Tennessee Sports Anchor Fired for On-Air Prince Tribute
Nashville television sports anchor Dan Phillips was fired from WZTV Fox-17 after he performed a Prince-themed sports “tribute” to his “favorite musical artist” on live TV.
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Marco Rubio: ‘Who’s Going To Be Fired When Ted Cruz Is President?’
Sen. Marco Rubio is raising questions about whether Sen. Ted Cruz holds his campaign staffers accountable for sharing inaccurate political stories about his rivals.
Yelp Fires Young Worker for Public Complaint to CEO
A 25-year-old college graduate with a degree in English literature was fired from Yelp soon after she posted a blistering open letter to Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman complaining that she was underpaid.
Spring Valley School Cop Fired for Videotaped Incident with Student
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott fired Senior Deputy Ben Fields, and said he overreacted when he was attempting to discipline a recalcitrant student at Spring Valley High School. Video footage of the classroom tussle went viral on Monday, prompting an FBI investigation and calls for Fields to be fired.
Teacher’s Huckleberry Finn Joke Leads to Investigation, Firing
On Tuesday, a nationally recognized teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District was fired in a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles Board of Education after a joke about Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn led to a broader investigation.
Taco Bell Employee Fired After Photos Surface with His Hands Down His Pants
A Taco Bell employee in Sandusky, Ohio, lost his job after a photo showing him with his hands down his pants at work surfaced online.
NYPD Body Slams Former Tennis Great in Mistaken Identity Case
Former tennis star James Blake, once ranked fourth in the world, is calling for the NYPD officer who mistook him for a thief and body-slammed him to the ground to be fired.
L.A. Times Staff Purge Continues
The L.A. Times is still bleeding employees this week with the announcement of a third high-placed staffer leaving the paper.
Jimmy John’s Employee Fired for Refusing to Serve Police Officer
On August 15, KSTP reported that the Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in Edina, Minnesota, fired an employee who refused to serve a police officer who wanted to buy a sandwich.
NYC Human Resources Administration Fires Dead Employee
New York City’s human resources administration fired an employee but had a hard time reaching him, because he had been dead since last December.
Former CFO Who Belittled Chick-fil-A Employee in Viral Video Now on Food Stamps
Adam Smith, who once made $200,000 per year as a CFO, claims that after he was fired for uploading a video in which he yelled at a Chick-fil-A employee for the company’s opposition to gay marriage, he hasn’t been able to find a job, and he, his wife, and their four children have had to subsist on food stamps.
After Bullying Contestant, Fired ‘X Factor’ Judges Will ‘Never Work Again’
Two panel judges on New Zealand’s X Factor were fired early this week for crudely berating a contestant, and now peers and fans seem to have drawn up an assessmentof their careers: they’re finished.
‘X Factor’ Judges Fired for Humiliating Contestant
Two judges on New Zealand’s X Factor, a televised singing competition, have been fired for crudely berating a contestant.
Poll: Americans Want Brian Williams Fired, Not Suspended
The Media Research Center’s new poll confirms the outrage of Americans over Brian Williams’ web of deceit. The poll found that 66.1% of the 1,007 respondents thought that Williams should have been fired rather than NBC’s decision to suspend him without pay.
