# Tv reporter's blog gets her fired. Right or Wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892 "2013-07-30T09:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/81 "2013-07-30T23:15:49Z")
My position on this has always been unchanged since people started getting disciplined for private stuff years ago: what you do on your personal time, unless its illegal, should be completely immune from any workplace punishment. Absolutely, 100%, even if you work for Coke and are drinking Pepsi, even if you work in a daycare and are a member of NAMBLA. People’s personal lives should be their own. If I owned a business, or are a manager, just out of principle, I would refuse to let that affect how I would treat employees during work. Even to my detriment, because fuck that shit ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/82 "2013-07-30T23:20:56Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Local news’ #1 demographic is so-called “old people.” That one alone would be enough to get her canned. I used to dislike old people. Then I became one. Now I dislike young people. But I’d never blog about it. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/83 "2013-07-30T23:23:51Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > So have you just decided to ignore the dozens of people who have posted that she admitted to committing a federal crime? “Morality” has nothing to do with it. With this list, her credibility as a reporter is shot, so she was justly fired, in my opinion. > > The visit from the feds in the next few days is just the icing. I wish people would stop dwelling on this. As I see it, she’s got a perfect alibi: she was doing it to get hits on her blog. Both liberals and conservatives should be wary of taking a self-confessed crime with no support and a “(maybe)” qualifier as gospel. Whatever she may have done, she’s still innocent and not guilty until proven so. She doesn’t deserve to be fired or disciplined ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/84 "2013-07-30T23:27:21Z")
In an interview, she said that the one that seemed to bother her bosses the most was napping in the news van. Unlike the other ones, I see no problem with that. Journalists need to squeeze in naps where they can. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/85 "2013-07-30T23:29:00Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I hire and fire people all the time at a car dealership. > I would not hire a guy to wash cars if they admitted to a Federal crime. > But hey maybe I’m just an asshole. She didn’t. That just means you don’t read with comprehension well. Perhaps you’d like to hire me – I’m pretty good at reading with comprehension – to read your legal documents for you … you could be getting yourself in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/86 "2013-07-30T23:30:14Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > So far as I can discern, **Evil Captor** ’s analysis begins and ends with this question: > > Was an employee fired? > > If the answer is yes, then the firing was unjustified. Thank you, Bricker, for that authentic bit of message board gibberish! ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/87 "2013-07-30T23:30:48Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > … if you work in a daycare and are a member of NAMBLA. People’s personal lives should be their own. If I owned a business, or are a manager, just out of principle, I would refuse to let that affect how I would treat employees during work. Even to my detriment, because fuck that shit Well, as soon as the the parents found out that YogKidKare was hiring NAMBLA members, you would soon have no more customers and the NAMBLA guy would lose his job when you shut down. Or would you keep paying him out of your own pocket even after you went out of business just as a matter of principle? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/88 "2013-07-30T23:31:59Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Now go do your moral duty and tell that person who had their face burned off how really ugly they are. Its your moral duty!! Hardly seems necessary, if their face has been burnt off. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/89 "2013-07-30T23:33:24Z")
Most of the list looks like things I’d expect from a throwaway “Confession Bear” on reddit. Some things you just shouldn’t admit in public, even if there isn’t anything illegal or wrong about it. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/90 "2013-07-30T23:34:02Z")
She said “I’ve stolen mail and then put it back. (maybe)” Is that an admission? Really? Or is she just being really snarky? I don’t think she “admitted” to a “felony”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/91 "2013-07-31T00:06:08Z")
Pure snark. She even calls herself a smarty pants on her twitter page. I guess the humor in the blog went over most people’s heads. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/92 "2013-07-31T00:18:07Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > She said “I’ve stolen mail and then put it back. (maybe)” Is that an admission? Really? Or is she just being really snarky? I don’t think she “admitted” to a “felony”. Perhaps the “maybe” is in regards to putting it back… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/93 "2013-07-31T00:31:40Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > My position on this has always been unchanged since people started getting disciplined for private stuff years ago: what you do on your personal time, unless its illegal, should be completely immune from any workplace punishment. Absolutely, 100%, even if you work for Coke and are drinking Pepsi, even if you work in a daycare and are a member of NAMBLA. People’s personal lives should be their own. If I owned a business, or are a manager, just out of principle, I would refuse to let that affect how I would treat employees during work. Even to my detriment, because fuck that shit Exhibit A in understanding why you dont own a business. Although Im betting you are posting in the manner that cant be mentioned here. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/94 "2013-07-31T00:42:15Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > My position on this has always been unchanged since people started getting disciplined for private stuff years ago: what you do on your personal time, unless its illegal, should be completely immune from any workplace punishment. Absolutely, 100%, even if you work for Coke and are drinking Pepsi, even if you work in a daycare and are a member of NAMBLA. People’s personal lives should be their own. If I owned a business, or are a manager, just out of principle, I would refuse to let that affect how I would treat employees during work. Even to my detriment, because fuck that shit LOL. Let me guess… you’ve never been in a hiring and firing position, have you? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/95 "2013-07-31T00:46:30Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > LOL. Let me guess… you’ve never been in a hiring and firing position, have you? Additionally, never will, dollars to donuts. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/96 "2013-07-31T00:50:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I guess the humor in the blog went over most people’s heads. Really? You’re going to blame everyone else for reacting to her mistake? Of course she was trying to be snarky, cutesy, trendy, edgy, whatever. What she wasn’t being, was smart. You are in a job in the public eye. Fuck up, and your fuck-up is in the public eye. Your employer, who is in the “public-eye” business, so to speak, fires you for being an embarrassment. It seems that simple. She created a personal blog, put her name on it, and fucked up. She made herself an embarrassment to her employer, and they cut her loose. This is not because they “didn’t get it”, it’s more a case of HER “not getting it”. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/97 "2013-07-31T13:32:36Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Morality says a person should have freedom of speech when not on the job. Clearly, you disagree. You have no idea what freedom of speech means. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/98 "2013-07-31T13:41:34Z")
My problem now is that I won’t be able to concentrate on the news anymore. I’ll be too busy trying to determine the bralessness or otherwise of the female reporters. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/99 "2013-07-31T14:02:03Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > You have no idea what freedom of speech means. Um … the freedom to speak the truth as one sees it? What do YOU think it means? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892/100 "2013-07-31T14:03:38Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > LOL. Let me guess… you’ve never been in a hiring and firing position, have you? Argumentum ad hominem, baby. When come back, bring an actual argument. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-reporters-blog-gets-her-fired-right-or-wrong/664892.md?page=6)