A Creative New Way To Never Be Hired Anywhere Ever Again

 

I wonder how Birmingham Mail reporter Adam Smith felt when he woke up the day after confessing to plagiarism and quitting his job all on video.  Or if he even remembered.  Thankfully, it’s on YouTube to refresh his memory!  Though there is no official word, I’m willing to bet Adam is on the dole today.  Lessons to learn: 

1)  If you have to booze on the job, you better be one of those quiet, brooding drunks.  

2)  A letter of resignation is still considered proper protocol. 

I had a really hard time understanding his slurring but this is the snapshot:

I jumped on a plane on Friday to volunteer for the Barack Obama campaign.  As an ill-advised promise, I’ve decided to say to my paper back home that I’d write about the American election.

I wanted to be here because I’m here for history. The trouble is, the readers of the Birmingham Mail are going to get my version of history. And I’m just a little bit pissed…

And thank god for the BBC, because I’m cutting and pasting, oh, baby!

I’m a proper news journalist.

My name is Adam Smith, also known as Steve Zacharanda, who has just resigned from the Birmingham Mail, the Birmingham Post and the Birmingham Sunday Mercury, to set up my own magazine. Fuck you, I’m doing what I want.