0Twitter Firees When Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco tweeted mid-game this week, he was slapped with a $25,000 fine. He’s not alone. These 15 unlucky (and unthinking) folks were fined, benched, and—more often than not—fired for their micro-messages.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 4:47PM ET / Published Jul. 08, 2010 3:03PM ET Al Behrman Chad Ochocinco (@OGOchoCinco)Al Behrman Octavia Nasr (@octavianasr)CNN Mike Bacsik (@MikeBacsik, with protected tweets)Jeff Chiu / AP Photo Jon-Barrett Ingels, Beverly Hills Waiter (@papabarrett)AP Photos Catherine Deveny (@catherinedeveny) David Clowney (@davidclowney)Lynne Sladky / AP Photo The Beautiful Kind, Anonymous Sex Blogger David Shuster (@davidshuster)MSNBC Markos Moulitsas (@markos)J. Kamp / AP Photo Courtney Love (@CourtneyLoveUK)Theo Wargo / Getty Images Larry JohnsonJamie Squire / Getty Images Jeff Frederick (@JeffFrederick)Steve Helber / AP Photo Stuart MacLennanNeil Hanna / TSPL / Camera Press / Retna Ltd. Mark Cuban (@mcuban)Tony Dejak / AP Photo Jennifer CarterAP Photo
Chad Ochocinco (@OGOchoCinco)Al Behrman Octavia Nasr (@octavianasr)CNN Mike Bacsik (@MikeBacsik, with protected tweets)Jeff Chiu / AP Photo Jon-Barrett Ingels, Beverly Hills Waiter (@papabarrett)AP Photos Catherine Deveny (@catherinedeveny) David Clowney (@davidclowney)Lynne Sladky / AP Photo The Beautiful Kind, Anonymous Sex Blogger David Shuster (@davidshuster)MSNBC Markos Moulitsas (@markos)J. Kamp / AP Photo Courtney Love (@CourtneyLoveUK)Theo Wargo / Getty Images Larry JohnsonJamie Squire / Getty Images Jeff Frederick (@JeffFrederick)Steve Helber / AP Photo Stuart MacLennanNeil Hanna / TSPL / Camera Press / Retna Ltd. Mark Cuban (@mcuban)Tony Dejak / AP Photo Jennifer CarterAP Photo