Ex KXAN weathercaster Rhonda Lee fired after attacking brain damaged viewer on Facebook

her reply to Emmit was as polite and professional as it could be, leave it to a white man to cry “angry black woman”. Newsflash Jack, she didn’t know he had dementia and even so, the only people who can’t be racist are poc. I’m sure Mr. Vascocu is a perfectly nice man based on his reply to her but what he said was still a racist comment and Ms. Lee replied appropriately. In short, her fight isn’t a “baseless” “overreaction”, you’re just being racist.

Okay, this whole article is making Rhonda Lee look like a bad guy. Her response to the criticism was completely professional and respectable. Coming from Bossier City/Shreveport where KTBS is located, I am 100% in support for Ms. Lee; her termination was uncalled for. The article makes her sound racist when that isn’t even true. I think whoever wrote this is racist.

lol @ this article…should I expect anything less from….TEXAS!

Really? You think her reply was an attack? I agree with Stephanie, I don’t see it as an attack by an angry black woman. I see it as a reasonable reply to Mr. Emmitt’s comment.

Are you joking? Jung would read this and know that you were the person with the problem, Mr.Hambrick. Did Lee stuff you in a locker or something? Also, Mr. Vascocu’s critique while casual w/ punctuation shows that his mental issue isn’t a factor here. He made a statement, used rhetoric to defend his statement then made a lateral comparison. It was a weak argument to me bur his thoughts are clear here.

Is this guy serious in his assessment of her response? Yes, she was angry, but she only displayed it to a degree. I’m reading some particular “feelings” in your response to her response.

Ninety five percent of communication is nonverbal. So anyone that saw her comment as passive aggressive anger or an attack when there are obviously no words, phases nor use of exclaimation in her response are only reflecting their own negativity and passive aggressive prejudice. They read it in the attitude and emotional state they themselves were housing.

The filthy racist slant of this little article is disgusting and I am as white as who ever wrote this.

Wow jerk..you seem more angry than the “angry black woman”

I do not understand why Rhonda Lee got so upset with the Facebook viewer
He only said he thought her hair was too short. He doesn’t mention anything about her natural hair style I think she is being way too sensitive.

Jack Hambrick freedom of speech does not give you the right to freedom of stupidity. It takes a really stupid idiotic reporter to write what you did and try your best to remove the focal points to satisfy your viewpoint of this innocent woman who was victimized for no reason. You should be fired.

Has Fox News taught you nothing? When you are trying to paint a black woman as a ‘typical angry black woman’ you don’t use her entire quote in context, you edit the quote to make it looks as horrible as possible and then post it as fact.

By showing the entire quote, you have shown yourself to be horribly racist. You are reading a professional, and polite comment and adding anger to it because your mind is horribly racist.

You’re never going to get a job on Fox News like this. Next time you want to portray an African American as racist, remember to edit their quote next time to show it in the worst possible light. Even switch around words if you have to. Michelle Malkin is facepalming at your incompetence right now.

Its clearly obvious you are trying to defend a station that let go of a professional woman over a stupid reason. The mans comment was not satisfactory but people comment everyday and use even worse language that what he directed at Rhonda Lee. He did not know the magnitude of the reaction that would be caused and Im sure he wishes he had just typed something to the effect of “i wouldnt watch you with your hair like that” instead of saying she was “cancer patient” which you LEFT OUT On purpose. You my friend are what is wrong with the media CIRCUS these days. You point out things in the writing to appeal to your story but you MISS THE FULL STORY. Dont try to make her look bad all on her own. After all, every COIN has two different sides.

Whadda maroon!

Dont reflect, double down!!!!

I can’t believe you call yourself a journalist. If you actually did your research, you would see that the post where Emmitt Vascocu explained his issues took place on October 29th and his comment to the news station page took place on October 1st and there are absolutely no previous mentions of having any ilnesses, mental or otherwise, on his facebook page going all the way back to when he joined on February 2nd.

