According to TV Newser, a 24-year old Fox News production assistant was fired this morning for an admission she made on the red carpet last night.
During last night’s Time 100 gala, 24-year old Jennifer Locke was on assignment with Fox News crew in tow to cover the entertainment angle of the event.
When John McCain walked by she said this:
“I voted for you in the primary, you’re going to win.”
To which McCain responded:
“You’re not supposed to reveal that.”
Locke explained to the Senator that she’s the daughter of a Vietnam Vet.
Supposedly, Insiders were “shocked” and one person called it “journalistically unacceptable”.
I agree that the comments were inappropriate given the circumstances and indeed unacceptable while she was fulfilling her role as a journalist.
However, I suspect what the so-called “insiders” really found unacceptable was that Locke supported McCain instead of swooning over Obama.
If the media at large was really worried about protecting journalistic integrity they wouldn’t allow the vast majority of television and print media to all but outright campaign for Barack Obama.
If everyone was held to the same standard as Ms. Locke, MSNBC would have to shutter its news operation entirely.
At any rate, Fox News reps are saying today that Ms. Locke is no longer employed at FNC.
-Chris Jones
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2 users commented in " Fox News Assistant Fired For Red Carpet Admission "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI agree that the support for Obama is overwhelming in the mainstream media.
Fox is constantly being attacked for being too right-wing. Now they’ve shown that they are actually less biased in that way by firing this reporter for her bias. (I doubt this will do anything to shift that stereotype, however!)
Dude, FOX FIRED HER. Not the “insiders.” Not MSNBC. You can’t seriously believe the Fox News fired her because of a backlash from “insiders?” And your comment that “If everyone was held to the same standard as Ms. Locke, MSNBC would have to shutter its news operation entirely.” Yes, because every anchor or pundit on MSNBC has said they voted for Obama and that he’s going to win, right? And the same argument could be made for “shuttering” a news operation at Fox News for leaning right. There should laws against letting people like you blog or report. Your logic and argument is embarrassing.
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