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How Very Network! Disgruntled Anchors' Shocking On-Air Resignation In Middle Of Newscast!

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Nov. 21 2012, Published 5:30 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

In what could be a scene straight out of the iconic 1976 movie, Network, two local news anchors at an ABC affiliate in Bangor, Maine, shocked viewers when they quit live on-air Tuesday in the middle of their newscast, and Breaking Celebrity News has the video.

WVII anchors Cindy Michaels, 46, and Tony Consiglio, 28, quit during their 6 p.m. newscast following an explosive fallout with the station's management and an ongoing feud over journalistic practices, reported the Bangor News.

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News director Michaels, cited "constant disrespecting and belittling of staff" and editorial intervention by higher-ups. "It's a little complicated, but we were expected to do somewhat unbalanced news, politically, in general," she hinted.

"I just wanted to know that I was doing the best job I could and was being honest and ethical as a journalist, and I thought there were times when I wasn’t able to do that," said Consiglio, who joined the station in 2006