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I understand that this was egotistical & not very savvy – but man, this story is so meta. They fire him for doing something (albeit arrogant) different from the norm, when that is what they hired him for to begin with. We truly are in a new era of...

I understand that this was egotistical & not very savvy – but man, this story is so meta. They fire him for doing something (albeit arrogant) different from the norm, when that is what they hired him for to begin with.

We truly are in a new era of what’s what.

thedailydot:

Newspaper reporter fired for announcing his hiring on Tumblr

It was hardly the most professional thing to do, but you can hardly blame young reporter Khristopher J. Brooks for whipping up a fake press release to celebrate his new job at Delaware’s The News Journal. He’d already applied at 30 other places, after all, and it’s hard out there for a reporter nowadays. Brooks posted the harmless, fun piece to his Tumblr blog on April 5.

Media blogger Jim Romenesko picked up the letter in a blog post on Wednesday. Brooks’ new employer took notice. By the end of the day, Brooks was fired.
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(via discoverynews)

Source dailydot.com

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  1. djcoldduck reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  2. theedjcagedbird reblogged this from ghdos-blog and added:
    Perhaps….maybe…it’s in his handbook. “Social Media Policy”…hmmm but that sucks.
  3. ghdos-blog reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president and added:
    Why is that a fire-able offense?
  4. socialistexan reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  5. reagan-was-a-horrible-president reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  6. teamf00d reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias and added:
    OMG! I’m from Delaware! My folks read this newspaper every morning. This is ridiculous! Wtf is going on in the First...
  7. 5onten reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias and added:
    AHAHAHHA read the article. I totally see why.
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  10. plentyotoole reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    I understand that this was egotistical & not very savvy – but man, this story is so meta. They fire him for doing...
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  12. theadventuresofkidcatastrophe reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    MY HOMETOWN PAPER
  13. shady-bear reblogged this from discoverynews
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  15. sardoodledom reblogged this from yeahiwasintheshit and added:
    Wow, how stupid are you. One should never bring up where they work on Tumblr.
  16. magdaraya reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    @tristan :’D
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  19. invisiblelad reblogged this from mmrsinfminor-blog-blog and added:
    I’m a bit miffed at the newspaper’s position on this. Probably not as much so as Mr. Brooks. What a stupid thing to be...
  20. yeahiwasintheshit reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    LOL
  21. mmrsinfminor-blog-blog reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    This man graduated from my college. It is ridiculous what happened to him. We actually talked about this in my online...
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