Posted on 02/14/2008 8:51:44 PM PST by RatherBiased.com
CNN has fired producer Chez Pazienza after the network brass realized he had been blogging at his own left-wing site and several others over a period of years:
In a phone interview this morning, Mr. Pazienza, 38, said he joined CNN as a senior producer in January 2004 and has consistently received positive performance evaluations of his work. He spent his first year at CNN at the networks headquarters in Atlanta, then moved to New York to work on CNN Daybreak, which has since been canceled, then American Morning, which is shown Monday through Friday, from 6 to 9 a.m.
Mr. Pazienza said he started his blog in May 2006 as a way to keep his mind occupied while he was on a medical leave of several months after an operation to remove a brain tumor. He got noticed by blogs like Drew Curtiss FARK, a popular news-aggregation site, and Pajiba, a left-wing blog of movie and book reviews. [...]
Then, a few months ago, Mr. Pazienza was invited to start blogging on The Huffington Post, the group blog founded by Arianna Huffington.
In a blog post and an interview with the New York Times, Pazienza insisted that his blogging was a personal affair. That does not appear to be entirely true, however.
In the blogger profile section of his site (which appears on every page), Pazienza states the following: "I wake up every morning baffled as to why America hasn't thrown George Bush and Dick Cheney in prison."
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Ditto that! At least that one was upfront about it.
Liberals: Proud to be baffled by the blindingly obvious.
I must agree and commend CNN for firing him.
If BDS is grounds for firing, they would have to go off the air.
Isn't that CNN's official editorial position?
Was he fired for stating it in public or are they all under orders to keep a tight lip on this?
Heck, Chris Matthews is cheering for Obama over at MSNBC. He still has a job.
Sounds less Bias then most of the Establishment Press??
Pray for W and Our Troops
Perhaps he could apply at MSNBC...
CNN only fired this guy because he was too obvious. I am sure they only did so reluctantly.
Pazienza “thinks” the same way they all do over at CNN.
Just wondering if he ever posted here. Certainly, we have all witnessed over the top negative talk about Bush and Cheney and to a lesser degree, Rice.
It’s hard to find sympathy here. How many FReepers go to work at CNN and bitch about their inability to express themselves? (You are dealing now with an idiot from the word Go!)
One of the things that have kept me in the Bush/Cheney camp is the raging insanity of those with B.D.S. Its not that I agree with everything about the current President & his policys, its just his detractors are so vile. Maybe if they didn’t come across like a bunch of rabid monkeys slinging poo, I’d pay a little more attention to what they say.
They did’nt get it all.
Wonder if CNN will report this as news, one of our producers writes on left wing blog Huffington Post that Bush and Cheney should be in jail?
Joins the guy that said CNN covered for Sadaam Hussein to get news access in IRAQ.
How the hell can you even say that with a straight face, let alone engage in it.
But, so far so good. I'm not complaining.
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