If this drivel that you call an article is an example of your reporting, I am honestly surprised that YOU have been hired anywhere. You are nothing more than a bigot who thinks that writing this fiction will somehow justify your obviously delusional accounting of the incident. It is people like you that give real journalists a bad name.

There’s a difference between attacking someone else and defending yourself. I didn’t see anything aggressive in how she was educating him about why she wore her hair as she did.

Additionally, I have a fairly severe mental disorder. If I make a mistake and someone corrects me, it’s not “attacking” just because I’m ill.

No it wasn’t. Nothing was removed.

Digital Texan reporter attacks mentally ill woman on disqus!

I am an African American woman with natural kinky curly hair. I love how Rhonda wears her hair with pride. For so long we have been putting chemicals in our hair to straighten it because “thats what looks good in the public eye” there is nothing wrong with embracing your natural beauty and and defending it. She was not irate and didn’t attack him. He even apologized to her! I think even he would let her have the job back if he was in the position to do so. This article is bogus.

So you actually say that Jack does believe we are attacking Emmitt Vascocu and not Jacks stupid words that defend the stupid actions of the authoritarians at KTBS? Well then you are right, his brain misfires and he needs help.

I am not so sure, its common practice to manufacture outrage among certain political groups to try to rally some people for a cause.

It feels like he is trying a Palin, when Rahm called liberals fuggin retarded she tried to exploit it. It worked a little, although the backlash was probably bigger.

Your reporting of this issue is so twisted Jack. But this is typical of someone like you. You have no idea her state of mind when she wrote her response. Her response was honest. Her response spoke issues that other women like her face. As a man how would you know that. Looking for attention are we?

Jack Hambrick, you have made yourself look even more racist than poor Emmitt. Her reply was professional, she wasn’t cursing him out or attacking his person or character. And if what he said wasn’t wrong, he wouldn’t have apologized about it later than not. Just because someone has an illness, doesn’t mean they’re exempt from social rules just like anyone else. A man in a wheelchair can still not like black people. Just because he’s a minority himself, doesn’t mean he automatically relatea and changes his vision.

Your article is terrible, and quite honestly makes Rhonda Lee look better than what you pictured her to be. So much for Lee backfiring on herself, for you have done the same thing. It must be easy for you to say any black woman defending herself to anybody is automatically an “angry black woman.” I highly doubt she was popping her neck, and getting in people’s faces.

Instead of just publishing facts, you’ve made it very clear that you were on the “white guys” side from the moment this story blew up. You show that you’re a bigot and prove that you think that no one is allowed to defend themselves, even if it’s to someone who’s sick. Why should we take pity just because this guy couldn’t keep his mouth shut? And like he said, with his dementia it causes himt o say things that may be considered offensive or rude, which means it has happened before. He was apologetic. You are not. And that’s what makes YOU the racist and not him.

How you’re an editor in chief of anything is beyond me. Just a perfect example of how corporate white america controls the media as well, and spew their silly propaganda and not the entire story.

Dear Jack Hambrick,

It saddens me that you feel her reply to Emmit was an “attack”. It is true that he suffers from brain damage, but Lee’s response to him was not threatening or ” filled with disdain for Europeans and white males” as you put it. Her comment was overall informative and professional.

Also the “evidence” and quotes you have does not support your point. If anything, it proves you are grasping at straws to try to prove your point. Lee’s objection to the being left out of important station events, including a premiere party is justified. She is fighting because it was wrong of the station to not include her. As a member of their staff she is entitled as any other employee to attend. The respond of the network implies that she was not invited because the network’s preferred audience wouldn’t enjoy the presence of a black women with non-European styled hair.

Overall, she is not attacking all “non-black” people as you claimed. Your article is very slanted and it is a shame you honestly believe it to be true. If you don’t see the racial undertones of this article, then you should really consider opening your eyes buddy. The world is trying to move forward and you are not helping.