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From on-air outbursts to shocking scandals, some journalists have seen their careers implode in an instant. Join us as we examine the most infamous moments when reporters crossed the line and paid the ultimate professional price! From inappropriate behavior at auto shows to leaked hot mic moments, offensive comments, and much more serious transgressions.
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00:00For NBC News, the star anchor's departure is an enormous loss.
00:04Lauer has been the face of the network during pivotal news events.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:09And today, we're counting down our picks for the most infamous times.
00:13Journalists, TV reporters, pundits, and news anchors saw their careers evaporate
00:18due to a scandal they were involved in.
00:20Fox News Channel moving on with one less factor on its network.
00:23Bill O'Reilly was fired yesterday.
00:26Number 30.
00:28Angel Cardenas.
00:29In 2019, Good Day Sacramento visited the Sacramento International Auto Show
00:34to show off the car event at the Cal Expo with the help of Cardenas.
00:38This weekend, you can come out and find about 562 cars.
00:44Wrong.
00:46563, Angel.
00:47563.
00:48The segment started off pretty normal.
00:50But once the reporter admitted he was winging it, it soon went downhill.
00:54While showcasing rare vintage motors, Cardenas then lay on the vehicle.
00:59But it got worse when he opened the door of another, causing it to smack into a nearby car.
01:04Finally, to finish the segment, he jumped onto the hood of a modern one,
01:08causing someone off-camera to try to get him off.
01:11Oh my gosh.
01:13That didn't sound good.
01:15I would get off that now.
01:16Yikes.
01:17Seemingly, CBS affiliate KMAX TV agreed as the local news channel fired Cardenas.
01:23Number 29.
01:24Scarlett Ficar.
01:26Usually, TV news reporters shouldn't announce their political allegiances as their work could
01:30be seen as having bias.
01:32Well, in 2016, Scarlett Ficar ignored this completely.
01:36I posted something personal to my private Facebook page regarding the election, saying
01:44that I was happy that Donald Trump had won.
01:47While working as a reporter for Fox affiliate KRIV-TV, a company she'd only joined the year
01:53before, she released a statement on Facebook the day after Donald Trump's first presidential
01:58victory.
01:58Ficar was giddy with delight, talking about praying for Trump's win, and then heavily
02:04criticized the former President Barack Obama and his administration.
02:08She also slipped in some racial bias about crime.
02:11Ficar apologized for her words following backlash and was soon fired.
02:16I just feel that they have misconstrued this whole situation and wrongfully terminated.
02:23Number 28.
02:24TJ Holmes and Amy Robach.
02:27Chemistry between co-hosts on a news show is great.
02:30However, when it goes too far, it can become a problem.
02:33You all were talking about that pre.
02:34That was your pre-TJ days.
02:36So, uh, so I got roped into this, and this was actually cool, yes.
02:39In 2020, Holmes and Robach became the co-hosts of ABC's GMA3, What You Need to Know.
02:46Only two years later, it all came crashing down.
02:49It was discovered that Holmes and Robach had been having an intimate relationship, despite
02:53both being married to other people.
02:55The hosts were immediately pulled off the air as ABC investigated.
02:59A couple of months later, they were both fired.
03:02Holmes and Robach stayed together, even getting divorced from their former spouses, as they
03:06went on to create a podcast together.
03:08You know what we're getting to do now is to talk and deliver news the way we wish we would
03:11have when we were on TV.
03:13Strangely, in 2024, reports came out that both their exes had started dating each other as
03:19well.
03:20Number 27.
03:21John Warwick
03:22In 2016, U.S. Weekly released an interview with Chrissy Teigen.
03:27Oh, I'm already having so much fun.
03:28I kind of bounced right back into the stream of work and, yeah, cooking again.
03:33It's been really fun.
03:34This seemingly innocuous article led to a snowball effect that smashed into the journalistic
03:39career of Warwick, who conducted the interview.
