At the end of last night’s KTVA report on the Anchorage-based Alaska Cannabis Club, on-air reporter Charlo Greene revealed that she was the owner of said club and that she would be using all of her energy to fight for legalizing marijuana in Alaska. Then she said: “And as for this job…well, not that I have a choice but fuck it, I quit.” Obvious lack of impartiality, conflict of interest, etc. The funny part was the deer-in-the-headlights response of Greene’s on-air colleague.
“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.'”
