The Canadian journalist who was chastised for seeking a photo-op with CNN’s Anderson Cooper near the site of the Ottawa shooting may have suffered some professional fallout for his actions.
A tweet that was shared Thursday morning by Sun News Network indicated that Vandon Gene “no longer has any association” with the organization.
Gene had previously been identified as a contributor to Sun News Network.
RT @mw_wolf: FYI: @vandongene no longer has any association with @SunNewsNetwork. Now time to focus on the bigger issues @andersoncooper
— Sun News Network (@SunNewsNetwork) October 23, 2014
Cooper, who was reporting from Ottawa on the deadly shooting on Parliament Hill, emphatically rejected Gene’s request for a photo on Thursday night, saying it would be “wildly inappropriate.”
Gene took umbrage to Cooper’s refusal, and later lambasted the CNN anchor in a series of since-deleted tweets.
But on Thursday morning, Gene used Twitter for a different reason: to “unreservedly apologize” for his actions.
Edit: my comment has been rendered into senselessness by editing.
Thanks!
Slow news day.
GB Shaw said, “Youth is wasted on the young”.
Ain’t it de troot.
Hear hear and can we get an amen!!