Alaska KTVA reporter goes out in style (1 Viewer)

[tom22406]

NSFW language but still pretty great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrpuHt_KWWE

 

[tom22406]

Reporter Charlo Greene quit on-air during KTVA-TV's 10 p.m. newscast Sunday, revealing herself as the owner of the medical marijuana business Alaska Cannabis Club and telling viewers that she would be using all of her energy to fight for legalizing marijuana in Alaska.

Greene had reported on the Alaska Cannabis Club during Sunday night’s broadcast, without revealing her connection to it. At the end of the report, during a live shot, she announced that she was the club's owner and would be quitting.

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“Now everything you've heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska," she said. "And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, #### it, I quit.”

And with that, she walked off camera.

Alaska Cannabis Club had urged its Facebook followers to tune in to the broadcast Sunday evening.

Reached later, Greene said KTVA had no idea she was going to quit, or that she was connected to the Alaska Cannabis Club.

Asked why she quit in such a dramatic way, she said, "Because I wanted to draw attention to this issue. And the issue is medical marijuana. Ballot Measure 2 is a way to make medical marijuana real ... most patients didn’t know the state didn’t set up the framework to get patients their medicine."

"If I offended anyone, I apologize, but I’m not sorry for the choice that I made," she said.

In a statement posted on KTVA's Facebook page Sunday night, news director Bert Rudman said, "We sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter during her live presentation on the air tonight. The employee has been terminated."

Started in April, the Alaska Cannabis Club connects medical marijuana cardholders with other cardholders who are growing cannabis. Growers are offered "donations" as reimbursement for the costs of growing marijuana, the club said in an interview with Alaska Dispatch News in August. The club said it hopes to increase access to medical marijuana patients, despite operating in a legal gray area within Alaska's murky medical marijuana laws.

Video clips of the broadcast were quickly uploaded to YouTube and shared on Reddit Sunday night.

Marijuana legalization opposition group “Big Marijuana. Big Mistake. Vote No on 2” posted on its Twitter page “#KTVA reporter covering ballot measure 2 loses her mind, confesses to being an owner of the cannabis club and quits while on the air.”

Alaska voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether to legalize recreational use of pot here similar to Colorado and Washington.

http://www.adn.com/article/20140921/ktva-reporter-quits-air-reveals-herself-owner-alaska-cannabis-club

 

[kentric]

Not that she had a choice...

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

 

[eoMMan]

Her name is Charlo?

And yeah, she's a ####.

 

[tom22406]

Found this

Short SummaryI'm Charlo Greene, the president and CEO of the Alaska Cannabis Club - Alaska's only legal medical marijuana resource. I just quit my news reporting job on live TV to announce that I am redirecting all of my energy toward helping to end a failed drug policy that has ruined the lives of far too many Americans.

Ballot Measure 2, the initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska, isn't just about marijuana in the Last Frontier, it's about keeping the ball rolling on NATIONAL legalization. Imagine, if after Colorado and Washington have legalized recreational marijuana and are offering the rest of the world a positive outlook on what ending marijuana prohibition can do, Alaskan voters fail to continue moving our nation in the direction toward freedom and fairness. There's no doubt that will impact every other state, national and international marijuana reform effort. Americans with common sense don't want that.

Help us to keep that from becoming a reality.
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Few people fighting for marijuana legalization in Alaska are as media savvy, well educated on the marijuana industry, passionate, professional and completely dedicated to passing this initiative as me, the only person in Alaska that has had the balls to face the injustice of Alaska's medical marijuana catch-22 and do something about it. My Alaska Cannabis Club members are right here with me, ready to fight this long overdue fight.

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[3C's]

She's kinda hot.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Her name is Charlo?

And yeah, she's a ####.

Racist

 

[Tom Servo]

In a statement posted on KTVA's Facebook page Sunday night, news director Bert Rudman said, "We sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter during her live presentation on the air tonight. The employee has been terminated."

You can't fire her...she quit!!

 

[The General]

She seems kinda tense for a pot head.

 

[Guest]

There are black women in Alaska? Who knew?

