No way!!! If the company can not take criticism then if should man up and fix the problem so there's no criticism from employee's

I have not seen the posting on Facebook and I don't need to in order to analyze this. The relationship between an employer and an employee is a contract. The terms of that contract can be either oral (rare and difficult to prove) or written. Sometimes there exists an employee handbook which amplifies or supplements the terms of the contract. The duration and grounds for termination are set out in the contract. In any event, in the absence of a term in the contract dealing with an employee's Facebook posts or any other type of speech, the relationship is "at will" meaning either side can terminate it at any time for any reason unless the contract states otherwise. Some states have by common law or statute or Constitution changed this relationship to include automatically some other terms. I am disregarding those instances because I am assuming you are not interested in that. Both the employer and employee should be allowed to walk away at any time for any reason unless they have previously agreed otherwise.

In a free society, you can't force anyone to employ anyone. The free market will fix everything. If she has the support of so many people, she will land on her feet. The station that hires her will likely see a bump in ratings, and therefore income. The station that fired her will see the reverse.

well, if your life is a hoot, then I'd agree. But your savings, your healthcare-these things are not a "hoot"

Yes. A lot of Facebook chatter right now. Curious to see if it just blows over.

Great point. The post could almost be considered an editorial. Surprised she didn't have to have it approved.

I know she is upset about the firing but I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday and told her I can't believe she thought there wouldn't be some blowback from this. Any time you write or speak about race you run the risk of it being blown out of context.

Yes. I think the people here that are arguing the station should not be able to fire her are making the wrong argument. The sad thing is that all the focus her firing and not on the content of her post. Hope that changes.

So long as those consequences aren't "governmental", I'm fine with that.

It would depend on the severity of the act. This Facebook post was accurate yet controversial. I think they had the right to fire her but then again they have to be willing to accept the consequences.

They fired the reporter... for posting THIS?

Sure, it's the employer's right to fire someone, just as it's their right to make bad decisions and look foolish and lose customers (and possibly, if enough customers are lost, their business). Wish I knew the backstory; seems like there's something deeper here, and the post was more of an excuse to fire someone than an actual reason.

Looking for one of the other stations to hire her soon. She is popular in our area.

Agreed.

All emplyment should be "at will". Anything else is usually due to government meddling. Let the market decide.

Depends on the content, news anchors, radio personalities, and the like (people in the public eye) normally have applicable clauses in their employment contracts. Much like how sports figures can't embarrass their sponsors and expect to keep them. It's not a rights or free speech thing, it's contract law.

The difference here, I believe is, it was the stations Facebook page, not the employee's personal FB page.
I say, personal page is off limits...unless your page/posts are public and your commenting as an employee.
If it's the business page, it's theirs and they set the rules.

I think that employers should be allowed to employ whomever they choose, or end their employment as they choose, subject to whatever contract the two freely and personally agreed.

I've had friends commit acts that I consider inexcusable and they're immediately "dead to me" regardless of what explanation they offer.

Employers have no obligation to behave any differently.

I agree, at least from what we know it seems like they made a bad decision but there may be more to it than what was posted on Facebook. And it of course is possible that they made a mistake.

Personally I think it is equally bad for people to request others boycott any organization. To me that is an individual choice. There are places that I choose not to do business with and if I was treated poorly, I will share those experiences with people but will never ask them to boycott. That is their own choice to make and asking for a boycott is vindictive.

I did just read the Facebook post that you shared. I agree that the event was horrific. I do not understand how anyone could do such a thing.

Chances say that the person who wrote the post will find a much better place to work really soon.

Yes. Meanwhile we have these kids with grandparents struggling to raise them because the parents don't have their act together. It's sad.

All true. Locally I have heard some people argue that she shouldn't be fired for a Facebook post. I told a friend of mine they have a right to fire her but in this case it was a bad decision.

I think the issue here is that she identified the killers by race and the lives they led. There is a problem in poor communities around here with drugs and broken families and single moms who can't supervise their kids. This community happens to be black and instead of discussing that, the local conversation is about a news anchor being fired. It seems like some are saying don't discuss this or we'll come after you. PC and counter productive.

The good thing is they're not the gatekeepers, and she can get her content out by other means.

"small vocal PC groups"
I think the PC thing was from the 90s, saying "callenged" instead of "disabled" and things like that. Now it's just because the way people blame their failures on others instead of on their own rudeness and disregard for the facts. Most likely I would not be interested in any media outlet that claimed to be non-PC. At best it non-PC has no meaning, and it worst it's code for blaming other people for individuals' problems.

You're right but it is troubling that all the conversation here is about the firing of this news anchor and not about the horrific events she was writing about. There are requests for people to stop watching so I am curious to see what happens to their ratings.

Yes. If the person is a celebrity of any kind representing a company brand then anything negative he/she does can and should impact his/her employment.