Fired CNN producer blogs about his dismissal

Posted by Cory Bergman on February 20, 2008

Chez Pazienza, the American Morning producer who was fired for blogging, has written a long post about his dismissal. Regardless of who you think was in the right, I found it interesting to note that Pazienza admits that “the profession I once loved and felt honored to be a part of has lost its way.” I think many producers in TV news feel the same way. Pazienza used his blog as an outlet, and it backfired.

Mitch

He calls Lou Dobbs a fascist in the blog post you link to. That’s all you need to know. He’s also used hate speech in other blog posts. Sorry….CNN has to fire people like that.
Brink

The concept of blogging suggests that everyone’s opinion is equally worth reading.

They aren’t. Especially in this case.
Brink

By the way, it’s always fun to read quotes like, â€œthe profession I once loved and felt honored to be a part of has lost its way,” from someone AFTER they have been involuntarily released from said profession.
Fed Up

I left the profession, too. I am glad to no longer be a part of it. Why? The fired CNN producer has some key points — the adoration with Anna Nicole Smith’s death. Now really, how many people does this impact? The same with the Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan sagas. How about looking into the hundreds of thousands of young people who do not have the ability to enter a rehab clinic? If you watch any local television news, say today, because it’s a sweeps month, you will see vapid “news stories.” They have little to no impact and/or bearing on the vast majority of the viewers.
Rob

Many producers may feel the same way Cory, but they’re probably taking their frustration out in the gym, the bar, the gun range or wherever … but they’re not doing something that will embarrass their employers by doing something that may or may not get them fired for violating an obscure rule in an inches-thick personnel handbook that no one reads cover-to-cover until they’re visited by Bill Lumbergh and his HR sidekick.

I have a sideline outside of work … I’m publishing a book. One of the first steps I took when I made the plunge was let my manager know what the book was about and that I was getting it published. If you’re going to do something on the side, it’s better to communicate up front instead of letting your manager be blindsided when he finds out on his own.
Terrell Owens

This guy reminds me of myself.

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He’s so focused on justifying what he did that he can’t see the real issue: all he had to do was ask for permission. Everything else is just drama and distraction.
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A man in his position needs to be careful where he choses to express his opinions.
LT

Does anyone else see the irony of people giving their opinions on how others shouldn’t express their opinions?
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