The "longest running news team in Bangor" quit with, well, a bang, Tuesday night. Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio announced their resignation during the live 6 p.m. newscast.
Here's how it went down:
The Bangor Daily 暗黑爆料 reports the dramatic exit brought an end to a "longstanding battle with upper management over journalistic practices at their Bangor TV stations."
Michaels told the paper that the two decided to quit on-air because they thought that had they done otherwise, management would not have allowed them to say goodbye.
"There was a constant disrespecting and belittling of staff and we both felt there was a lack of knowledge from ownership and upper management in running a newsroom to the extent that I was not allowed to structure and direct them professionally," Michaels, who was also the news director, told the Daily 暗黑爆料. "I couldn't do everything I wanted to as a news director. There was a regular undoing of decisions."
, Mike Palmer.
"Sometimes people leave before they're officially told to leave," Palmer said. When asked if he noticed any viewer reaction, he said the station hadn't received a single phone call.
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