Clive Davis-adoring gossip columnist Roger Friedman has been given his walking papers by Fox, thanks to his posting about watching a leaked copy of Wolverine, a big potential moneymaker for the company’s film division, last week. The fact that this furor erupted after his column was published—and not at some point beforehand when, presumably, editors would be going over his work and tailoring it to house style—explains a lot about his general hostility toward facts. [Gawker]

 
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  1. Anonymous  |   Posted on Apr 6th, 2009

    Shouldn’t the editors be fired too?

  2. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Apr 6th, 2009

    @owenmeany: if he’s edited, then yes, they most certainly should.

  3. Cam/ron  |   Posted on Apr 6th, 2009

    Roger was basically thrown to the wolves, but he did definitely committed an unwise act.

  4. Anonymous  |   Posted on Apr 6th, 2009

    And juicy Michael Jackson “news” from unattributed “sources” simultaneously slows to a trickle…

  5. It may go back in her family.

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