Television Reporter Charlo Green Swear Quits Live on Air

Amaury · Sep 22, 2014

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Television Reporter Charlo Green Swear Quits Live on Air

Source: The Independent

Published: September 22, 2014

My mom, aunt, and me are all against the legalization.

KTVA reporter Charlo Greene quit her job on live TV last night, outing herself as the owner of an Alaskan cannabis club and declaring "f*ck it".

Having grown weary of reporting the news, Greene told viewers she would instead be putting all her energy into the fight to legalise marijuana in the state, having previously reported on the Alaska Cannabis Club without mentioning her connection to it.

In a jaw-dropping twist to the end of a segment she was presenting, she said: "Now everything you heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska.

"And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, f**k it, I quit."

The Alaska Cannabis Club, which connects medical marijuana cardholders with local growers, urged its Facebook followers to tune into KTVA earlier in the evening.

Following Greene's mic drop, the main anchor could only stutter: "Alright we apologise for that….we'll, we'll be right back."

KTVA News said:

Viewers, we sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter on the air tonight. The employee has been terminated.
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Green has since started an Indiegogo campaign for cannabis reform, explaining in its summary: "I'm Charlo Greene, the president and CEO of the Alaska Cannabis Club - Alaska's only legal medical marijuana resource.

"I just quit my news reporting job on live TV to announce that I am redirecting all of my energy toward helping to end a failed drug policy that has ruined the lives of far too many Americans."

KTVA could only apologise on Twitter, saying rather worryingly (and hopefully erroneously) that Charlo had been "terminated".

"Viewers, we sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter on the air tonight," it wrote. "The employee has been terminated."
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Iskandar · Sep 22, 2014

I can say at least, that is probably the most nonchalant way to say "F--- it, I quit" and walk off the stage. I'm sure she doesn't care what people think at this rate. As for legalization of marijuana, I'm not really for it either. Illegal was bad enough, but legal is just....ugh

Boy Wonder · Sep 22, 2014

Maru said: ↑

My mom, aunt, and me are all against the legalization.
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Okay? Personally, I enjoy discussing the issue, but why do the opinions of your mother and aunt matter here? Nothing against them or you; it just seems weird to mention what they specifically think.

Anyway, I thought the video was pretty funny just for how casual she was about it. It kind of seems like she didn't want to quit her job entirely, but it's difficult to tell. Don't like how KTVA tried to claim she was terminated, but the term could also mean "contract was terminated by employee," not necessarily by employer; I just rarely see it used in the former way. I'm wondering -since it says she has reported on it before without mentioning a connection to the Cannabis Club- if she was supposed to say something about it that she really didn't like and that's what caused her to quit so abruptly. And, on that note, did her bosses know that she was the CEO? If so, that's a huge conflict of interest to have her report on it.

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