I guess you could see this coming for miles, especially after the "extended" long suspension that KDFW FOX 4 place on Rebecca Aguilar over a reporting incident last fall.
Rebecca Aguilar claims that she was fired from Channel 4 Fox KDFW-TV in March 2008 based on discrimination and her attorney says his investigation has revealed that Aguilar did nothing wrong in October 2007 when KDFW management suspended her over an alleged controversial interview.
The suspension came just two weeks after Aguilar, a 26 year news journalist veteran, was awarded Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
This week Aguilar filed a Charge of Discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, better known as the “EEOC.” The attorney says Aguilar conducted more than 6,000 interviews in fourteen years at the owned and operated Fox station, but news management retaliated against her for advocating change inside the newsroom.
"I'm confident the EEOC will uncover what our investigation has unveiled. Fox 4 wanted my client to advocate change in the community through her reports, but to keep silent in improving working conditions in the newsroom," says Steve Kardell, her attorney.
Background on Aguilar:
-Recognized with more than 47 Broadcast Awards and Nominations
-Multiple Emmy Award Winner
-2007 Broadcast Journalist of the Year from NAHJ
-2005 Texas A.P. Broadcast Journalist of the Year
-2003 News Corp (Fox) Global Employee of Year
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