Cesare Dominic "Chez" Pazienza was an American journalist, author, television producer and media consultant.
11 Facts About Chez Pazienza
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Chez Pazienza was the founder and managing editor of Deus Ex Malcontent, a blog which rose to prominence after Pazienza was fired from his job as a senior producer at CNN in 2008, as well as the CEO of DXM Media.
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Chez Pazienza attended elementary school at Atlantic Christian School in Hialeah, Florida, was enrolled for the 8th grade at Dade Christian School, a strict Baptist academy, and ultimately attended high school at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in the Miami suburb of Opa-locka, Florida.
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Chez Pazienza graduated in 1987 and was voted Most Talented in the Arts among his senior class.
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Immediately after high school, Chez Pazienza enrolled at the University of Miami, double-majoring in motion pictures and psychology.
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Chez Pazienza joined the staff of WVUM, the school's radio station, becoming both a DJ and a specialty show host.
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In 1990, after becoming a drummer in an alternative rock band and deciding that he hoped to make a living playing music, Chez Pazienza left the university, a year short of graduating.
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Chez Pazienza went on to work as a producer at KNBC in Los Angeles, where he was given his second regional Emmy, and an executive producer at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles.
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On February 12,2008, Chez Pazienza was fired by CNN for maintaining a personal blog, called Deus Ex Malcontent, which was started in the summer of 2006, as well as contributing opinion pieces to The Huffington Post.
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Chez Pazienza capitalized on the attention, writing a scathing column for The Huffington Post detailing some of his experiences at CNN, specifically what he felt was a dereliction of duty by the network and mainstream news outlets in general when it came to covering serious news.
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Since then he continued writing about subjects involving the media; he regularly mined his personal experiences as a television news producer to offer opinionated commentary on topics including NBC's role in the late-night war between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno, and CNN's decision to fire Rick Sanchez, whom Pazienza worked closely with at several points throughout his career.