New York Stock Exchange Exec Fired for Daily Show Interview

A former manager on the New York Stock Exchange says that he was fired from his job because of sitting down for an interview with "The Daily Show".

Bloomberg Reports that Todd Wileman contends the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange Inc., fired him because of an interview that aired on March 6, 2014. Wileman was fired less than ten days later.

In a lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court, Wileman contends that he was fired because the company disagrees with the political message of the show. A powerful Wall Street figure complained that Wileman mocked the 1 percent in the interview. This is despite the fact that the interview was edited by The Daily Show for the maximum comic effect.

The Daily Show will often just cut up interviews, swapping out questions and answers, so that they can create the funniest segment. Wileman says that none of the answers that were televised were actually in response to the questions that were also televised.