F-word costs TV guy a job

TV reporter Arthur Chi'en was canned by WCBS/Ch. 2 yesterday after he shouted the F-word at two meddlers who horned in on his live shot.
Chi'en was in the middle of a 6a.m. broadcast about MetroCard scammers when two men sneaked up behind him with a sign promoting radio shock jocks Opie & Anthony.

For a few moments, as the knuckleheads heckled him and gave the finger to the camera, Chi'en kept his cool and continued talking.

But as soon as he finished his report, he spun around and shouted at the intruders: "What the f--- is your problem, man?"

If he thought the WCBS control room had already cut to tape, he was wrong. The expletive went out over the air.

"Sorry about that distraction before," Chi'en said when he returned.

The apology apparently wasn't enough for WCBS, especially when the Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on obscenity.

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