Two news anchors at a Fox affiliate station in Bangor, Maine have sensationally quit live on-air, citing a longstanding battle with senior management over journalistic practices.

Co-anchors Cindy Michaels, 46, and Tony Consiglio, 28, shocked both staff and viewers by announcing their resignations at the end of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. broadcast.

Michaels, who was also the station’s news director, said she had grown frustrated with senior management's influence and desire for 'somewhat unbalanced news,' particularly in relation to politics.


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 told BangorDailyNews.com.

Michaels, who joined the station in 2006, said a balanced journalistic approach was often frowned upon, although she wasn't specific about what political leaning senior management had expected the reporters to adopt.

‘I couldn’t do everything I wanted to as a news director. There was a regular undoing of decisions,’ she said.

Both Michaels and Consiglio said the idea to resign was something they had talked about for some time and so felt was right to make as a joint decision.

‘I just wanted to know that I was doing the best job I could and was being honest and ethical as a journalist, and I thought there were times when I wasn’t able to do that,’ said Consiglio, who joined the station in 2006 as a sports reporter before becoming a news anchor the next year.

Neither presenter told anyone of their decision prior to Tuesday’s broadcast for fear they wouldn’t be given the opportunity to say goodbye to viewers.

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Tuk about resigning with style !!!!!!!!!!!

WISH THEM ALL D BEST IN LIFE
MAKE D SENOIR MANAGE MENT BEGIN DO EVERY TIN

LOL, this is a slap to the Republican styled propaganda station. Damn, talk about resigning while smiling hard at same time? FAUX news, you better brace up for more defections to the other camp

Wow! This is interesting.

When you stand for something you hardly for nothing. Hat up for ur courage. Erm...2nd

Employment opportunities?

Wetin consign naija for fox news anchor.

I still dey wait 4 d tym wey such scene go happen 4 naija

They should submit their CV in msnbc or NTA news

Gabriel_sylar: They should submit their CV in msnbc or NTA news

abi o

Khayordhe: I still dey wait 4 d tym wey such scene go happen 4 naija

Make I half..

that's nice.

Co-anchors Cindy Michaels, 46, and Tony Consiglio, 28

Is it me or does the lady look 28 and the guy 46? Anyway they just comitted career suicide cos no T.V station or any media company will employ them.

They were not being "ethical" as they claimed by reporting the irregularities of the company on the public domain. Anyway, it's not new for us to see reporters/journalists talk about the 'bad experiences' they once had but it's a misuse of platform too to announce their resignation to viewers on the platform they paid not for - they must pay for that airtime

They attempted to seek the sympathy of clients they had 'garnered' whilst working with the station - hence, these viewers will follow them to their next base. . . UNETHICAL PRACTICES!


This generation is witnessing different breaches of protocol when it comes to employment contract these days - from announcing resignation on facebook to the twitter scandal that occured recently. . .

[quote
author=crazygod]Co-anchors Cindy Michaels, 46, and Tony Consiglio, 28

Is it me or does the lady look 28 and the guy 46? Anyway they just
comitted career suicide cos no T.V station or any media company will
employ them.[/quote] True talk.

pingo: Employment opportunities?

Omo, future Employers will scratch heads before taking them o. I mean, can they find any news agency that is as "innocent and clean" as they want?
If next employer f-up na CNN dem go go anounce resignation.

slimming: abi o

or ait

Khayordhe: I still dey wait 4 d tym wey such scene go happen 4 naija

The closest to this that I remember is when a Cool FM presenter (I think his name was Steve Lane) objected to the way management planned to evaluate staff performance. He did this live on air. That was the last I heard of him.

I was just thinking the exact same thing!

crazygod: Co-anchors Cindy Michaels, 46, and Tony Consiglio, 28

Is it me or does the lady look 28 and the guy 46? Anyway they just comitted career suicide cos no T.V station or any media company will employ them.

KingPradas: Wetin consign naija for fox news anchor.

Our media staff (print, radio and TV)can learn from the principles exhibited b these 2 courageous individuals.

90% of the "news" on some media in Nigeria is Half truths, masked truths and at times outright lies.

Mustay: They were not being "ethical" as they claimed by reporting the irregularities of the company on the public domain. Anyway, it's not new for us to see reporters/journalists talk about the 'bad experiences' they once had but it's a misuse of platform too to announce their resignation to viewers on the platform they paid not for - they must pay for that airtime

They attempted to seek the sympathy of clients they had 'garnered' whilst working with the station - hence, these viewers will follow them to their next base. . . UNETHICAL PRACTICES!


This generation is witnessing different breaches of protocol when it comes to employment contract these days - from announcing resignation on facebook to the twitter scandal that occured recently. . .

You sound like a CEO or top mgt of a media house

If people followed news reports and commentaries of FOX News when Obama won his re-election to the White House, then it wouldn't come as a surprise the claims of the broadcasters that objectivity is shunned by the management of Fox News. Because the management of FOX News wanted Mitt Romney to win the election, their report of Obama's victory at the polls was very poor

[quote
author=crazygod]Co-anchors Cindy Michaels, 46, and Tony Consiglio, 28

Is it me or does the lady look 28 and the guy 46? Anyway they just
comitted career suicide cos no T.V station or any media company will
employ them.[/quote]
who said they wouldn't be employed ?
if the management are politically biased and affiliated do you think they will be professional in their dealings ?

Is that the 46 year old Cindy Michaels?She looks so younger,like 30 something.

This is really nice... Wishing them the very best of luck. I just they are Ω̶̣̣̥̇̊​OΤ̣̣̥​ lovers, because it seems so strange for the lady to quit on the same day!!! BTW, if this were 9ja, they would think twice before taking such decisions because jobs are Ω̶̣̣̥̇̊​OΤ̣̣̥​ easy to come by these days!!! I wonder what her husband or spouse thinks of such decision and well, as for the guy I just hope you have stashed a lot of money cause you're going to need it. God help them.

Hope those guys at Punch, The Nation, TV & Radio Continental
can also shame thier Management by throwing in the towel mid-air.

...but are there jobs out there for them? No. So they will prefer
dying there in silence.

So sad how lies, mischief and propaganda are cooked up by top management
and forced down the throat of innocent ladies and gentlemen all in the name of employment.

Fair enough