(KTLA) – Sony Pictures Television has fired longtime “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton over an incident on a Los Angeles-bound flight involving his participation in an online chatroom.
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“Following a thorough investigation, Jim Thornton’s employment with Wheel of Fortune has been terminated, effective immediately,” a studio spokesperson told KTLA Friday afternoon.
The incident unfolded in May aboard an American Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Los Angeles…