| Inspite of a choice of hundreds of channels, I always | | | | Karen was fired because she wore an Obama Tshirt |
| listen to WWJ whenever I'm on the road and want | | | | while she, as a reporter, was covering a presidential |
| to catch the news or weather or traffic report. | | | | rally. |
| WWJ reporters like Roberta Jasena, Murrey Feldman, | | | | Whoa there! Karen, what were you thinking? Talk |
| Sunny Eliot, John McElroy and at least another 10 are | | | | about a boo boo that is career changing! |
| all dear friends of mine. Well, actually their my friends | | | | Having been a reporter for 13 years with WWJ, you |
| when I'm in my car because I've listened to most of | | | | know perfectly well that reporters are not supposed |
| them for the past 24 years. (I know that they don't | | | | to show any kind of bias towards any political |
| even know that I exist - :) ) | | | | candidate. Reporters have to be non-personal and |
| So when I caught a google alert just now about a | | | | completely objective. By wearing an Obama Tshirt, |
| Detroit reporter being fired over wearing an Obama | | | | you showed your "personal" opinion and that's what |
| Tshirt at a presidential rally, I hurried to check who it | | | | got you fired. |
| could be. I thought it would be some newbie reporter | | | | I feel bad for Karen, after all, she's my friend. But, |
| who was too green to know the rules that govern | | | | but, she should have known better. I hope that she |
| journalism. | | | | learned an important lesson from this experience and |
| I was dismayed to learn that it was Karen Dinkins | | | | won't ever make this mistake again. |
| who was fired, Karen whom I knew well. | | | | I hope Karen Dinkins will land on her feet and find |
| (Remember, she was also one of my car friends). | | | | another job soon. |