A reporter at KTVA-TV in Alaska quit her job on-air after revealing herself as the owner of the medical marijuana business Alaska Cannabis Club.
At the end of a live report on the Alaska Cannabis Club during KTVA’s Sunday night newscast, Charlo Greene made the announcement:
“Now everything you heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy for fighting for freedom and fairness which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska,” she said. “And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, (expletive) it, I quit.”
With that, she simply walked off camera.
In an interview with the Alaska Dispatch News, Greene said KTVA had no idea she was going to quit, or that she was connected to the Alaska Cannabis Club.
She quit in such a dramatic way to draw attention to the issue, she told the Alaska Dispatch News.
“If I offended anyone, I apologize, but I’m not sorry for the choice that I made,” she said.
The aim of the Alaska Cannabis Club is to increase access to medical marijuana within the state.
The state will vote on legalizing recreational marijuana use later this year.
