Did Fake News Force Dominique Sachse To Leave Her Job?

Former KPRC Anchor Cites News Bias As Reason For Leaving Morning Show

Buried in a Chron story by Ariana Garcia, former KPRC anchor Dominique Sachse said she left Dr. Phil McGraw’s Merit Street Media network partly to protect her journalistic integrity.

“…Sachse said she has long prided herself on her journalistic integrity, and desired to remain part of something unbiased. "That is my gold standard," she said. "So, you take something like that coupled with being spread very thin, coupled with the fact that this was both our first passion to do this, and it sort of started to become really clear of what needed to happen."

Catch Up Quick: Merit Street Media was launched earlier this year by Dr. Phil, billing the network as a place for “common sense,” and news “without spin.” But as we first reported at Headliner, it was never on track to be an objective source for news. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick attended the launch of the network. It also platformed conservative anti-science folk heroes like Texas State Representative-elect Shelly Luther.

Headliner reached out to Dominque to ask for more details about her departure and has not received a response. We’ll update this story with her take if we hear more.

Why it matters: There appears to be much more to Sachse’s departure from Merit Street than is being reported. Are Houston reporters (who love to cover every twist and turn of Sachse’s professional and personal life) missing a bigger story about Sachse taking a stand? Will Sachse be ever be willing to shed light on the inner workings of Dr. Phil’s national network given its enormous reach?