Sky News sacks Mark Latham and refuses to say whether Outsiders will remain on air

Sky News has sacked presenter Mark Latham.

The News Corp owned station announced the ending of Latham’s contract on-air this afternoon.

The sacking came after the outspoken commentator picked several on-air fights, including attacking fellow Sky News contributor Kristina Keneally  and broadcaster Wendy Harmer. But the issue reached boiling point this week when footage emerged from a show of a few weeks ago in which Latham labelled a schoolboy speaking up for feminism as “gay”

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