corrente

Good god no, not Jello Joe....I mean this Leiberman....

(via NYT, although actually a Baltimore Sun story except I hate their registration policy)

The Washington bureau chief for Sinclair Broadcast Group said he was fired Monday after he criticized the company's plans to produce a news program based on a documentary critical of John Kerry's Vietnam-era anti-war activities.

Jon Leiberman said he was fired by Joseph DeFeo, Sinclair's vice president for news, and ``escorted out of the building.''

``I was told I violated company policy by divulging information from a staff meeting to The (Baltimore) Sun in this morning's edition,'' Leiberman said late Monday.

Leiberman, 29, criticized his employer in an interview with The Sun published Monday. He said in that interview, ``I have nothing to gain here -- and really, I have a lot to lose.''

He added on Monday: ``I really feel like I can sleep at night and I can be OK with my decision'' to criticize Sinclair publicly. ... I know I stood up for the principles of objectivity. In journalism, all we have is credibility and objectivity.''

Of course, the question is how anybody with concern for credibility and objectivity ever wound up working for Sinclair in the first place, although the fact that he was a Washington (or any) bureau chief at age 29 provides a clue. At any rate I think he's not likely to be unemployed for long. He really ought to fire a resume over to the aforecited NYT just in case the despicable Okrent decides to "spend more time with his family" anytime soon. Yesterday would be nice.