Reporter Charlo Greene quit her job during a live broadcast of KTVA-TV’s 10 p.m. newscast Sunday night in a most unusual way.
The Alaskan reporter was doing a report on the Alaska Cannabis Club, a medical marijuana business, when she revealed that she was the proprietor of the business. Greene went on to state that she was quitting her job at the station in order to spend more time on the legalization of marijuana in Alaska.
“Now everything you’ve 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,” Greene said on live television. “And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, f*** it, I quit.”
Here’s a look at the broadcast, which contains NSFW language:
KTVA’s news director, Bert Rudman, posted the following apology on the station’s Facebook page:
Dear Viewers,
We sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter during her live presentation on the air tonight. The employee has been terminated.
Bert Rudman
News Director – KTVA 11 News
After her termination, Greene posted an Indiegogo page with the following message to raise $5,000 for marijuana reform.
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.
Ballot Measure 2, the initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska, isn’t just about marijuana in the Last Frontier, it’s about keeping the ball rolling on NATIONAL legalization. Imagine, if after Colorado and Washington have legalized recreational marijuana and are offering the rest of the world a positive outlook on what ending marijuana prohibition can do, Alaskan voters fail to continue moving our nation in the direction toward freedom and fairness. There’s no doubt that will impact every other state, national and international marijuana reform effort. Americans with common sense don’t want that.
Help us to keep that from becoming a reality.
