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The official network of the Major Leagues did not renew his contract to Ken Rosenthal, after his comments in The Athletic for the role of authority during the pandemic.
2022 has begun and not without controversy around the Major League Baseball (MLB), and particularly his highest authority, the Commissioner Rob Manfred, who is pointed out as the cause of an unexpected dismissal of one of the most reputable journalists in baseball in the United States.
All this, after the official network of the Major Leagues, MLB Network, will announce the non-renewal of the insider’s contract Ken RosenthalAfter 12 years working at the station, and although no official reasons were given, everything points to the influence of the executive.
What happened? We must go back to the beginning of the quarantines due to the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States, in March-April 2020, where the journalist published in The Athletic a series of columns criticizing Manfred’s work and handling of the situation in MLB.
Controversy over firing of journalist for criticizing MLB
After these posts, the chain itself suspended Rosenthal for several months without going on the screen, although with the payment of his salary, returning to the scene for the transfer deadline in 2020 until the end of December 2021, making his dismissal official this Monday.
The journalist used his social networks to comment on his dismissal from MLB Network that “I have always strived to maintain my journalistic integrity and my work reflects this. Nothing else is changing for me professionally “, adding that he will maintain his position both in FOX Sports like in The Athletic.
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