Controversial Pittsburgh media figure Wendy Bell goes national on Newsmax | News | Pittsburgh

Controversial local media personality Wendy Bell joins national far-right online opinion site Newsmax.

Bell’s New Show, Wendy Bell Common Sensewill premiere on Saturday, January 29, according to a Newsmax Press releaseand examine daily news with a “lively approach to national issues”.

“People crave common sense in this country, and that’s what it’s all about,” Bell said in the press release. “Telling the truth, having good conversations, talking about what really matters.”

She ended the quote with, “It’s going to be exceptional,” which is reminiscent of former President Donald Trump, whom she has frequently shouted out on her previous platforms.

Bell has a history of issuing controversial and often misinformed statements.

Recently, she spewed anti-vaccine rhetoric on her Wendy Bell Radio website, as David DeAngelo of the local blog frequently reports. 2 political junkies. During the pandemic, she also went so far as to compare those who disagreed with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s coronavirus closures to those killed in the Benghazi attacks.

The former WTAE anchor launched her own site after being pulled from her radio gig at WJAS-AM Pittsburgh in May 2021, the third time since 2016 that she was taken off the air by area media companies of Pittsburgh.

Bell was fired in 2016 after posting a message on Facebook about a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg, which was called racist. In September 2020, Bell was taken off the air from her position as a radio host at KDKA Radio following comments she made on air asking park rangers to shoot protesters while talking about demonstrators protesting Mount Rushmore in the summer of 2020.

During his time at KDKA Radio, she also has asked if it was worth it shut down many parts of the US economy to prevent millions of Americans from dying from the coronavirus, forcing advertisers to pull out of his show.

After losing his job at KDKA Radio, Bell hosted a show on his Facebook page, which racked up tens of thousands of viewers, but his account was banned from posting videos for spreading false information.

“Wendy Bell has had a distinguished career as a television journalist and radio host, and throughout that career she has championed common sense and American values,” Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said in the statement. Press. “We are happy to have him on the Newsmax team.”