MediaBistro reports that “A 24-year-old Fox News Channel production assistant was fired this morning for something she said during the red carpet arrivals at the Time 100 Gala last night.” That “something” was sucking up to Sen John McCain as he walked by. The assistant reportedly said “I voted for you in the primary, you’re going to win” which an FNC spokesperson called “journalistically unacceptable” in confirming that the girl was let go from the company.
It’s harsh to fire the poor girl under standards of proper journalism despite having such a low position, but probably had to be done even though there is literally NO way Fox News could have not gotten bashed for this. Consider every scenario:
They fire her: they’re just keeping up appearances or are being too harsh.
They don’t fire her: they don’t care about the ethics problem because they’re a propaganda machine.
The comment was to Hillary or Obama and they fire her: it was because she stepped out of the talking points of their propaganda machine.
The comment was to Hillary or Obama and they DON’T fire her: she was lying just to suck up to either candidate.
Dumb moment with no winners but worth reporting for exactly that reason as it illustrates an odd position in journalism Fox News inhabits that ironically holds it to higher standards than its cable news competitors, CNN & MSNBC.