As a semi-professional blogger, I’m generally against anyone being fired for what they blog about or what they say on social networking sites, but when you start to do things that make your employer look bad or make yourself look unfit to fulfill your job role, then you’re getting yourself into trouble.  I’m pro-freedom of speech and pro-common sense.  It was Olivia Nasr’s lack of common sense that got her fired as CNN’s Senior Editor for Mideast Affairs after she posted a Twitter update praising the longtime leader of a terrorist organization.

As Nasr posted on her Twitter feed, she was “sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.”  Of course, one of the best things you can do is to praise a noted terrorist leader who loved suicide bombings and hated America, so it’s not surprising that she got a pat on the back and a slice of cake for her commentary.  Actually, that’s all sarcasm; Nasr was fired even after clarifying her intent:  she was praising Fadlallah’s stance on women’s rights.  Well, the rights of all women who aren’t American or Israeli.

I don’t think Nasr should have been fired, but it’s obvious that this incident created a huge mess for her employer, which already fights charges of bias in pretty much every aspect of reporting.  The last thing they need is for employees to go public saying potentially-biased things.

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