"Russian TV anchor fired for flipping bird after Obama's name"

[Xicano]

A popular Russian TV newscaster has been fired for raising her middle finger right after mentioning President Obama during a recent broadcast, according to news reports.

In announcing the dismissal of the award-winning presenter Tatiana Limanova, REN-TV said the the "unacceptable gesture" Nov. 14 was not directed at Obama but was intended for station technicians. She said she thought she was off-camera at the time.


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[spanone]

1. ....

"It all happened because English headlines of the YouTube video attracted the attention of foreign people, including reporters. This is a bright example of how facts can be interpreted. The Western media have interpreted it as a conspiracy theory. So many goofy things have been said about it - I am just speechless. There were so many words of support from racists in YouTube comments. I am loyal to President Obama, and my gesture was in no way related to the esteemed President of the USA," Limanova said.

"I thought that I was staying offscreen. I was reading the text from paper, because I had the prompter, and I made the gesture to the prompter to raise the text. The gesture appeared to be the way it appeared. But I was sure that I was offscreen," the newscaster said.

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. Wow. I guess they don't believe she has First Amendment rights.

Go figure.

[Electric Monk]

3. Doing something like that on the job is totally unprofessional.

It has nothing to do with the 1st amendment, which doesn't even apply anyway since she's in Russia.

Even in America, try that on any network about any prominent politician and see if you don't get fired.

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Where and to whom does the First Amendment apply?

Does it only apply to American citizens?

[Turbineguy]

5. Except

at fox news of course.

[Xicano]

7. Agreed, but I also take it as another example showing the level of frustration people are having

with governments and corporate cronyism. Average people are fed up all over the world.

[Recovered Repug]

6. How were her First Amendment rights violated?

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.

[dembotoz]

8. audition for fox

she starts next week after they smooth out that stuff about her being a commie and such