Update: He’s been officially shitcanned. Apparently he was given the chance to argue for his job. Guess it didn’t work. Here’s the statement:
Fox News representatives and Roger Friedman met today and mutually agreed to part ways immediately. Fox News appreciates Mr. Friedman’s ten years of contributions to building foxnews.com and wishes him success in his future endeavors. Mr. Friedman is grateful to his colleagues for their friendship and support over the past decade.
Previously: via The Hollywood Reporter who spoke to Roger Friedman, the Fox News “critic” who reviewed the leaked “X-Men: Origins Wolverine” workprint and then was reportedly fired for it. Despite an updated statement from Fox saying the writer had been terminated, he’s hinting there’s something more to the story.
After word began to circulate late Saturday that Friedman had been removed, News Corp. amended its original statement, adding that Fox News had “promptly terminated Mr. Friedman.”
But had it? Contacted Sunday, Friedman would not comment except to say, “Reports of my death have been extremely exaggerated.”
“This is an internal matter that we are not prepared to discuss at this time,” a Fox News spokesperson said, leaving the entire matter in question.
Does this mean he’s threatening a lawsuit or the axe hasn’t quite dropped yet?
