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In January 2014 a snowstorm struck parts of Alabama, resulting in highways being shut down as inexperienced drivers ill-equipped for driving in such unfamiliar weather conditions were unable to continue, leaving many motorists stuck on roads in icy weather for several hours. On 29 January 2014, Fox News columnist Todd Starnes wrote about acts of assistance performed by employees of a Birmingham, Alabama, Chick-fil-A restaurant. Starnes spoke to manager Mark Meadows and assistant manager Audrey Pitt about their actions during the blizzard: Pitt also stated that the Chick-fil-A outlet opened their doors to residents in need of a place to warm up and fed those who visited it for free during the storm. Accounts of Meadows and Pitt's good deeds were reported by numerous national news outlets, including AL.com, WNYW, and KFVS. Subsequent kind works performed by Meadows were also reported by ABC and Huffington Post. Nonetheless, by April 2014, a forwarded e-mail message began to circulate claiming that positive news coverage about Chick-fil-A had been suppressed: However, several major news outlets such as ABC News and the Huffington Post had reported upon Meadows' actions (as well as his subsequent charitable acts), and if some members of the general public didn't hear about the story at the time, it was only because they weren't paying attention to the news.
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