Drudge is reporting that CNN has fired the operator who berated a put-on caller who recorded the convo as part of the latest media "gotcha!" over the Xing of the Vice President. Says Drudge, elevating the once-invisible Turner Broadcasting Co. call center operator to the status of full-blown CNN staffer in the process:
A CNN switchboard operator was fired over the holiday -- after the operator claimed the 'X' placed over Vice President's Dick Cheney's face was "free speech!"
"We did it just to make a point. Tell them to stop lying, Bush and Cheney," the CNN operator said to a caller. "Bring our soldiers home."
The caller initially phoned the network to complain about the all-news channel flashing an "X' over Cheney as he gave an address live from Washington.
"Was it not freedom of speech? Yes or No?" the CNN operator explained.
"If you don't like it, don't watch."
Laurie Goldberg, Senior Vice President for Public Relations with CNN, said in a release:
"A Turner switchboard operator was fired today after we were alerted to a conversation the operator had with a caller in which the operator lost his temper and expressed his personal views -- behavior that was totally inappropriate. His comments did not reflect the views of CNN. We are reaching out to the caller and expressing our deep regret to her and apologizing that she did not get the courtesy entitled to her. "
So does that prove that the switcher glitch was really a vast MSM conspiracy to embarrass the vice president for several excruciating nanoseconds? Why yes it does, says Pardon My English, refusing to relinquish the tin foil hat:
...CNN came back with some damage control and fired the switchboard operator for explaining the apparent truth behind the 'X' so as to cover the ass of CNN.
Oh Pardon, Pardon, Pardon... isn't that a bit like blaming "Steve," the call center guy in Kuala Lampur for his shoddy excuses for Dell's rotten third quarter? Have some more turkey leftovers and forget about this story. It's so pre-Black Friday...
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