“I think the other piece is Gaza,” she continued.
“And you just can’t get away from the fact that talking about Gaza in a way that humanizes Palestinians is not the usual way that cable news operates, or that any news in this country operates for whatever reason, that topic makes people uncomfortable.”
She got caught doing journalism. Can’t have that.
“Nobody had called me. Nobody had said, ‘You did something wrong, you’re in trouble, you’re on probation.’ I had gotten nothing. Then I get a text message early the next morning saying, ‘Can you talk at noon?’ And I was fired immediately. There was no warning. And I asked, ‘Well, what, you know, what’s the [issue]?’ Nothing. They were just like, ‘Oh, we just want to make some changes.’ They never said why.
Hmm, terminated without cause? isn’t this grounds for a lawsuit?
Not in the good old US of A. At-will employment is the norm, so unless it is very clear that she was fired for her race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, not much she can do.
It is in New York, under normal employment conditions. However, she was probably under some sort of contract that allowed the company to do this.
Reminder: criticize this administration, get fired. Storm the capital and kill a cop, get a medal and a pardon.
Same thing for Mehdi Hassan. It’s obvious even if they’ll never outright say it.
Same thing for Keith Olberman, too.
Can’t believe the CIA’s favorite news desk would do this.
