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Boosterism used to be frowned upon in newsrooms even for local sports teams, but that's way long gone.   With the Mariners in the playoffs and the Kraken season near, all bets are on.  Brian Macmillan on Fox and The Moose takes over the KIRO news set 



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  1. AnonymousOctober 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM

    What's wrong with news people who don't cover sports rooting for the hometown team? I get sports folks not being partial. They cover the teams

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  2. Wayne LOctober 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM

    Mascots should not be on news sets or hugging up talent. There is no sports objectvitiy anymore on TV news, perhaps with the exception of KING's Paul Silvi and Fox13's Aaron Levine. Niko of KOMO is a booster most of the time and KIRO sports is DOA.

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