into trying to find the people that are talking to FTVLive and even went as far as firing one employee that they believed leaked information to the outside media.

Stay tuned.....