But the program said in a statement that it was a "journalistic program" and that Ms. Simeone's "leadership role in the recent October 2011 protest activities, associated with the Occupy D.C. movement, conflicts with her role as the host of a documentary series".
Previously, Vivian was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Discovery Times Channel, where she led the network through a period of dramatic growth, tripling its distribution while achieving critical acclaim for award winning journalistic programming.
"This isn't 'Real Sports' or 'Costas,' " he added, referring to HBO's journalistic sports programs.
Instead of being terminated, though, Blair was placed in a sort of journalistic rehab program designed specially for him, and then, in October, sent off to Washington as part of the team covering the sniper shootings.
Nonetheless, fulfilling its journalistic mission, the program will air as scheduled Sunday evening.
If Reagan is reinstated, she expects the war to escalate, which could narrow the journalistic space of her program.
In recent years, The New York Times has developed joint programming and journalistic projects with New York 1 News and ABC News.
Meanwhile, the board of PBS voted to adopt an updated set of journalistic standards to govern programming and content development, in large part to make the policies, last revised in 1987, more reflective of media other than television.
The Daily Show presents news; more so than most journalistic broadcasts, the comedy program can pick and choose what stories to focus on.
There must be dozens of journalistic reports on the program every week -- whether relevant to the business worlds of energy, communications or insurance -- that warrant, and lack, real-time disclosures while the news accounts are on the air.
