Arizona news anchor says he was fired after Scientology complaints over Lisa Marie Presley coverage

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Dodge Landesman claims he was fired as a news anchor from KYMA TV in Yuma, Arizona, after the Church of Scientology complained about a story he did on Lisa Marie Presley.

Landesman’s piece, which he admitted was not vetted by KYMA bosses although he said the rarely checked what he said on air beforehand, was titled “Lisa Marie Presley was planning Scientology takedown before her death.”

“It’s important to dig a little deeper into the death of Lisa Marie Presley,” Landesman wrote. going on to explain that Presley and Masterson had at one point been friends but then she left the church around 2014 and seemed ready to reverse course “to show up and testify in support of her friend [who was one of Masterson’s alleged victims]. She was preparing to declare that her friend told her she was raped that night.”He added, however: “Look, Landesman’s piece wasn’t great.

Pouw called the following day as well, and then Landesman was called in by his bosses, the news director and the general manager.

 

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What he won't share with you is the fact that he used this person for his source on Scientology... How is this a trusted source? What do you think the result would be?

WYMA did the right thing—thank you!

Pretty pathetic... what the H are they teaching in journalism school these days if this guy was so off the mark?

WTF ArizonaNewsnet

DodgePLandesman We are with you.

Scientologist that died bankrupt........

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