The letter follows a day-long storm of blogs on her "aggressive" reporting skills.
"NAHJ affirms that journalistic principles, not special-interest driven community response, should determine if a reporter stays on the air." The report also scolds Ch 4's treatment as she was "escorted" out of the Fox 4 studios. The letter also states that no action was taken to the news editor and others who also let the story air - unedited.
According to several NAHJ officers bloggers have, for the most part, are raising pitchforks and torches mainly because of her recent award winning Hispanic award - believing this will fuel the anti-Hispanic sentiment.
Meanwhile KDFW has continued to meet over this matter, as well as others, and instructed editors and staff to keep quiet on this issue for the time being.
In order to quiet down the brouhaha, KDFW legal team has also requested that all video footage from YouTube be removed. A staff is currently sifting through all the keywords to find any occurances and issuing copyright emails.
As for action. The station has stated that her "indefinitely suspended" is just that -- and Rebecca Aguilar's bio has NOT been removed from the current staff. But, after repeated calls, will not discuss when the "suspension" will be over.
KDFW insiders say they have received a barrage of calls, some of them extremely vulgar, but sources say "management will not be bullied" by bloggers.
As for the statement, the station now says this is matter is private matter and therefore will not be discussed publically. No decision has been made for Viewer's Voice or even if they will air the comments from the callers. We will keep you posted.
By the way, overnight ratings for KDFW news at 9 pm for Thursday are slightly up and higher than normal, says one source.
Read NAHJ LETTER.
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