TV pundit sacked for tsunami joke
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Sports pundit Rodney Marsh is fired for making a joke about the tsunami disaster on Sky Sports.
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MIAMI, July 9 -- The embattled director of the National Hurricane Center was replaced here today after a brief but turbulent tenure in which he publicly criticized his bosses and then lost the support of much of his staff.
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Newsnight editor Peter Barron has hit back at allegations of 'disastrous editorial misjudgment'. By John Plunkett
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A German public television network on  Sunday sacked a popular talk show host and former news  presenter after she had praised the Nazi&#39;s family policies at a  news conference for her new book on child-rearing.
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The county election supervisor whose confusing ballot design contributed to the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election became the butt of late-night talk show jokes and the target of death threats. Now, she's lost her job.
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BBC director general Mark Thompson is to announce a plan of action in response to recent editorial mistakes.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir has lashed out in court at his accusers, saying the charges against him are a &quot;joke&quot; and &quot;laughable.
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A New York radio station apologized on Monday for repeatedly airing a joke song that ridiculed victims of the recent tsunami in South Asia and used racial slurs, saying the piece was in poor taste.
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OTTAWA - The chairman of Canada's public broadcaster resigned Tuesday after making controversial comments about bestiality and bowel movements. Heritage Minister Bev Oda made the announcement about Canadian Broadcasting Corp. chairman Guy Fournier in the House of Commons.
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Broadcaster admits show gave 'inaccurate impression' that chef had speared a sea bass.
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Actor George Clooney reacts angrily to presenter's doubts over a US TV benefit for tsunami victims.
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Â· Channel controller refuses to resign over editing error  Â· Staff are urged to look for any further 'incidents'
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Two members of a New York radio crew are sacked for creating a song ridiculing tsunami victims.
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SEATTLE - A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service.   "On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here...
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A Lebanese TV news presenter is sacked after gloating over the killing of anti-Syrian politician Walid Eido.
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The BBC's correspondents report on the devastation caused by last week's tsunamis across the Indian Ocean.
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Air stewards in Thailand demanded yesterday that the government pull a steamy new TV soap opera off the air after just three episodes, saying it demeans their profession