Ya it was a mistake but was it really necessary to fire the guy? Suspension without pay for a couple days or even a week? Sure. Let him go for a cuss word? I am not so sure.
Is that area that desperate for on air talent that it takes someone that cannot talk? Even without the fucking shit, it reminded me of BOOM goes the Dynamite!
The people that should really be fired are those on the production team. That was worse than me filming their newscast on my iPhone.