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Asian American Journalist Fired By Seattle ABC Affiliate KOMO After Covering Proud Boys Protest

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Jonathan Choe, a veteran reporter for the ABC television affiliate KOMO in Seattle, has written an essay on Medium claiming he was fired for his coverage of a rally by the controversial Proud Boys group.Choe was covering the rally in the Washington state capital of Olympia earlier this month.

He tweeted a photo montage of the Proud Boys rally, including some controversial music in the clip. That drew outrage from the Twitterati, who allegedly accused him of being a “white supremacist.”“Let me start off by saying I am not a neo-Nazi, fascist, or white supremacist,” Choe wrote on Medium. “Those are just some of the names I have been called over the past few days for my recent coverage of a protest in Olympia, WA.

It was advertised as a “rally for America.”Choe, a reporter of 20 years, created a photo montage with sound from the march to end his day.

In the clips, he included music from the rally that included a song called “We’ll Have Our Home Again.” Although Choe was unfamiliar with the tune, it is allegedly played frequently at Proud Boys rallies and similar gatherings.“I wanted to simply capture a moment in time, with authentic visuals and sounds.

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