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Palmer Luckey clashes with Meta exec over his 2017 firing

Palmy Lackey, the controversial Oculus VR headset developer who was fired by Facebook in 2017 for donating $10,000 to a pro-Donald Trump organization, told Meta that he was behind his departure. He called for “everything to be made public” regarding the still-ambiguous situation. Facebook said Luckey, who sold Oculus to Meta for $2 billion in […]

CNN host says NBC News showed ‘double standard’ in McDaniel firing

CNN host Fareed Zakaria criticized NBC News for hiring and promptly firing former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. Zakaria appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to discuss McDaniel’s brief contract that began and ended this past week. MSNBC hosts had voiced their disagreement with McDaniel’s hire over her political views. “So, really, […]

AARP Ordered to Pay $2.1M in Damages for Illegally Firing Gay Employee

AARP Services, a division of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), must pay a gay employee approximately $2.1 million for illegally firing a gay employee in 2018. A Washington, D.C. Superior Court jury on March 15 found “evidence” that Deus’ sexual orientation was a “material contributing factor” to the company’s decision to fire former […]

RNC mulls shutting NBC out over Ronna McDaniel firing

The Republican National Committee is reportedly considering plans to restrict NBC’s access to the party’s convention this summer after the network’s Ronna McDaniel debacle. McDaniel was fired by the Comcast-owned network following protests by the network, home to left-wing stars from NBC and MSNBC, over the hiring of an individual with close ties to Donald […]