CNN Producer Fired for Having a Blog
In a move that has caught the attention of the blogosphere, CNN fired "American Morning" producer Chez Pazienza, stating that his personal blog "violated its standards for journalists." Pazienza started his blog, Deus Ex Malcontent, in May 2006 while he was recovering from an operation to remove a brain tumor, and he speculates that it was his invitation to start blogging on The Huffington Post that elicited the attention that cost him his job.