From the Dept. of "Can Dish It Out..."

Apparently it’s OK to pretend you’re Clooney, excoriate Bush and embarrass Schwarzenegger. But turn your sites on Arianna Huffington, and someone’s going to get hurt (feelings).

The Huffington Post let go one of its contributors, Dr. Peter Rost, for complaining that a HuffPo staff member posted negative comments on Rost’s blog.

Huffington says the unprecedented firing followed repeated warnings to Rost that his posts had grown tiresome, personal and boring. If this is the criteria for firing, we expect major shakeups up HuffPo soon.

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