CBS has parted ways with one of the company’s top lawyers after she said she is “not even sympathetic” to victims of the Las Vegas shooting because “country music fans often are Republican,” when discussing the tragic mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas late Sunday night.

“This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS. Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families,” a CBS spokeswoman told Fox News.

Hayley Geftman-Gold, the network's now-former vice president and senior counsel, took to Facebook after a gunman opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, killing at least 58 people and sending more than 500 others to hospitals.

“If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs [sic] will ever do the right thing,” Geftman-Gold wrote in a now-deleted message that was first reported and captured by The Daily Caller.

Geftman-Gold continued: “I’m actually not even sympathetic bc [sic] country music fans often are Republican gun toters [sic].”

http://www.foxnews.com/enterta...bly-republicans.html

Beat by 2 minutes.

Hayley Geftman-Gold, CBS Vice President and Senior Counsel,: "No sympathy for Vegas victims, 'probably Republicans'"

CBS: “This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS. Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families.”

There went a promising career.

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And....she's fired. Karma is a bitch, ain't it.

Ha - damn straight! I couldn't fathom how she wouldn't be....but it is CBS. Hope these comments follow her and she has a terrible time finding another job.

"But, but, but, what about the 1st Amendment?", the former VP and Senior Counsel wanted to know.

Can that POS also be debarred?

I guess it's disbarred.

From one of the links:

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Geftman-Gold had planned an impromptu victory party in Brooklyn at the intersection of President Street and Clinton Street last year for Democrat Hillary Clinton's expected victory in the presidential election.

Again, she made the wrong call. And she'll never learn from her mistakes.

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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
I'm not defending her comments.

However, late 30's and early 40's is a perfectly normal age range to be where she's at.

Plus she'd only been there a year, and they let her go in the blink of an eye. She may have had a neat title (some employers still think that makes up for a relatively so-so paycheck in the particular market), but she obviously didn't mean that much within the network.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:

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Originally posted by oddball:
I have not watched the news. I have seen some videos, and there seems to be a lot of them out there. Call me weird, but I'm dumbfounded by the fact that many folks, in the middle of gunfire, took the time to video record, out in the open with no shelter, the mayhem around them with their cell phones. I even saw a group of guys with beers in their hands standing around while people around them are ducking, running, cowering from the gunfire. I just think it is surreal.

People in crisis respond in strange ways sometimes.

Let's roll....

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"But, but, but, what about the 1st Amendment?", the former VP and Senior Counsel wanted to know.

Maybe the NFL or ESPN will hire her? They seem compatible.

Or at least have a compatible misunderstanding of teh 1st Amendment.

Took police 72 minutes to locate the shooter.

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Took police 72 minutes to locate the shooter.

That long?

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And....she's fired. Karma is a bitch, ain't it. There are a lot of stupid people who think stupid things. It takes a whole 'nother level of stupid to publish your stupidity on Facebook for all to see. Rules to live by - #1) Nothing you post on the internet is private or anonymous...ever.

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"This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS," stated the network. "Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families."

Now there's some social justice.

Bravo, CBS.

Stupid young woman.

Terrible event. My prayers for all those affected.

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:

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And....she's fired. Karma is a bitch, ain't it.

Ha - damn straight! I couldn't fathom how she wouldn't be....but it is CBS. Hope these comments follow her and she has a terrible time finding another job.

The CBS attorney showed a shocking lack of judgment in making her statement and in making it on an open forum. I would never put my trust in her to defend my interests, and it will probably be quite some time before anyone else will give her another serious opportunity. This should be a valuable learning experience for her both personally and professionally.

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Took police 72 minutes to locate the shooter.

Source?

That seems like an extremely long time, considering the other reports stating that officers on the ground at the concert immediately located and reported the shooter's position, that people in neighboring rooms in the hotel called 911 once the shooting began, and that the shooting causes the fire alarms in his room to go off.

Perhaps they meant 7 minutes? Or 2 minutes?

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Took police 72 minutes to locate the shooter.

Not surprising, SWAT teams take time to respond. When I heard SWAT I was thinking 90 to 120 minutes.

Getting the stuff takes time.

They knew exactly where he was just getting to him was not possible. I doubt he shot that entire time.

72 minutes of terror

It took an hour and 12 minutes from the first 911 call to the moment police burst into Paddock's room

Ah. 72 minutes until SWAT made entry. That makes a lot more sense. It didn't take them 72 minutes to figure out where the shooter was located.

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Originally posted by guardianangel762:
I doubt he shot that entire time.

Agreed. SOP nowadays for active shooters is that whatever officers get there first immediately make entry if the gunshots/killing is ongoing. No waiting around for SWAT.

If the gunshots/killing has stopped, you have time to be more methodical and allow more time for SWAT to respond, gear up, make a plan, and handle it.

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And....she's fired. Karma is a bitch, ain't it. There are a lot of stupid people who think stupid things. It takes a whole 'nother level of stupid to publish your stupidity on Facebook for all to see. Rules to live by - #1) Nothing you post on the internet is private or anonymous...ever.

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"This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS," stated the network. "Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families."

HeHe

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The CBS attorney

I hear FEMA is looking for sewer cleaners. Great pay, crappy title.