03:42Once the article titled Chrissy Teigen, We're Hiring a Night Nurse for Baby, was published,
03:47Teigen criticized it on X, formerly Twitter.
03:50She questioned the headline, deeming that it was set up that way to make her look bad.
03:55You just kind of throw things out there and you don't know that you don't really think
03:58about the impact.
03:59Warwick responded to Teigen on the platform to defend himself and point out that he didn't
04:03write the headline.
04:04However, the big mistake was when he went to prove it by publishing screenshots of quotes
04:09he'd sent to the editor.
04:11Due to the breach, Warwick was fired.
04:13Number 26.
04:15Desiree Fontaine
04:16Usually, news reporters report on the news.
04:19After all, it's in the title.
04:21However, Fontaine decided to make the news for all the wrong reasons instead.
04:25In 2010, the morning news traffic reporter and host of Connecticut Style at ABC affiliate
04:31station WTNH-TV was at a Sears in Milford, Connecticut.
04:35Fontaine was accused of shoplifting $105 worth of items, for which she was soon arrested and
04:41charged.
04:42After pleading not guilty, the charges against Fontaine were dismissed unless she committed
04:47another crime within 13 months due to having completed 25 hours of community service.
04:52At the same time, Fontaine resigned from WTNH and announced her plan to do volunteer work
04:57abroad.
04:58Number 25.
05:00Colleen Campbell
05:01Instead of a nice night watching comedians at the Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia,
05:05Pennsylvania, Campbell had a much nastier time.
05:09I stood there and laughed and the rest of the audience like I should.
05:14Okay?
05:15I did not disrupt anybody.
05:17While a reporter for PHL 17, she was asked to leave the club after drinking heavily.
05:22While outside speaking to the police, comedian Will Silvins recorded the interaction, which
05:27got progressively worse for Campbell.
05:29She went on an expletive tirade against the officer, who amazingly took it in his stride.
05:35Then Campbell seemingly spat on a club employee, resulting in her arrest.
05:39As the video went viral and she publicly apologized, Campbell claimed she received thousands of threats.
05:45She was soon fired from PHL 17.
05:48Campbell has since retrained as a meteorologist for news channels.
05:51We have a lot of rain that's working through the region for my friends down around Fort Myers,
05:57Naples.
05:57You guys have it first.
05:59Number 24.
06:00Jason Blair
06:01In 2003, The New York Times editor James Roberts received a phone call that led to Blair's career
06:07collapsing.
06:08And for me, it wasn't the decision to do something horrible, it was the decision just to survive
06:14today, which then unraveled, and unraveled, and snowballed.
06:19A senior editor at the San Antonio Express News told him that Blair's article for The Times
06:24was very similar to that of theirs by Macarena Hernandez, which had been released over a week
06:31before.
06:31The floodgates soon opened as an investigation found a massive collection of articles by
06:36Blair had either been plagiarized from other sources or contained lies about incidents.
06:41The Times wrote a scathing report about the investigation as Blair resigned.
06:45I resigned and I left the building the last time, and I don't even know where I went afterwards.
06:56He soon released a memoir that detailed what happened.
06:58A combination of discovery, after the investigation concluded that he had bipolar disorder, on
07:04top of substance use, led to him fabricating stories.
07:07Number 23.
07:09Ron Atkinson
07:10After a successful football and managerial career, Atkinson took the step into broadcasting
07:15as a pundit for ITV.
07:17However, in 2004, any goodwill he had accumulated over his years in the sport evaporated.
07:23Andy Townsend came to see me and said,
07:24I'll tell you what, Ron, I think there's a problem.
07:26Something's happened.
07:27I said, I'm not quite sure, nobody's quite sure what it is, but there's a bit of a problem.
07:30While covering the Champions League semi-final first leg between Chelsea and Monaco, he
07:35believed his microphone was off as he uttered a racial slur about Chelsea's Marcel to Sally.
