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As Florida News Center reported last week, Tampa’s Bay News 9 has let go anchor Leigh Moody, BHSN anchor/reporter Joe Girvan and “en Espanol” reporter Sandra Pinto. Bay News 9 claims that these personalities were let go in a cost cutting measure by owner Bright House Networks.

***NOTE*** – The portion below is not substantiated and was written from emails to FLNewsCenter.com c/o sources close to Bright House Networks.

Since those stories, we have received several emails claiming that there’s a little more to the firings. Several of those particularly mention the firing of BHSN’s Joe Girvan. Sources claim that Girvan was let go bring on newbie Brooke Bennett (who started at the end of the Summer 2009…story here). Why is this important? Bennett a three-time Olympic swimmer and gold medal winner (in Atlanta 1996) does not have a journalistic background nor on air experience. The story gets more interesting when a source said this below (info in parenthesis added by FNC):

Elliott Wiser’s (GM at Bay News 9) hubris has turned into pure insanity. Word is Joe Girvan was fired in order to make room for this “talent” (Bennett) … who, by the way, wouldn’t have a job if it weren’t for the fact Wiser’s daughter is on the swim team. **(the same Valirco swim team that Bennett has been on since her childhood)

So, interpret that quote as you see fit…and stay tuned for further information.

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