Leiberman refused unemployment payments: Sinclair Broadcast Group's Washington bureau chief Jon Leiberman tried to get out of his contract three times, citing ethical reasons, before he went public with concerns about the company's bias. It's bad enough he got fired for insisting on journalistic ethics, but now the Maryland Department of Labor says he can't collect unemployment. Incredibly, the department's language against Leiberman is harsher than anything I've seen against blatantly biased Sinclair. From Broadcasting and Cable:

The Department of Labor report found the reporter’s conduct “was either a deliberate and willful disregard of the standards of behavior which the employer has the right to expect” or “a series of repeated violations of employment rules” with a “wanton disregard” of his obligations to Sinclair. Under the Maryland Unemployment Insurance Law, it concludes, Leiberman’s behavior “constitutes gross misconduct.”