YouTube Leads to News Firings

Several Tampa TV employees were either fired or resigned after a spoof video they made ended up on YouTube. The employees made fun of a fellow employee with a fake news report that said the woman was a mistress of Tiger Woods. The spoof was making fun of a photographer who was celebrating her birthday and never meant to be seen by anyone other than employees. But the video ended up on YouTube. When an industry magazine mentioned the report it gained a lot of attention.

Corporate found out about the video and asked YouTube to take it down. Everyone involved in the spoof was either fired or resigned.

This isn't the first time a spoof video that ended up on the internet led to firings for news employees. Just last month four Arkansas news employees were fired when their videos surfaced on YouTube. Now these videos are a bit vulgar, but you can click here to view them.

Regardless of the taste of a spoof video the bottom line is that news people making fun of themselves and the profession is no joke to their employers. So you'll have to set your DVR's and post all those bloopers to YouTube yourself.