07:40Instead, Atkinson's terrible words were broadcast across several Middle Eastern countries.
07:45Due to the outrage, he resigned from ITV and has struggled for mainstream pundit work ever
07:50since.
07:51Atkinson's reputation is further nosedive, since with underwhelming excuses such as claiming
07:56he was only repeating what others had said, and stating he was fed up with apologizing.
08:01What I do want to do is get rid of this thing once and for all, this racist thing.
08:08Number 22.
08:10Hugh Edwards.
08:11For decades, Edwards was the de facto face of BBC News as he anchored its flagship programs,
08:17earning the respect of many.
08:18It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of Hugh Edwards to the BBC.
08:25He was, for many people, the BBC.
08:28He wasn't just the main newsreader of the main bulletin.
08:32He was selected to front the major state occasion.
08:37He was even the person responsible for announcing Queen Elizabeth II's passing in 2022.
08:42However, everything changed in 2023.
08:45That year, The Sun newspaper released an article about an unnamed BBC presenter paying a teenager
08:51for images.
08:52Within days, Edwards was outed by his wife as the presenter, as he got treatment for his
08:58mental health.
08:59While off-air for medical reasons and for a BBC investigation, Edwards resigned from his
09:04job.
09:04However, shortly after, he was charged with exchanging and downloading indecent images of minors.
09:10In 2024, Edwards pleaded guilty and received a six-month suspended sentence.
09:16This sentencing sends a clear message that the CPS, we will bring offenders to justice.
09:22Number 21.
09:23Marina Avsanikova.
09:25In 2022, after working at Channel One Russia since 2003, Avsanikova had had enough.
09:32While a live segment on the Russian invasion of Ukraine was underway, she walked behind the
09:36posts with a placard that demanded a stop to the war and that the viewers were being lied
09:41to.
09:42That is, Russian television producer Maureen Avsanikova defying Vladimir Putin during the
09:46evening news on state television with a powerful and courageous plea for peace.
09:51A pre-recorded video by Avsanikova was then uploaded online that further detailed her stance.
09:56After being arrested and getting a minor fine, Avsanikova resigned from the channel and continued
10:01protesting the governments.
10:02This led to her being under house arrest.
10:05I wanted to demonstrate to the world that not all Russian people believe the same.
10:15And I believe that many people, more than half of the people in Russia, are against the
10:20war.
10:20However, Avsanikova and her daughter escaped to France with aid from the non-profit group
10:25Reporters Without Borders.
10:27She was sentenced in absentia in Russia to eight and a half years in jail.
10:31Number 20.
10:33AJ Clemente
10:34On the first day of a new job, most people, especially on TV, want to make it memorable.
10:40However, AJ Clemente became famous for all the wrong reasons.
10:45In 2013, he was the new weekend co-anchor for the NBC affiliate news program, KFYR-TV in
10:51Bismarck, North Dakota.
10:53F***ing s***.
10:54Good evening, I'm Van Tu.
10:56You may have seen our newest from AJ on NBC, North Dakota News.
11:00Yet seconds into the opening, Clemente mumbled multiple swear words on live TV, leaving co-host
11:06Van Tu to pretend that wasn't the worst news debut ever.
11:10Thanks, Van.
11:11I'm very excited.
11:11I graduated from West Virginia University and I'm used to, you know, from being from the
11:16East Coast.
11:17While Clemente apologized for his outburst, he was still fired by KFYR-TV.
11:23Instead of marinating in the scandal, the former news anchor quickly returned to his
11:27previous job as a bartender in Delaware, as offers to be on reality TV trickled in.
11:32Were you aware that you were on the air?
11:34I had no clue.
11:36I had no...
11:37You're all so wrong for that.
11:41Number 19.
11:42Trent Evans
11:43At one time, Trent Evans was enjoying life as an award-winning TV reporter for Australia's
11:49Channel 7 in Queensland.
