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Real reason why Channel Seven weatherman Paul Burt was sacked - as he sends shocked colleagues an emotional email
Paul 'Burty' Burt, who has been a fixture on television screens for decades, says he was popular with audiences but Seven insists the network was told a different story when it consulted focus groups.
Burt had invited locals to the Surfers Paradise beachfront in a video thanking them for their loyalty, which was posted on the I Love Robina Facebook page and has received 60,000 views. Seven's recently appointed news and current affairs boss Anthony De Ceglie has been replacing sections leaders across the country with younger managers. Burt, who wrote his own weather reports, said he also had not wanted to cut into his work schedule on a busy Friday evening when he did about 10 live crosses to the newsroom.
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