The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum » Stephen Ledrew fired from CP24

cash · December 11, 2017 7:48 pm

According to Joe Warmington

https://twitter.com/joe_warmington?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

RadioActive · December 11, 2017 9:04 pm

Does this mean he can now go back on Fox after all to tell his story? They asked him to return and fearing the consequences, he said no. Now there's no leash to stop him.

ig · December 11, 2017 10:06 pm

RadioActive wrote:
Does this mean he can now go back on Fox after all to tell his story? They asked him to return and fearing the consequences, he said no. Now there's no leash to stop him.

Other than Joe, do we actually know that he was fired, and didn’t throw his arms in the air and quit.

I honestly have no idea, I’m just wondering.

Hansa · December 11, 2017 11:27 pm

How long before LeDrew ends up at 640?

ig · December 11, 2017 11:32 pm

Hansa wrote:
How long before LeDrew ends up at 640?

With Kathleen Wynne about to fight for her life, I can think of more lucrative places for him to camp out for at least a year or so.

Radiowiz · December 12, 2017 12:02 am

Why isn't CP24 simply simulcasting CTV Toronto's noon news in the first place anyway?

TomTV · December 12, 2017 12:27 am

That's what they should be doing. CP24's current noon hour is insanely boring.

unclefester · December 12, 2017 1:13 am

What a goddamn disgrace

Do these employers have any shame?

Hansa · December 12, 2017 1:24 am

About time. He was a clueless interviewer.

RadioActive · December 12, 2017 8:37 am

I don't know how many remember that he used to do a show on CFRB before hitting the tube. They might take him back as a Round Table guest, or has he burned that bridge because that's also owned by Bell?

December 12, 2017 8:49 am

http://www.truthin7minutes.com/bow-ties-and-trust/

grilled.cheese wrote:
I didn't care much for his fashion sense.

cash · December 12, 2017 5:30 pm

a parting of ways

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/12/12/stephen-ledrew-cp24-part-ways-after-suspension-bell-media-confirms.html

cGrant · December 12, 2017 5:45 pm

"parting ways" -- sure.
Not to worry, they have a revolving door there -- how many times has Ann Rohmer left and returned?

Radiowiz · December 12, 2017 6:39 pm

cGrant wrote:
"parting ways" -- sure.
Not to worry, they have a revolving door there -- how many times has Ann Rohmer left and returned?

Why? What did Anne do to cause any upset? That might be the difference.

Hansa · December 13, 2017 3:55 am

Anne wasn't fired, she tried to change careers but came back a few months later.

RadioActive · December 13, 2017 9:46 am

LeDrew speaks out for the first time, giving his side of the story to the Sun's Joe Warmington.

LeDrew: “I guess I shouldn’t have giggled when CTV news told me that Fox was its competition."

Radiowiz · December 13, 2017 10:44 am

Hansa wrote:
How long before LeDrew ends up at 640?

If he wants,he has time to run for mayor first. That would be interesting...

Retaw · December 13, 2017 2:44 pm

RadioActive wrote:
LeDrew speaks out for the first time, giving his side of the story to the Sun's Joe Warmington.

LeDrew: “I guess I shouldn’t have giggled when CTV news told me that Fox was its competition."

They're really going with the competition excuse? CP24 is a local Canadian news channel. Fox News is a national American news channel. The latter barely has any distribution in this country.

Hansa · December 13, 2017 3:42 pm

Retaw wrote:
RadioActive wrote:
LeDrew speaks out for the first time, giving his side of the story to the Sun's Joe Warmington.

LeDrew: “I guess I shouldn’t have giggled when CTV news told me that Fox was its competition."

They're really going with the competition excuse? CP24 is a local Canadian news channel. Fox News is a national American news channel. The latter barely has any distribution in this country.

Of course, this isn't the real reason but it's probably a useful legal pretext. I think the real reason is that LeDrew embarrassed himself and his employers by going on a bigtime American news channel to talk about a subject he knew nothing about and was too arrogant to do his homework ahead of time. Regardless of what you think of the Ontario government's sex ed curriculum or LGBT issues, it was clear LeDrew was out of his depth and had no idea what he was talking about. There's also his vaguely homophobic "neither fish nor fowl" remark that he pulled out of his ass because he had no idea what "two spirited" means but was too arrogant to just say "I don't know".

Lorne · December 13, 2017 5:58 pm

Hansa, I think you might well be right. So often he seemed out of his depth to me, and I think that this was another example.

RadioActive · December 13, 2017 9:30 pm

The Star's take on this story has more comments from the fired newscaster, who (Le)Drew his own conclusions about what happened.

Stephen LeDrew calls reasons for his firing from CP24 ‘baloney’