 

[Phil Elliott]

Seems PR move (by her) that worked.

 

[matuski]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

I don't think she was trying to help anyone but herself (and her business).

 

[GroveDiesel]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

I don't think she was trying to help anyone but herself (and her business).

Yeah, if her goal was to make pro-legalization folks look like giant tools that didn't care about civility, had no respect for others and was irresponsible, then mission accomplished.

Why in the world did the news station allow a reporter to do a piece on her own business/club anyway? Talk about a huge conflict of interest. I don't know what the FCC rules are, but it almost seems like it could violate something or other.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

I don't think she was trying to help anyone but herself (and her business).

Yeah, if her goal was to make pro-legalization folks look like giant tools that didn't care about civility, had no respect for others and was irresponsible, then mission accomplished.

Why in the world did the news station allow a reporter to do a piece on her own business/club anyway? Talk about a huge conflict of interest. I don't know what the FCC rules are, but it almost seems like it could violate something or other.

Speaking of the FCC, won't she get a huge fine for cursing on the air?

 

[Ned]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

I don't think she was trying to help anyone but herself (and her business).

Yeah, if her goal was to make pro-legalization folks look like giant tools that didn't care about civility, had no respect for others and was irresponsible, then mission accomplished.

Why in the world did the news station allow a reporter to do a piece on her own business/club anyway? Talk about a huge conflict of interest. I don't know what the FCC rules are, but it almost seems like it could violate something or other.

"Reached later, Greene said KTVA had no idea she was going to quit, or that she was connected to the Alaska Cannabis Club."

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

would

 

[Zow]

Would bang while high and get around to telling my friends about it.

 

[TenTimes]

Not that she had a choice...

Did she out herself as an addict with that line?

 

[Politician Spock]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

I don't think she was trying to help anyone but herself (and her business).

Yeah, if her goal was to make pro-legalization folks look like giant tools that didn't care about civility, had no respect for others and was irresponsible, then mission accomplished.

Why in the world did the news station allow a reporter to do a piece on her own business/club anyway? Talk about a huge conflict of interest. I don't know what the FCC rules are, but it almost seems like it could violate something or other.

Speaking of the FCC, won't she get a huge fine for cursing on the air?

Take into consideration that this is Alaska were talking about here. It's kind of like 70s/80s Indians baseball....

Harry Doyle: That's all we got, one ####### hit?

Assistant: You can't say ####### on the air.

Harry Doyle: Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.

 

[Tom Servo]

I very strongly support marijuana legalization, and people like this piss me off. Much of the public already thinks that pro-legalization folks are a bunch of crackpots, so idiots like this lady who "call attention to the issue" by grossly violating ethical standards for journalism and through general classlessness should please stop helping.

I don't think she was trying to help anyone but herself (and her business).

Yeah, if her goal was to make pro-legalization folks look like giant tools that didn't care about civility, had no respect for others and was irresponsible, then mission accomplished.

Why in the world did the news station allow a reporter to do a piece on her own business/club anyway? Talk about a huge conflict of interest. I don't know what the FCC rules are, but it almost seems like it could violate something or other.

Speaking of the FCC, won't she get a huge fine for cursing on the air?

Take into consideration that this is Alaska were talking about here. It's kind of like 70s/80s Indians baseball....

Harry Doyle: That's all we got, one ####### hit?

Assistant: You can't say ####### on the air.

Harry Doyle: Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.

Ahem

 

[dickey moe]

Burn blunts, not bridges, stoner.

 

[Al Czervik]

...violating ethical standards for journalism ...

There is still such a thing?

 

[simsarge]

I can just picture the dope (pun intented) that uploaded this watching it (and his response) on an infinite loop on his 25 inch Zeinith

 

[Dondante]

would

this

 

[tom22406]

I can just picture the dope (pun intented) that uploaded this watching it (and his response) on an infinite loop on his 25 inch Zeinith

http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080418/080418-5top-dazed-confused.grid-6x2.jpg

 

[squidrope]

would

this

Yep

 

[Guest]

Go #### yourself San Diego