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Liberal Fox News Analyst Learns He's Fired Via Google Alert
We've told you about people getting fired via Facebook and via text messages, but what if you learned about your termination by reading a news alert sent to your e-mail? Well, to no surprise, that's how Fox News operates.
According to Think Progress, analyst Marc Lamont Hill first learned he'd been axed when he received a Google Alert about the story October 16th on his cell phone. The professor at Columbia University, whom many call a liberal, says he received the alert before lunch, and that, later in the day, a representative from News Corp., which owns the television station, confirmed its accuracy. However, Hill says, "I haven't had any thorough conversations with anyone." Talk about the cold shoulder.
While no one can say for sure why Hill was terminated, reports indicate that it stemmed from unease among shareholders concerning rumors that Hill has a "reputation of defending cop-killers and racists." When a person asked News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch about these claims last Friday at a board meeting, Murdoch said Hill was already fired. As it turns out, right-wing pot-stirrer Cliff Kincaid is now taking credit in an editorial for being the person who quizzed Murdoch about Hill in the board room.
Sure, Hill's firing was classless, but he should look on the bright side. At least he doesn't have to listen to Bill O'Reilly anymore. [From: Think Progress, via Huffington Post]
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Subscribe to commentsmedOct 22nd 2009 12:27PM
It's about time he was fired. I didn't know he was hired, but I know his remarks were typically ignorant and biased (typical of college professors.) I never saw an appearance where his input added anything except contempt for people who embrtace the philosophy of Marxism that has killed and starved hundreds of millions of people.
marshallOct 22nd 2009 12:27PM
Did he expect Rupert to step by the office?
Peggy ScovelOct 22nd 2009 12:32PM
I am so glad they had the sence to fire him and pray they stick to there word. He is trying his best to feed hate between White and Black. White people are moving on, it is the black youth that is being feed by people like him to hate white people again which will cause a up-rising and many deaths which the blood will be on HIS HANDS and may God have mercy upon his soul. His hands will have the blood of many upon them
markstlcardOct 22nd 2009 12:39PM
Good thing. Haters should not be allowed to spew their hatreds around the nation. Lamont Hill is a hater and leftist, not a liberal.
joeOct 22nd 2009 12:47PM
I glad the fast talking racist is history. I wish Gueraldo was next to hit the pavement. I don't see the reason to have an idiot on FOX.
John AyersOct 22nd 2009 12:53PM
Mr. Lamont was a far left goof ball anyway. If he was told the sky was blue, he'd say it was red with no logic to back it up. I'm glad the nut case is off Fox. It's worse that the guy is a professor!! Hard to believe.
atizolincOct 22nd 2009 12:58PM
"you dont see the reason to have an idiot on FOX".
Seriously they are all idiots on FOX. One more idiot on the roster really didn't make or break the news channel. Glad he is gone, and I think they should just keep firing people that way and save them the trip to work.
CoopOct 22nd 2009 12:56PM
It's "whoM many call a liberal." Dang, Caleb.
vesalagolfOct 22nd 2009 2:48PM
Seems like the right way to handle it . He got the amount of respect he deserved. Also, Why do you watch Fox if you do not like Fox. That seems stupid to me.