Clevelanders: Mark Johnson fired from Channel 5

[tom 48]

Cleveland​

Photo by: News 5

By: News 5 Staff
Posted 3:17 PM, May 09, 2025
News 5 wants to share with our viewers a change to our on-air staffing. Meteorologist Mark Johnson is no longer employed at WEWS.

“We want our audiences to know that News 5 and its parent company, Scripps, take protecting our audiences’ trust very seriously by requiring our employees to adhere to the highest ethical standards. We cannot provide further details, as this is a personnel matter,” said Steve Weinstein, WEWS VP and GM.

Our commitment to being the weather team Northeast Ohio turns to for safety and accuracy remains steadfast. WEWS will begin an immediate search for Johnson’s replacement.

 

[eastisbest]

Ethical Standards
This them finaly admitting there is no such thing as "doppler radar," it's all something these meterologists made up at a drunken convention.

 

[soccerdad72]

Wonder what he did?

 

[Yappi]

Any details yet?

 

[afwpatfire]

Judging by the comments on some articles I read, he had been contacting underage girls for years. Most of them said it was weird and nothing happened, but maybe something did.

This is just heresay, so take it for what it’s worth.

 

[eastisbest]

Judging by the comments on some articles I read, he had been contacting underage girls for years. Most of them said it was weird and nothing happened, but maybe something did.

This is just heresay, so take it for what it’s worth.

dangerous?

Other articles say he was maybe getting paid for name-dropping restaurants on his work postings. One rumor can get you shot. The other rumor can get you fired but a good seat at a restaurant.