Pazienza says that one line in the CNN employee handbook was his undoing. The handbook states that any writing produced for a "non-CNN outlet" is required to be checked with the network's standards and practices department. He says the rule is vague and did not specifically cover blogging.
"I told both my boss and HR representative that a network which prides itself on being so internet savvy -- or promotes itself as such, ad nauseam -- should probably specify blogging and online networking restrictions in its handbook," Pazienza writes.
Two things that seem hard to believe about CNN firing Pazienza is that it took them almost two years to discover his blogging and that the company does not have an official policy concerning such activity.
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