{"id":25667,"date":"2016-07-30T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T19:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25667"},"modified":"2016-07-30T12:33:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T19:33:24","slug":"st-louis-journalist-booted-from-job-after-offensive-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25667","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Journalist Booted from Job After Offensive Comments on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25673 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/dailymailcom-300x58.png\" alt=\"dailymailcom\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/dailymailcom-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/dailymailcom.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cbs-resources\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A St Louis reporter who sparked outrage after he posted a sick &#8216;lead diet&#8217; joke about Michael Brown&#8217;s mother and her son&#8217;s shooting death on Facebook, has been fired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\">KTVI spokeswoman, Suzie Mahe, said she was unable to comment on personnel matters, but she confirmed that &#8216;Bobby Hughes no longer works here; he&#8217;s no longer an employee of KTVI&#8217;, according to the <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/lifestyles\/columns\/joe-holleman\/after-rude-joke-reporter-bobby-hughes-no-longer-at-ktvi\/article_62c81c43-7bd1-556d-8ee8-f9daa885eb6e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">St Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Hughes, a photographer and reporter at Fox 2 News, posted the joke on July 22 about Lezley McSpadden, Brown&#8217;s mother, being invited to the Democratic National Convention, according to the\u00a0St Louis American\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ced7b6f91933a35a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/07\/30\/00\/36B77B7300000578-3715508-image-a-1_1469834820420.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Hughes, a photographer and reporter at Fox 2 News, posted the joke on July 22 about Lezley McSpadden, Brown's mother, being invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention\" width=\"634\" height=\"445\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bobby Hughes, a photographer and reporter at Fox 2 News, posted the joke on July 22 about Lezley McSpadden, Brown&#8217;s mother, being invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-22ec3a01e1b5056f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/07\/30\/00\/36B781CB00000578-3715508-image-a-2_1469835510253.jpg\" alt=\"Hughes' comment (pictured) was in response to an original post made by city officer Lt Jerry Foster who wrote: 'Why not let them speak. It is the Democratic Criminal Party. How fitting'\" width=\"634\" height=\"209\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Hughes&#8217; comment (pictured) was in response to an original post made by city officer Lt Jerry Foster who wrote: &#8216;Why not let them speak. It is the Democratic Criminal Party. How fitting&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Hughes commented: &#8216;She&#8217;s going to talk about the new lead diet she&#8217;s endorsed. Five servings and you can lose 200 lbs in two years easily.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\">He was responding to an original post made by city officer Lt Jerry Foster who wrote:\u00a0&#8216;Why not let them speak. It is the Democratic Criminal Party. 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