'X' Over Dick Cheney
CNN OPERATOR FIRED AFTER SUGGESTING 'X' OVER CHENEY WAS
'FREE
SPEECH'
 NOV
27: A CNN switchboard operator was fired over the holiday -- after
the operator claimed the 'X' placed over Vice President's Dick
Cheney's face was "free speech!"
"We did it just to make a point. Tell them to stop lying, Bush and
Cheney," the CNN operator said to a caller. "Bring our soldiers
home."
The caller initially phoned the network to complain about the
all-news channel flashing an "X' over Cheney as he gave an address
live from Washington.
"Was it not freedom of speech? Yes or No?" the CNN operator
explained.
"If you don't like it, don't watch."
Laurie Goldberg, Senior Vice President for Public Relations with
CNN, said in a release:
"A Turner switchboard operator was fired today after we were alerted
to a conversation the operator had with a caller in which the
operator lost his temper and expressed his personal views --
behavior that was totally inappropriate. His comments did not
reflect the views of CNN. We are reaching out to the caller and
expressing our deep regret to her and apologizing that she did not
get the courtesy entitled to her. "
Developing... (Source: Drudge Report)
Watch the video clip where a black X is flashed over Dick
Cheney's
face during live speech
http://media.putfile.com/cheney_xfile |
