I'm all about maintaining a professional stance in the workplace, especially if you work in customer service, that mess can get out of hand so quick you won't even know it happened. But there's should be limit to how often and for how long one should uphold the views of the companies and organizations we work for, especially when the line is getting thin between our personal and professional lives.
Firing someone because of what's on their facebook or twitter account is getting insanely close to that line. That said, where does a situation like this one fall? I'm of the opinion that unless you happen to be complaining about your job or revealing undesired information about it, employers shouldn't have a leg to stand on. But if you happen to have the power to sway public opinion, you should probably be really careful about what you say, especially when you work for a news station. So that adds occupational relevancy to the list of things that can get you in trouble on a social networking site. Though I'm still going to be of the opinion that employers should just man up, people aren't always representing the places they work for; I'm pretty sure they have their own identities.
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