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>Yahoo fired its former Washington bureau chief on Wednesday for a joking comment he made during a video broadcast from the Republican convention. Isn’t it abou
by batista 14y ago
>Yahoo fired its former Washington bureau chief on Wednesday for a joking comment he made during a video broadcast from the Republican convention. Isn’t it about time we admitted that journalists have emotions and opinions, rather than expecting them to be impartial robots?
The worst is the hypocrisy of it. All major political news stories have ten tons of hidden agendas, prejudices and interests they cater to, but when a guy makes a joking comments it's suddenly too much...
- mpclark 14y agoBut isn't it like dropping the F-bomb at work? It's a matter of professional standards, just something one doesn't do.