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KDKA Fires Employee Who Called Tom Brady A ‘Known Cheater’ In TV Graphic

The hero we needed, not necessarily the one we deserved. An update from a story I’m sure you saw going around on the Interwebz earlier this week. The employee who slyly edited a chyron of Tom Brady calling him a “known” cheater” has been fired.

KDKA released the following statement about the situation today.

“While fans are entitled to have personal opinions, we have a journalistic responsibility to provide unbiased reporting. The graphic that appeared Monday violated our news standards. The individual who created the graphic no longer works for KDKA-TV.”

Here’s video of the original incident, courtesy of Deadspin, in a short story of Brady and the Pats getting ready to leave for Atlanta.