Washington Examiner Crime Reporter's Daughter Witnessed Dad's Firing

The Washington Examiner recently dropped a bombshell on its newsroom, giving the boot to some 87 journalists to effectively start a new online political publication, including crime reporter Scott McCabe, whose work has actually helped solve crimes, and gossip columnist Nikki Schwab. McCabe and Schwab recently spoke with American University’s clean and professional District Wire News broadcast about losing their jobs and dished about went down during the firings.

In McCabe’s case, his daughter was on Spring Break and at work with him that day… “So her Spring Break was watching her Dad get fired,” McCabe said in the interview, mustering a dark chuckle.

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