Drama at Nexstar Utica (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY)?

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This is a screengrab from a Facebook page belonging to Tracey Fazio, a Deko Operator at WUTR, part of Nexstar's Utica, New York cluster, which includes WFXV and WPNY.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracey-fazio/31/a97/351

In the photo and post, she seems to gloat that one shouldn't get her angry, and it depicts what appear to be finger marks on someone's neck. "Don't make me mad!," she writes.

Just as concerning is a post from Jeff Matthews, the station's weatherman. He writes, "You have done this to me too, and it is NOT acceptable." This appears to imply that Fazio may have committed some sort of act of physical aggression towards Matthews. Is that what happened? It certainly seems plausible.

Are these the sorts of people Nexstar is proud of as employees? Lest anyone think I'm picking on her, keep in mind she opened the door by posting it, and Matthews, a public news personality, seems to have admitted he let a girl beat him up.

[mastercontroldude]

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4341/proofye.jpg

This is a screengrab from a Facebook page belonging to Tracey Fazio, a Deko Operator at WUTR, part of Nexstar's Utica, New York cluster, which includes WFXV and WPNY.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracey-fazio/31/a97/351

In the photo and post, she seems to gloat that one shouldn't get her angry, and it depicts what appear to be finger marks on someone's neck. "Don't make me mad!," she writes.

Just as concerning is a post from Jeff Matthews, the station's weatherman. He writes, "You have done this to me too, and it is NOT acceptable." This appears to imply that Fazio may have committed some sort of act of physical aggression towards Matthews. Is that what happened? It certainly seems plausible.

Are these the sorts of people Nexstar is proud of as employees? Lest anyone think I'm picking on her, keep in mind she opened the door by posting it, and Matthews, a public news personality, seems to have admitted he let a girl beat him up.

Apparently putting himself in a position to be beat up by a girl to begin with, then come the questions: did Matthews report the incident? If not, why not? What if his apparent inaction had enabled her to repeat the incident, perhaps with more dire results?

[mastercontroldude]

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4341/proofye.jpg

This is a screengrab from a Facebook page belonging to Tracey Fazio, a Deko Operator at WUTR, part of Nexstar's Utica, New York cluster, which includes WFXV and WPNY.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracey-fazio/31/a97/351

In the photo and post, she seems to gloat that one shouldn't get her angry, and it depicts what appear to be finger marks on someone's neck. "Don't make me mad!," she writes.

Just as concerning is a post from Jeff Matthews, the station's weatherman. He writes, "You have done this to me too, and it is NOT acceptable." This appears to imply that Fazio may have committed some sort of act of physical aggression towards Matthews. Is that what happened? It certainly seems plausible.

Are these the sorts of people Nexstar is proud of as employees? Lest anyone think I'm picking on her, keep in mind she opened the door by posting it, and Matthews, a public news personality, seems to have admitted he let a girl beat him up.

Apparently putting himself in a position to be beat up by a girl to begin with, then come the questions: did Matthews report the incident? If not, why not? What if his apparent inaction had enabled her to repeat the incident, perhaps with more dire results?

Screenshot of Facebook post in question: http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6642/proofff.jpg