The WH fired her only because they knew FOX was going to run with a racist in the WH cabinet story. Glenn Beck was the only one to say her comment was taken out of context and her firing was not warranted and was a desperate act by a panicked Obama.
On the other hand you have O’Riely, Hannity, and the rest doing exactly what the WH suspected they would do and aired the out of context remark and they stated she should loose her job. And now they are the ones looking like they jumped to a conclusion to early.