The shame is that one line, âFuck itâ means she will very likely never work as a journalist again.
I donât have a problem with her quitting. I even admire it.
But there is a reason you shouldnât burn bridges when you leave a place. Especially in such a public way that probably burned bridges in places youâd never been.
I am gobsmacked how many people believe she should be âashamedâ.
Seriously? Paternalism much?
Provided sheâs a good journalist (I have no idea) I would imagine sheâll find work again if thatâs what she wants to do.
Maybe the mainstream news stations and papers wonât hire her, but I suspect plenty of other outlets would be interested in what she has to say.
That line also made her internet famous and gave a great jumpstart to her new occupation: civil liberties activist.
She was pretty clear that she intended to dedicate her life to that work, and also that she was CEO of an existing weed business. In those areas she actually built bridges.
Sometimes the only way to stand out is to do something outrageous.
So, you listen to me. Listen to me: Television is not the truth!
Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a
carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers,
singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players.
Weâre in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth⌠Go to
God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because thatâs the only place
youâre ever going to find any real truth.
I saw these kind of comments on the previous thread about her quitting - not good to burn bridges, etc. I assume that she is wanting to make marijuana activism her full time work now and by having her video go viral she is drawing attention to herself as an activist.
To be fair, itâs also not a good idea to take a stand on any issue.
@jhutch2000 never said she should be ashamed, he said that she wonât work as a journalist again, which I reckon is true. Quitting her job in that dramatic way abused her relationship with her employer, and I expect every future broadcaster would be reluctant to put her on air again because of that.
Was it the right thing to do? Well thereâs probably a lot of arguments on both sides, but personally Iâm not offended by the word âfuckâ on TV, and she certainly brought a lot of attention to herself and the issue, and thatâs certainly a good thing.
As for this âTV anchor explains sweary exitâ headline, I donât think thereâs much explanation there. She explains the issue, hits us with some good numbers and brings the issue home. But she doesnât explain why she actually made such a dramatic and antagonistic exit - was the TV station somehow against legalization? Were they part of the fear-mongering? Iâd like to know if that was the case. I think itâs more likely that the reason was to get a lot of attention (see above) and that seems to have worked.
I wanted to smoke some weed in the park this Saturday; itâs a shame itâs supposed to rain all weekend.
Thanks. That is exactly how I meant it ⌠Itâs too bad that her taking a stand is going to have long term consequences for her career. Maybe she doesnât care. But then again, she might not care NOW and care very MUCH in a few years. Who knows?
It seems everyone is just criticizing her for being unprofessional, but what kind of a producer ambushes their talent like that? Quite clearly, she was not told what sheâd see in the teleprompter that day, they thought it would be funny to put her on the spot in the middle of her work day.
But hey, if youâve ever actually watched the local news in Alaska, itâs not exactly a top tier market. Sort of like what you expect from a hard hitting high school news show.
The shame is you have to sell your soul for money in a corporate environment. As is has been said, âMoney is the root of all evil.â.
ok, iâve substituted âIt is too badâ and it is still dripping with paternalism.
As far as usage⌠she didnt say shame. Someone else did. She didnât say âtoo badâ, youdid.
Your value judgements are irrelevant to her. That is what she said fuck it - TO.
Iâm sorry, is this some example of when someone brings something up, but itâs the listenerâs fault for hearing it?
Shame and bad have NO PLACE in this story. Out.
Your imagination =/= her reality
That offends me.
If they ambushed her with a story that was about her that would go quite some way to actually explaining her âsweary exit,â something that her statement completely fails to do (nor does it provide any real information beyond what she said while quitting). Seems like there might be some more back-story there, too.
If the listener decides to completely ignore what was actually said in favor of their own imagination of what was said, then yes, it IS the listenerâs fault.
Itâs a shame that there doesnât seem to be a longer recording of the segment so that it were more clear exactly what she was reacting to. The available clips seem to simply be isolated to the meme-worthy part of it, which doesnât make it all that clear. Unfortunately, even the video on this post doesnât really help in that regard - she does a good job explaining her position, but it still doesnât really explain what caused the reaction.
âŚor doing. That includes tv anchors.
or are you that much smarter than she is?
