Not a good day for this guy…
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Style Weekly yesterday fired a reporter who sent an e-mail that used an obscenity to describe a disabled man, the reporter confirmed.
Reporter Chris Dovi said he referred to William Weeks, a blind motivational speaker, as a “blind [expletive]” in an e-mail last Friday that Dovi meant to send to an editor.
The e-mail instead went to Scott McCaskey, a public relations spokesman for Weeks. Yesterday, McCaskey issued a news release that contained Dovi’s e-mail and said the e-mail “reveals society’s ongoing prejudice against the disabled.”
Dovi said yesterday that he had grown frustrated with McCaskey for repeatedly calling and e-mailing him about getting Style to cover Weeks’ presentation Feb. 25 in Richmond.
Jeesh, I think this was a little harsh. I would have thought he would have been reprimanded and maybe suspended for a few weeks. Oh well, some mistakes are more costly than others.
