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SKY News sacks Mark Latham

A barrage of criticism after multiple offensive comments prompts SKY News to act.

SKY News has sacked Mark Latham following his comments about a Sydney high school student’s sexuality.

Latham described teenagers involved in a video about International Women’s Day “d***heads” and said: “I thought the first guy was gay.”

It was the latest in a round of controversies for the Outsiders presenter who had been the subject of complaints from SKY News presenter Kristina Keneally and ABC Radio host Wendy Harmer.

SKY News chief executive officer Angelo Frangopoulos tweeted this afternoon:

https://twitter.com/frangopoulos/status/846969533562847232

https://twitter.com/frangopoulos/status/846970000057548801

Political editor David Speers said the termination was effective immediately.

Those lining up to condemn Latham’s conduct included Labor leader Bill Shorten, Deputy leader Tanya Plibersek, federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham and his NSW counterpart, Rob Stokes.

In 2015 he was criticised for comments on Nine’s failed series The Verdict, and fell out with Fairfax Media. He still contributes to the Daily Telegraph.

6 Responses

  1. They hire these idiots because they’re outspoken and controversial, and then run away when they’re too outspoken and controversial. You can’t have it both ways.

  2. Unfortunately, divisive personality politics and encouraging a polarised debate in the community is the lifeblood of today’s media, especially on televised news shows and clickbait opinion pages commonly found in today’s on line newspaper sites.

  3. I’ve always admired Mark Latham for daring to say what is on his mind.Truth is the first casualty of this modern PC world & one can be condemned for speaking out.

  4. Yet Ross Cameron is still there. How far does he have to go before he gets the sack. Latham always seems to find his way back onto TV somehow so I doubt this will be the last we see of him unfortunately. There’s always a news show out there looking for controversy and he seems to be the go to guy for that.

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