Roger Friedman, the longtime Fox News online columnist, is no longer working for the news organization after eviewing a pirated version of the X-Men sequel “Wolverine.”
“Fox News representatives and Roger Friedman met today and mutually agreed to part ways immediately,” Fox News said in statement Monday. “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.”
Two Web sites, The Huffington Post and Gawker, reported that Friedman was scheduled to meet this morning with Roger Ailes, the Fox News chief, and John Moody, his executive vice president for editorial, to plead his case for keeping his job and online column “Fox 411.”