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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Exclusive: Korb "Looked Forward To Every Day At FOX"
David Korb called himself a "loyal, respectful worker" who had "a lot more to give" to FOX News Channel -- just three months before the freelance writer criticized the network in the film "Outfoxed."

CableNewser has obtained three e-mails relating to Korb's termination. In an e-mail sent on March 1, 2004, Korb appealed his termination to an executive producer at FOX News. "I want you to know that I will greatly miss being a member of the Fox News team," Korb wrote, and asked if an appeal would be considered. "I've got a lot more to give to FNC," he said. "You won't find a more loyal, respectful worker on the planet."

A second e-mail, dated February 23, 2004, is a message from a FOX producer to a vice president describing Korb's performance. "This is the writer who probably causes me more headaches than any other," the producer wrote. Another e-mail, sent by a copy editor four days later, said he was careless and had an attitude problem.

Korb was one of four former employees to speak at the press conference yesterday. According to his biography, "he has done freelance work for dozens of television stations and television news programs in New York City and San Francisco," and is also "an independent producer and director of documentary films." 5:14:24 PM

"I want you to know that I will greatly miss being a member of the Fox News team," Korb wrote, and asked if an appeal would be considered. "I've got a lot more to give to FNC," he said. "You won't find a more loyal, respectful worker on the planet."

Sounds like a nice kid, but he was running with a pretty fast crowd, I guess.

I happened to stumble across Keith Oberman last night. That smarmy piece of crap was in the throes of an orgasm over this. He said that the Lawsuit against Franken had been laughed out of court and was grinning over this stupid movie.

John Gibson offered a pretty firm challenge to other news outlets. He said that if ABC, CBS, or any of the other alphabet news outlets would expose their news direction memos to public scrutiny, that FOX would do the same and the public would decide.

Unfortunately other outlets will simply ignore the challenge and continue their attacks. Michael Moore is a good example. He issues challenges but refuses to acknowledge takers.