11:51However, in 2016, as the pressures of the job mounted, his mental health deteriorated, causing
11:57him to leave his position.
11:58Evans spent several years struggling financially and getting help from mental health services.
12:04In 2021, he and Rex Willocks spent the day drinking several bottles of champagne in Melbourne.
12:10Evans then drove Willocks' car with the owner in the passenger seat.
12:14After driving nearly double the speed limit, the vehicle struck a power pole.
12:18While Evans survived, Willocks sadly didn't.
12:21In 2022, after pleading guilty, Evans was sentenced to seven years and ten months in jail.
12:28Number 18.
12:30James Gordon Meek
12:31As well as working as an advisor to the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, James
12:36Gordon Meek was also an investigative producer for ABC news programs such as 2020 and Nightline,
12:43specializing in national security.
12:45However, all the respect he had accumulated over the years evaporated in 2022.
12:50That year, Meek was arrested by the FBI for possession of indecent child-focused media and
12:56exchanging them with other people.
12:57Meek quickly vanished from the public life after resigning from ABC, causing a lot of
13:02speculation in the media.
13:04In 2023, after pleading guilty to the offense, the former reporter was sentenced to six years
13:09in jail.
13:10Number 17.
13:12Tom Brenneman
13:13When it comes to apologizing, sincerity really matters.
13:17Otherwise, you could become a viral meme.
13:19I don't know if it's going to be for the Reds.
13:21I don't know if it's going to be for my bosses at Fox.
13:24I'm going to apologize for the people who signed my paycheck.
13:27Since 1994, Tom Brenneman had worked for Fox Sports, typically covering football and baseball.
13:34In 2020, he was commenting on the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals.
13:38During it, Brenneman used a homophobic slur when talking about San Francisco that went
13:43out live.
13:44I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed
13:51of.
13:52Just before he was pulled from the game, Brenneman attempted to apologize and use his faith as
13:57an excuse.
13:58I'm so very, very sorry.
14:01I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith.
14:05However, during it, he suddenly got distracted by calling a Nick Castellanos homerun before
14:10switching back to his apology.
14:12It was bonkers.
14:13It's a drive in a deep left field by Castellanos.
14:15It will be a homerun.
14:18And so that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
14:22Brenneman was soon fired by Fox.
14:24Since the incident, he has worked with Puerto Rico's Roberto Clemente League and Chatterbox
14:28Sports.
14:29When you were a younger guy, it was just a word.
14:32I've come to learn the real root of that word.
14:37Number 16.
14:38Sabrina Erdly.
14:40In 2014, the world of education was rocked by Sabrina Erdly's article for Rolling Stone
14:45about student Jackie Coakley's account of a horrible incident at the University of Virginia.
14:50Jackie did go to the school to report her allegations, and the school did absolutely
14:54nothing.
14:55Coakley spoke about how she was assaulted in 2012 by a group as part of a fraternity initiation
15:01ritual.
15:01The article also explored the university's lack of support for her.
15:05However, as the media examined the story in more detail, Erdly's article wasn't adding
15:10up, and her bias was questioned.
15:12A police investigation also found no evidence to support the article's claims.
15:16In 2015, Rolling Stone retracted the story.
15:20It was terrible, terrible journalism, and it really was done with reckless disregard for
15:26the truth.
15:27Regardless, the magazine and Erdly faced several defamation lawsuits.
15:32In 2017, Rolling Stone settled one case with the University of Virginia for $1.65 million.
15:40Number 15.
15:41Dan Rather.
15:42Starting in 1962, Dan Rather worked for CBS in various capacities, even anchoring CBS Evening
15:50News.
15:50Seemingly, he was going to retire at the company.
15:53However, that changed in 2004 when Rather hosted a 60 Minutes 2, exploring what were called
15:59the Killian Documents.
16:01These papers were apparently written in 1973 and contained criticism of President George
16:06W. Bush's time at the Texas Air National Guard.
