Carlos Frias, an award-winning Miami journalist and former host of 'Sundial', filed a federal discrimination complaint on Tuesday against WLRN, alleging anti-Hispanic bias. He claims the station discriminated against him and his Latino staff by canceling the show and laying off the team. This action followed an editor's remark that the show was 'sounding very Latino' and the creation of a spreadsheet tracking Hispanic guests. The Sundial team was terminated two weeks after Frias reported the issue to HR. In solidarity, NPR's 'All Things Considered' anchor Catalina Garcia quit her job.
Award-winning journalist accuses WLRN of anti-Hispanic discrimination #ReadLocal by @devoun_cetoute https://t.co/nSQoMiN8jZ https://t.co/vEGXxKfQS4
According to Sundial's former host, @Carlos_Frias, the show had too much sazón for WLRN's liking. https://t.co/sv4aEqaQFe
NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ anchor quits in solidarity with ousted WLRN employees https://t.co/QPF75sIBN1
New developments in the firing of former "Sundial" host @Carlos_Frias: NPR's "All Things Considered" Anchor Catalina Garcia quits job during staff meeting in solidarity with fired "Sundial" team. She tells @MiamiHerald she had enough of the lies. https://t.co/QRAc52Q2PM
Award-winning journalist accuses WLRN of discrimination — claiming anti-Hispanic bias https://t.co/G1T6fx1zSn
“In August 2023, he says an editor told Baena that the show was ‘sounding very Latino.’” In Miami??? No way!!! https://t.co/YaitELN6kC
“Sounded very Latino”???? In Miami??? Enraged to read this, especially as a @Carlos_Frias stan. A major loss (loss feels like an understatement here!) for WLRN. But so many of us will be following Carlos and his work wherever he goes. https://t.co/XcHrndafVm
Mic drop. @Carlos_Frias files federal lawsuit against WLRN, saying the Sundial team was told they were "sounding very Latino." Lawsuit alleges racial discrimination. The team was laid off two weeks after he raised his concerns with HR, acc to Axios. https://t.co/z4CoTPWNGZ
As if all of South #Florida (and thus the station's audience) isn't "very Latino." https://t.co/7Oj9y1G2ex
The former "Sundial" host filed a federal discrimination complaint Tuesday asserting that he and his staff experienced discrimination at the radio station, including being told by an editor that the show was "sounding very Latino." https://t.co/rjDuVX1sKe
SCOOP: Award-winning Miami journalist Carlos Frías says his former employer, WLRN, discriminated against him by canceling his local talk show and firing its team of Latino journalists. https://t.co/0mSypUzdep
The backstory to WLRN's cancellation of Sundial by @martindvassolo https://t.co/Oqb0cVHLFM
Scoop: Ex-"Sundial" host Carlos Frias says WLRN discriminated against him by canceling his show. From his federal discrimination complaint: An editor said the show was "sounding very Latino" and created a spreadsheet tracking Hispanic guests. @axios https://t.co/Rphd4THitu
When a Black-owned newsroom in Baltimore suggested that Homicide producer David Simon could suggest that people support them too, as well as a white-owned newsroom, Simon accused them of trying to "shake him down". #journalism https://t.co/8tfkoyl2bh