Charlo Greene, whose real name is Charlene Egbe, WAS a reporter at KTVA in Anchorage, Alaska, but she decided her efforts to legalize marijuana in the state were more important. So, last fall, she quit her anchor job. Dramatically. On live television.
This was a horrible joke. If you find yourself laughing, don't feel bad because you're not alone but just as many people see this as no laughing matter. What's worse, it happened right there in California, so the people who did this were all the more close to the tragedy. As (fake) Asiana Airlines pilots' names appeared behind the anchor, she read them as they appeared.
From my first day on the radio when I was 17-years-old, the rule has always been that you always act like the microphone is on. I guess kids today just aren't getting that memo. To answer your question: Yes, he was fired...