Daily Breeze Fires Writer Over Interview?

The LA Daily Breeze published this 'interview' with Clay a few weeks back. If you recall, quite a few fans took offence. The CH's PermaSwooned complained to the editor and got this reply:

Dear (PermaSwooned's real name),
Thanks for expressing your views about last week's Rave column/interview with Clay Aiken. Sue Schmitt passed along your e-mail to me.
You raise some legitimate points about the approach that Corey Levitan took with the question/answer. While some readers may have found it amusing, I can see how others might be offended.
We've given Corey and other Rave reporters significant leeway in how to approach stories and interviews. Perhaps in this case the approach did not work.
For what it's worth, Corey has since left the Breeze and moved onto another newspaper.
I hope you enjoy the show at the Kodak and consider continuing to read all that we have to offer in Rave and The Daily Breeze. I'd ask you to judge us over a period of weeks or months, not on one story.
In any case, thanks for giving us your feedback. Positive or negative, it's good to hear from readers.

Regards,

Phillip Sanfield
Associate Editor
Daily Breeze