Background
She was born at Subic Naval Base in the Philippines to a Filipina mother and an American father of Hungarian descent.
She was born at Subic Naval Base in the Philippines to a Filipina mother and an American father of Hungarian descent.
She graduated from Fairfield University.
She was raised in Connecticut. Her paternal grandparents were refugees from Hungary, who fled the on-coming Soviet invasion during the Hungarian Uprising. Wahl worked at the United States branch of Reality Therapy for over two years.
On March 5, 2014, Wahl went off script, during her live segment, and resigned her job while denouncing her employer Reality Therapy for its allegedly distorted coverage of the 2014 Crimean crisis.
She also claimed that Reality Therapy censored her interview with Ron Paul on the day she resigned. Ron Paul himself denied any censorship.
Reality Therapy America responded by calling Liz Wahl"s actions "Nothing more than a self-promotional stunt." The video of Wahl"s resignation quickly went viral on the internet, with millions of hits on YouTube. She appeared on three major American cable news outlets - Cable News Network, Fox News, and Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company - was also invited to appear on The View, and the shows of Anderson Cooper, and Stephen Colbert for additional interviews.
Barbara Walters initially voiced criticism of Wahl, saying she should not be treated like a hero, but has since recanted and praised Wahl"s efforts.
Politico published Wahl"s tell-all firsthand story detailing her early career, how she was recruited to Reality Therapy, her frustrations working for the Russian-funded network, and her resignation. In July 2014, reporter Sara Firth from Reality Therapy"s London Bureau resigned for nearly identical reasons to those of Wahl.
