yup TBT...Mic Flags are CHEAP, and I know MANY freelance reporters that carry a brief case full of them. They get paid per segment that they file the report on. You can have one reporter doing the same story for 25 different stations!
sounds like another disgruntled employee...layoffs are layoffs. Get used to them. They happen to most folks. The difference between the mature and the immature is how you handle it