16:09Mr. Bush was suspended from flying on August 1st, 1972.
16:14That date matches the one on a memo given to CBS News.
16:18However, after their release, their authenticity was questioned, as they appear to have been
16:23written with modern typography.
16:25Those who found the story uncomfortable for their partisan political purposes attacked
16:30us at what they knew to be the weakest point, which was the document.
16:33After defending the papers, Rather and CBS admitted they were wrong.
16:37In 2005, Rather stepped down from his anchor role and was fired the following year.
16:42He attempted to sue CBS, only to have the case thrown out.
16:46In the darkest period of my professional career, I'd much rather a movie be made about my coverage
16:53of civil rights or Watergate or Vietnam War.
16:58But life's not like that.
16:59Number 14.
17:00Don Lemon
17:01In 2006, Don Lemon joined CNN.
17:05By 2014, he was becoming one of the news's most well-known faces as he was showcased across
17:11the channel's programming as a host.
17:13But then things took a turn.
17:15In 2023, Lemon was heavily criticized for the misogynistic comments he made about Nikki Haley
17:21not being in her prime as she was not in her 20s, 30s, or 40s.
17:25Politicians are something that are not in their prime.
17:27Nikki Haley isn't in her prime.
17:29Yikes.
17:29Not long after, Variety reported on allegations that Lemon had a history of misogynistic and
17:35abusive comments toward female colleagues.
17:37As the scandal grew, CNN fired Lemon.
17:40In 2024, the former anchor received around $24.5 million from his former employers as part
17:47of a separation deal.
17:49Number 13.
17:50Ken Rosado
17:51All right, Heather, thank you.
17:525.41.
17:53Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, new guidelines issued for New York educators.
17:56Having joined New York's WABC-TV in 2003 as a reporter, the Emmy Award-winning Ken Rosado
18:03eventually became the channel's anchor for Eyewitness News this morning.
18:07Yet, after decades in the business, in 2023, Rosado found himself in hot water.
18:13Reportedly, he was heard calling co-host Shirlene Alicott an insult on an open microphone.
18:18While the show was off-air and the audio wasn't broadcast to the viewing audience, it was heard
18:23by production staff in the studio.
18:25There were allegations the comment was offensive.
18:28No matter the racism and the prejudice that I experienced, because I experienced it.
18:32However, Rosado's representatives denied this to be the case.
18:36Regardless, WABC-TV moved quickly and fired the anchor.
18:40Heather?
18:41Yes?
18:41What do you have for us?
18:42Oh, we're not looking too good.
18:44Number 12.
18:45Charlie Rose
18:46Charlie Rose was noted for his work on both CBS and PBS, hosting a self-titled talk show
18:52for the latter.
18:53He was one of the most famous interviewers on U.S. television.
18:57But in 2017, all of that fell apart.
19:00And when she reported a good deal of this, the executive producer's reaction was to treat
19:04her like she was, quote, a dramatic little girl.
19:06The Washington Post released an article with allegations of Rose's sexual misconduct against
19:11several women who were his employees or hoping to be.
19:14Most of these women that we talked to were working for him at a very early stage in their
19:19careers.
19:20So for them, I think that there would be a tremendous risk, you know, to speaking out.
19:24After a brief suspension, Rose was fired by CBS and PBS as he apologized for his behavior.
19:30By 2018, 35 women had accused him of harassment, resulting in lawsuits against him.
19:36Rose attempted to dismiss one case by claiming the women were exploiting the Me Too movements.
19:40In 2022, he began releasing interviews on his own website.
19:45Number 11.
19:46Tucker Carlson
19:47In 2009, Tucker Carlson found his home with Fox News after working with other channels.
19:53Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight.
19:56He got his own show with Tucker Carlson Tonight in 2016, soon becoming one of the channel's
20:01most watched series.
20:03But in 2023, that relationship abruptly ended when Carlson was fired by Fox.
