(Newsday) A WCBS/2 reporter was fired Thursday after he used an obscenity on live television while delivering a report on MetroCard swiping as he was harassed by people behind.
Arthur Chi'en made the remarks shortly after 6 a.m. as he stood at the 57th Street station in midtown and two passersby stood behind him, holding up a sign for the Opie & Anthony satellite radio show.
The larger of the two men made an obscene gesture. Chi'en stayed composed for several seconds as they appeared to taunt him, but then the reporter asked them what they were doing, using an obscenity.[see
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