Ashleigh Banfield Out at NBC

[LiviaOlivia]

Ashleigh Banfield, once regarded as a rising star at NBC News, has instead become a shooting star, burning out as the network declined to renew her contract. The New York Daily News quoted an NBC News spokesperson as saying, "Regrettably we were unable to agree on a new assignment for her. ... We thank her for her hard work and wish her well." Last year Banfield was reportedly reprimanded for remarks she made at Kansas State University in which she charged that television news producers had sanitized coverage of the war in Iraq and had wrapped themselves in the American flag in order to appeal to "a certain target demographic."


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[boobooday]

1. She forgot who her daddy was

And made the mistaken assumption that a news organization run by a defense contractor would be interested in journalistic standards of truth.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Maat]

2. Hmmm...

Could it be because she criticized her fellow journalists for kissing up to the Bush Administration and sugarcoating the Iraq War? Could it be because she suggested that people should take a look at what happens when you fire a depleted-uranium shell at a group of people? Hey, let's find her a job on Progressive Radio!

[orwell]

3. Emperor

The Bush putsch continues.

All hail the emperor!

O

[Endangered Specie]

4. I could never stand her much... a bit of a ditz

[pacifictiger]

5. I used to think she was pretty shallow

and didn't much care for her, but she changed after her shock of 9/11 - she lived near the towers and was on the street with camera in tow all that day. I thought the international stuff she did after that was pretty good - must have been too truthful and balanced for some.

[Kahuna]

6. She'll do fine. She'll probably end up as a nighttime anchor..

in a major market.