Fox 26 Houston general assignment reporter Ivory Hecker announced on Tuesday that she has been fired after she interrupted a live on-air report about power outages to accuse her employers of “muzzling” her.
Hecker went viral on Monday when she began a live report about the extreme Texas weather by revealing that she provided secret recordings to far right-wing activist group Project Veritas supposedly proving corruption and censorship at her station. “Before we get to that story, I want to let you, the viewers, know that Fox Corp.
has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers,” Hecker said during the Monday on-air report. “And from what I’m gathering, I am not the only reporter being subjected to this,” she said.