Fuck it! I quit: Reporter resigns live on air

Charlo Greene, a reporter for CBS affiliate KTVA-TV in Anchorage, Alaska, quit her job live on air on Sunday night after announcing that she owned a medical marijuana business.

“Fuck it, I quit,” she said on live TV before walking off set.

Greene did a report on the Alaska Cannabis Club on the 10pm news. At the end of the report, she revealed herself as the owner of the club and said she was quitting her job at the station to devote her time to legalising marijuana in Alaska.

She said: “Now everything you heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy for fighting for freedom and fairness which begins with legalising marijuana here in Alaska.”

Ms Greene then announced she was quitting with choice words and marched off camera.

The broadcast cut back to the anchor, who was too stunned to speak.

KTVA 11 apologised for the outburst on its Facebook page:

“Dear Viewers, We sincerely apologise for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter during her live presentation on the air tonight. The employee has been terminated.”

After quitting, Greene posted an Indiegogo page to raise $5,000 to go toward campaigning for marijuana legislation.

She wrote: “I just quit my news reporting job on live TV to announce that I am redirecting all of my energy toward helping to end a failed drug policy that has ruined the lives of far too many Americans.

“Imagine, if after Colorado and Washington have legalised recreational marijuana and are offering the rest of the world a positive outlook on what ending marijuana prohibition can do, Alaskan voters fail to continue moving our nation in the direction toward freedom and fairness. There’s no doubt that will impact every other state, national and international marijuana reform effort. Americans with common sense don’t want that.

“Help us to keep that from becoming a reality.”