Sinclair To Reporter: There's No "I'm Undergoing Cancer Treatment" In "Team"

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In May of this year, 22-year-old reporter Alex George and two anchors on Chattanooga TV station WTVC went briefly off-script to explain that Ms. George would be absent from the broadcast for a while because she would be on medical leave after being diagnosed with cancer. She said she would be heading home to stay with her parents and kick cancer's butt, and would return once she did, and then the anchors teared up a little while talking about how everyone at WTVC had her back. It was very sweet.

As the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports, the community rallied around George while she underwent treatment for the nasty primitive neuroectodermal tumor, a rare bone cancer that mostly affects children and young adults. Two friends from the station even made the long drive to visit her, and Chattanooga poured out its love, because plucky TV reporters have fans.
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Even better, George was making good progress against the weirdass cancer, which had been difficult to diagnose (she was misdiagnosed three times) and could have killed her had she not gone to a doctor who had seen the same cancer almost 20 years before when he was a resident. The chemo is extremely hard on her, but she was declared tumor free on September 12; the treatment has to continue for some time longer to prevent a recurrence. Let's all take a moment for our refrain, cancer sucks.

And speaking of things that suck, in late November, while George was still under treatment, she got a call from management at WTVC, and they lowered the boom, because at the moment she's living the middle act of the Hallmark Christmas Movie with no guarantee of a happy ending.
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But don't worry! There's probably a very good reason Sinclair decided to shitcan a popular reporter who had become something of a local hero while she successfully fought cancer! Except you certainly won't hear that reason discussed by Sinclair, as Broadcasting and Cable learned from the rightwing local-news behemoth.

More at the jump:

https://www.wonkette.com/sinclair-broadcast-group-tells-tennessee-reporter-theres-no-im-undergoing-cancer-treatment-in-team

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[RainCaster]

1. Every Sinclair employee needs to see this

This will help them find time to update their resumes.

[Sherman A1]

2. One hopes that Sinclair suffers the curse of

"May their lives be filled with lawyers".

[lostnfound]

3. Friend recently laid off quite possibly due to medical costs, self-insured company

She said it was like The Hunger Games