Scarlett Fakhar fired from FOX 26 because of political views

That's a shame. Does Fox 26 have some policy against their news people expressing political views on personal web pages?

 

Too conservative for Fox? I do not grok.

 

Yes, if Fox 26 felt her private actions would reflect on them in a way they didn't like, then they should have fired her.

 

It's not that confusing. My company could fire me if I did something on my own time that they felt reflected poorly on them. That's pretty standard.

Whether it's wise to do so or not is a different issue, and one which we frankly don't have enough information to give an informed opinion on.

 

Thanks, Obama.

 

she might have been fired for expressing her views on social media not because of what those views are.

 

It's perfectly acceptable to fire someone for being stupid.

 

There have actually been cases where companies fired people because of social media posts and been sued for wrongful termination and the company lost. It's not as straightforward as you think.

However, as a news person she likely signed a contract that said something about what she could and could not do on social media. I don't think they fired her for expressing a conservative opinion, I think they fired her for so boldly expressing a political opinion of any nature.

 

It's very important for local news people to be seen as non-partisan. She couldn't even stop at just a "congrats President-Elect Trump" or something benign, she had to go into full on political preaching about black on black crime and attacking Obama. And neutrality she had was totally shot forever and a news organization in a big, diverse city can't really have that.

But don't try to tell me that it's a bias against conservatives. A lot of the people working at news orgs here in Houston are VERY conservative, including the people running the stations that supported Trump.

 

You wouldn't. My company might. Fox 26 did.

It's a judgement call, and again one which was no doubt made with more relevant information than we have.

This is nothing to get worked up about IMO.

 

I don't think it's right to fire someone for something they do in their private life unless said person works for the public (e.g. a government employee like a cop, not a low level desk clerk). Companies have that right, but I don't agree with it.

If I were in charge, I'd just tell the employee to watch what they say and how it could personally affect them. Then ride out the SJW storm until those parasites leech onto the next controversy.

 

From the evidence presented, sounds like kind of an idiot with bad judgment. These do not help your career much. (though it could make you president one day)

 

Hopefully Trump addresses white on white crime