20:08While no reason was given immediately, reports soon came out about Carlson's behind-the-scenes
20:14attitude.
20:15The truth is, a lot of rank-and-file Fox staffers never liked Tucker Carlson.
20:19They viewed him as this other guy off doing his own thing, separate from the rest of the
20:23network.
20:24It's alleged he sent several inflammatory messages about Fox higher-ups and used racist
20:29language.
20:30With that and other incidents, there were liability concerns from the network's lawyers.
20:34It was neither an insurrection nor deadly.
20:37Afterward, Carlson created the Tucker Carlson Network and released controversial interviews
20:42there and on X, formerly Twitter.
20:45Number 10.
20:46Brian Williams
20:47I want to apologize.
20:49I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire.
20:53I was instead in a following aircraft.
20:56Brian Williams was a high-profile managing editor and anchor for NBC Nightly News.
21:01But in 2015, his rep took a big hit due to allegations concerning his coverage of the 2003 invasion
21:08of Iraq.
21:08At first, Williams claimed he had been in a helicopter in Iraq that had to land after another
21:13chopper was nearly struck by an RPG.
21:16When the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG, our
21:21traveling NBC News team was rescued, surrounded, and kept alive by an armored-mechanized platoon
21:26from the US Army 3rd Infantry.
21:28Over the years, his story changed to his aircraft needing to land after being hit.
21:33Soldiers, who were there at the time, contested the newer versions of Williams' story.
21:38While the anchor eventually apologized for exaggeration, the damage was done, and he was suspended
21:44and eventually moved to a lesser position.
21:47After 28 years of Peacock logos on much of what I own, it is my choice now to jump without
21:54a net into the great unknown.
21:56Number 9.
21:57Ivory Hecker
21:58Before we get to that story, I want to let you, the viewers, know that Fox Corp has been
22:03muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers.
22:06It's not often a reporter purposely tanks their career live on TV, but in 2021, that's
22:13what Ivory Hecker did on the local news affiliate Fox 26 Houston.
22:18On the air, Hecker launched into a rant that Fox had been what she called muzzling her and
22:23other reporters about topics she wanted to cover.
22:26From what I'm gathering, I am not the only reporter being subjected to this.
22:30I am going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox.
22:34She stated she would release secret recordings made with the right-wing activist group Project
22:39Veritas.
22:40These revolved around promoting the disproven hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment.
22:46After being initially suspended for her on-air outburst, unsurprisingly, Hecker was fired.
22:52I found a non-profit journalism group called Project Veritas that's going to help put that
22:56out tomorrow, so tune in to them.
22:58Number eight, Aaron Calvin.
23:00Abandoned by the register, that's what former Des Moines Register reporter Aaron Calvin told
23:05BuzzFeed that he feels like after being fired from the paper earlier this week.
23:09It started with a man named Carson King in the background of ESPN's college game day coverage,
23:15holding a jokey sign with his Venmo stating, he needed beer money.
23:19After a big response, King started raising money for the University of Iowa Stead Family
23:24Children's Hospital and finished his campaign with millions in donations.
23:28During the fame, reporter Aaron Calvin did a profile on King for the Des Moines Register,
23:33in which he mentioned the fundraiser's problematic social media account from years before when he
23:38was a teen.
23:40But then it started to fall apart.
23:41A reporter of the Des Moines Register found insensitive tweets King wrote eight years ago
23:44when he was 16, reportedly based off a Comedy Central show, Tosh.0.
23:49After making the post in King's apology, Calvin was harassed, had his life threatened, and
23:54his own potentially problematic tweets parsed.
23:57Eventually, the Des Moines Register fired Calvin.
24:00The latest twist, that reporter had his own old insensitive tweets and now has been fired,
24:05yes.
24:067.
24:07Lydia Cumming
24:08It's a photo that seems to show ordinary people lending a hand to a flood victim, or
24:13does it?
