Howard Kurtz Fired at Daily Beast Over Coverage of Jason Collins

After quite a run with the news reporting and opinion website, The Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz has been fired. According to Politico, the news comes after a string of misinformation surrounding Kurtz' story on Jason Collins coming out.

Tina Brown, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, has released a statement:

"Under the direction of our newly named political director John Avlon we have added new momentum and authority to our Washington bureau with columnists such as Jon Favreau, Joshua Dubois and Stuart Stevens joining our outstanding DC team of Eleanor Clift, Daniel Klaidman, Michael Tomasky, Eli Lake, David Frum and Michelle Cottle - giving us one of the best politics teams in the business which was instrumental in this week's Webby win for Best News site."

Brown's statement did not include Kurtz' name but she posted on Twitter about the split.

According to Contact Music, Kurtz received backlash after reporting that Collins never admitted to being engaged to a woman. Collins' appeared on numerous news outlets admitting he was engaged to a former-WNBA player, Carolyn Moos. Kurtz has served as The Daily Beast's Washington correspondent and the Washington bureau chief. Previously, the reporter built a career with The Washington Post before leaving in 2010. Kurtz expressed on Twitter that the decision was a mutual agreement.

"Newsweek and the Beast are great brands, but the time had come for me to move on to other opportunities," Kurtz said.

While an employee of The Daily Beast, Kurtz racked up a few reporting errors under his belt. Kurtz admitted to not interviewing Rep. Darrell Issa after publishing a supposed interview with the politician, Contact Music reported.

In another case, Kurtz admitted to misquoting Rep. Nancy Pelosi after many questioned the validity of his stories.

Fellow reporter, Josh Barro of Bloomberg, expressed his sentiments about Kurtz' recent firing.

"Between Dick Morris and Howard Kurtz, we're seeing a dangerous trend where commentators lose their jobs for being bad at them," said Barro.