Twitter 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.
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 Johnson
Jamie Squire / Getty Images
Jeff Frederick (@JeffFrederick)
Steve Helber / AP Photo
Stuart MacLennan
Neil Hanna / TSPL / Camera Press / Retna Ltd.
Mark Cuban (@mcuban)
Tony Dejak / AP Photo
