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Breaking news, according to multiple SFLTV.com sources: Jose Suarez, the current news director at WSFL and SouthFlorida.com/LIVE, was apparently let go from WSFL. According to our tipsters, Suarez was allegedly escorted from the building late last week at 3AM, and hasn’t returned since. Suarez is a former WTVJ employee, who left NBC6 for the position of news director at WSFL.
Some details are still not confirmed, such as the actual reason why he was “escorted from the building,” however, we are still looking into it. SFLTV tried contacting Suarez, and have yet to receive a response. We’ll keep you updated.
Video of Suarez on NBC6′s web show, “Autocast,” after the jump.
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My Interview With Joel Connable
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On April 27th, Joel Connable was dismissed from WTVJ with a sea of controversy and questions following soon behind him. After much persistence, I had the chance to speak with Mr. Connable and ask him some questions about what happened at WTVJ, and what he’s doing now.
The big news is a lawsuit has been filed against NBC. Gina Cadogan of Schnall and Cadogan is representing him in this case, currently filed in Florida state court. NBC claims Mr. Connable violated NBC policy by accepting a trip free of charge, in exchange for taping a story featuring the Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas. When we asked Connable about the allegations, he said this.
“I did not solicit favors from anybody… and I am truly hurt by the allegations” Connable said.
The lawsuit claims a producer at NBC6 suggested Connable and another NBC employee shoot a story for his travel segment, called “The Departure Lounge,” while they were on the trip. The lawsuit says Connable never agreed to shoot a story and they were all going on a personal trip and not taking any NBC equipment.
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