24:14It's usually not great when a reporter becomes a viral meme, but that's what happened to
24:19reporter Lydia Cumming in 2016 as she covered a flood in Puebla, Mexico for TV Azteca.
24:26Taken by a photographer at the scene, Cumming was hoisted up in the air by two locals, seemingly
24:31to avoid her shoes getting wet.
24:34Lydia Cumming is a 24-year-old reporter who hitched a ride with this couple while reporting
24:39on devastating floods in Mexico.
24:41After the image got out, she was photoshopped into all sorts of situations.
24:45However, TV Azteca was less than impressed with the social media fame.
24:50They fired Cumming for disrespectfully using local residents in a trying time.
24:54Why doesn't she take off her shoes instead?
24:57Another post, you would think that wearing maybe rain boots in a flooded area would be
25:02common sense.
25:03In an interview afterward, Cumming claimed the residents wanted to show her their elderly
25:08disabled neighbor and offered to carry her, which she briefly agreed to.
25:136.
25:14Rick Sanchez
25:16After joining CNN in 2004 as a reporter, Rick Sanchez quickly rose up the ranks as a news anchor,
25:28even getting his own program with Rick's List.
25:31But in 2010, that vanished when he appeared on Sirius XM's radio program, Stand Up with
25:37Pete Dominick.
25:38Pete has actually worked for Jon Stewart in the past, so he's defending Stewart obviously
25:42throughout.
25:43Angered by reports about his show's time slot being replaced, and with Jon Stewart for comedic
25:47jabs at him, Sanchez called Stewart a bigot.
25:51Sanchez then claimed CNN and other networks discriminated against him and made comments about
25:55Stewart's ethnic background and the news business.
25:59Very unsurprisingly, Sanchez was soon fired by CNN and later joined Fox.
26:045.
26:14Bill O'Reilly
26:15After making his name on various channels, in 1996, Bill O'Reilly joined the brand new
26:20Fox News and was handed his own show, The O'Reilly Factor.
26:25You are about to enter the no spin zone.
26:28He regularly courted controversy, but that didn't stop him from becoming one of the country's
26:32biggest political commentators.
26:33It's a good place to work, alright?
26:37We do good work.
26:38We do honest work there.
26:39But then, in 2017, The New York Times released an article detailing sexual misconduct lawsuits
26:45issued against O'Reilly.
26:46You said at the time you did absolutely nothing wrong.
26:49Correct.
26:50Do you stand by that?
26:51It stated that Fox had helped him settle cases issued by five women at the cost of $13 million.
26:57Quickly, advertisers began dropping The O'Reilly Factor.
27:00And he caught up with me and said, no, no, come back to my suite.
27:04And I said, I'm sorry, I can't do that.
27:06And then he became hostile.
27:09All his charmingness went away.
27:11After another lawsuit was discovered that was settled for $32 million, Fox and his talent
27:16agencies fired O'Reilly.
27:17Since then, he's host of the show and podcast No Spin News and had a speaking tour with Donald
27:23Trump.
27:24Number 4.
27:26Marley Rivera
27:26As a reporter for ESPN and the Spanish language channel ESPN Deportes, Marley Rivera was one
27:37of the biggest names in sports journalism.
27:39After all, she was included in the Sports Illustrated article, The 30 Most Influential Hispanics in
27:45Sports, in 2017.
27:47But in 2023, that reputation took a hit.
27:51Before a New York Yankees game, freelancer Yvonne Gaiety tried to interview Aaron Judge.
27:56But Rivera argued with Gaiety that she had already scheduled an interview with the MLB
28:01star.
28:01The face-off was recorded, which included Rivera using an expletive while insulting Gaiety.
28:07Excuse me, did you record it, right?
28:09What?
28:10I wasn't talking about you.
28:11To make it worse for Rivera, Gaiety is married to the MLB vice president of communications,
28:16John Blundell.
