The alleged remarks came from the very people tasked with preventing them
A longtime television sales director alleges he was fired days after pushing back on antisemitic comments — made by his own HR manager.
Seth Abraham Rosenthal spent 15 years at Meredith Corporation and later Gray Media, most recently running the sales operation at KCTV5 in the Kansas City market. He managed a team of 20, pulled in total compensation between $275,000 and $350,000, and never once received a negative review. In 2021, his manager stated that he "really could not ask for a better performance from our Director of Sales."
Then, according to a federal lawsuit filed on April 11, 2026, everything fell apart.
In Rosenthal v. Gray Local Media, Inc. et al. (No. 2:26-cv-02194, D. Kan.), the 54-year-old alleges that antisemitic remarks by senior leaders — including the company's own HR manager — went unchecked, and that he was ultimately terminated in retaliation for speaking up.
The alleged pattern, as laid out in the filing, began shortly after Gray Media acquired KCTV5 in December 2021. During a management meeting on December 17, 2021, then-General Manager Andrew Stewart reportedly said, "It's not like we are running a concentration camp here." Rosenthal, whose grandparents fled Germany during the Holocaust, objected on the spot and reported it to HR Manager Monica Ngo. The filing alleges Ngo disclosed his complaint directly to Stewart, who brushed it off. No meaningful remedial action followed,...
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