{"id":28895,"date":"2021-03-03T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=28895"},"modified":"2021-03-03T16:56:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T22:56:53","slug":"abc-7s-mark-giangreco-fire-ditzy-remark-cheryl-burton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2021\/03\/03\/abc-7s-mark-giangreco-fire-ditzy-remark-cheryl-burton\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7\u2019s Mark Giangreco under fire for \u2018ditzy\u2019 remark about Cheryl Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Cheryl Burton and Mark Giangreco (Photo: Matt Smith)<\/p><\/div>\n

Now it can be told: Veteran Chicago sports anchor Mark Giangreco may be on the verge of losing his job at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7<\/a> because he used the word \u201cditzy\u201d in an on-air comment about news anchor Cheryl Burton.<\/p>\n

ABC 7 bosses, Giangreco and his agent continue to stonewall on his unexplained absence <\/a>for the last five weeks, but multiple sources confirmed Wednesday he\u2019s under fire for a remark at the end of his sports segment January 28.<\/p>\n

A recording of the 10 p.m. newscast that night showed Giangreco wrapping up a story about Canadian hockey star Spencer Jenkin painting his house<\/a> while on roller skates and saying: \u201cGotta get him a show on DIY Network. We\u2019ll call it \u2018House Fix with Sticks,\u2019 and Cheryl can play the ditzy, combative interior decorator. I got it all worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sources said Burton complained to management about Giangreco\u2019s comment, resulting in his suspension. Talks are said to be under way that could lead to his termination after 27 years as the station\u2019s top sports anchor. Giangreco has 18 months left on his contract.<\/p>\n

Burton, who joined ABC 7 in 1992, anchors the station's top-rated 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Alan Krashesky. Burton did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now it can be told: Veteran Chicago sports anchor Mark Giangreco may be on the verge of losing his job at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 because he used the word \u201cditzy\u201d in an on-air comment about news anchor Cheryl Burton. ABC 7 bosses, Giangreco and his agent continue to stonewall on his unexplained absence for the... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28895"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28902,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28895\/revisions\/28902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}