28:17While Rivera apologized, Gaiety reportedly rejected it, and Rivera was soon fired by ESPN.
28:23Rivera would admit she and her fellow reporter have had disagreements in the past.
28:29Number three, Chris Cuomo.
28:31You know, the biggest media story this weekend, it's the firing of Chris Cuomo from this network,
28:36CNN.
28:36Prominent anchor and journalist Chris Cuomo joined CNN in 2013 and eventually got his
28:41own program, Cuomo Primetime.
28:44And with his brother, Andrew Cuomo, being the governor of New York, he had some pretty good
28:48connections.
28:49Well, that was until multiple misconduct allegations came out about the governor.
28:54And a former female colleague has now come forward accusing Chris Cuomo of sexual misconduct.
28:58He denies any wrongdoing.
29:00While Cuomo publicly stated he couldn't talk about the story due to his close connection,
29:05reportedly behind the scenes, the anchor and licensed attorney advised his brother on dealing
29:09with the scandal and used his sources to gather information on the accusers.
29:13After being briefly suspended by CNN during an investigation, Cuomo was let go by the network
29:19in 2021.
29:21A CNN spokesperson saying overnight, when the new allegation came to us this week,
29:24quote, we took them seriously and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action.
29:29Number two, Megyn Kelly.
29:31It seemed okay.
29:33Well, I was wrong and I am sorry.
29:35After leaving Fox, Megyn Kelly became one of the highest paid anchors when she joined NBC
29:40in 2017, and one of her main tasks was hosting her own talk show, Megyn Kelly Today.
29:47Yet in 2018, one segment in particular caused a massive scandal for Kelly.
29:52As the panel discussed the topic of offensive blackface, Kelly stated when she was a child,
29:57that was okay as long as people were playing a character.
30:00She then defended the actions of Luanne de Lesseps, who was criticized when cosplaying as
30:06Diana Ross.
30:07People said that that was racist.
30:09And I don't know, I felt like, who doesn't love Diana Ross?
30:12She wants to look like Diana Ross for one day.
30:14I don't know how that got racist on Halloween.
30:17Days later, Kelly's show was canceled.
30:19In early 2019, she was dropped by NBC, but also received the remaining $30 million from her contract.
30:26Parties have resolved their differences, and Megyn Kelly is no longer an employee of NBC.
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30:471.
30:48Matt Lauer
30:49Lauer was scheduled to host the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting.
30:52As you guys know, he was not there last night.
30:55After joining NBC in 1992, Matt Lauer would become one of the network's most recognizable
31:00and marketable faces.
31:02On top of being an anchor for the Today Show, Matt Lauer also hosted the Macy's Thanksgiving
31:06Day Parade and the Olympic Games opening ceremonies.
31:10Then, in 2017, NBC received a detailed report from a female colleague accusing Lauer of harassment
31:16that began during the coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
31:21NBC News can report two additional women came forward to the network after the news initially broke.
31:26After an investigation by the networks, they fired the host from his hosting and reporting
31:31duties.
31:32And not long after, further allegations came out about Lauer during his time at NBC.
31:37And we were told some very shocking and disturbing stories, which are a stark contrast to the
31:42Matt Lauer that everybody has known for over 20 years.
31:45Which reporter is the most beloved of all time?
31:48Walter Cronkite?
31:49Ann Curry?
31:50Trevor McDonald?
31:51Or someone else?
31:52Let us know below.
31:53I'll be away on assignment and Dan Rather will be sitting in here for the next few years.
31:58Good night.
31:58Are there any other reporters who ruined their career in one moment?
32:02Let us know in the comments.
32:04This was a hit job.
32:06A political and financial hit job.
32:09This was supposed to beian of a cryptocurrency for nearly every Saturday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Chad sometimes
32:11and whenever I talk to people from around the private sector, come as good before and we attend
32:13a few cute things before we stand up.
32:14It will be
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