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Discovery and Oprah ax OWN channel chief (Under the bus, replaced by a white guy...)
Reuters ^
| 5/6/11
| Yinka Adegoke
Posted on 05/06/2011 5:07:34 PM PDT by jimbo123
Discovery Communications and Oprah Winfrey have pushed out Christina Norman as chief executive of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, after a tough start for the five-month old cable network.
Discovery Chief Operating Officer Peter Ligouri will take over from Norman on an interim basis, in addition to his current role.
OWN, which launched in the United States on January 1, has struggled to win ratings in its first five months.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boycottoprah; discovery; gayleking; oprah; oprahwinfrey; own; ownnetwork; sherylcrow
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Will Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al call for a boycott of Oprah for throwing her black female CEO under the bus?
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:07:38 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
Under the Bus...
Boarding the Bus...
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:12:04 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
I wonder if they will now get rid of Rosie O’Donnell who was waddling in with her own show to save the day? (snort)
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:14:19 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: jimbo123
If you don’t like Barry, you must be racist.
If you don’t watch Oprah, you must be racist.
Look for this to be floated out there. Seems to follow the liberal illogic.
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:18:44 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: jimbo123
She don’ git it. Don’ nobody wanna be OWNed.
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:21:47 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: jimbo123
I have complained to Dish Network repeatedly about this horrid little channel. There is NOTHING on it that I watch, even when there’s nothing else to watch. It’s awful. (And worse, now Dr. G. is on a channel Dish doesn’t carry.)
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:35:25 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Thanks jimbo123.
after a tough start for the five-month old cable network
It's the name -- OWN Channel. Zero told us all that we were moving beyond an ownership society.
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:39:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: SunkenCiv
She can hire and fire away. I refuse to watch anything on her network because of her association with Obama. I now see Okra as a racist because there was NO reason for her to support Obama other than the color of his skin.
To: Secret Agent Man
If you like NASCAR, you must be a racist
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posted on
05/06/2011 5:51:13 PM PDT
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
To: philetus
If you avoid watching NBA basketball, are you racist?
But, if instead of NBA basketball, you like NHL hockey, does liking hockey make you racist?
To: liberalh8ter
Based on numbers...I doubt that OWN is anywhere near the profit margin they anticipated by this point. They probably have twelve months to establish a recovery...or face some sell-off to a third-party.
To: jimbo123
The stupid women that watched Oprah religiously can’t find her new channel.....they are now watching Ellen!
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:08:34 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: jimbo123
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:14:58 PM PDT
by
Fu-fu2
To: jimbo123
So a Black woman firing a Black woman and hiring Whitey might be considered racist? Let the Leftists chew on that one for a while.
Oprah’s going off the plantation again! Time to call the ACLU, Reverends Jackson and Sharpton, and any other race baiting agencies to reel her back in!
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:16:13 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: jimbo123
black lesbos have a short shelf life.
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:16:13 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
(DO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:19:45 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: liberalh8ter
Racism is the only reason anyone voted for Obama.
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:23:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: Smokin' Joe
She don git it. Don nobody wanna be OWNed. Love the irony!
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:40:28 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
To: jimbo123
Doesn’t matter.
Oprah’s biasedness is her problem.
But she won’t end ownership until after the next election. After that she simply won’t care.
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posted on
05/06/2011 6:45:31 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(NoPA ngineers.)
To: newzjunkey
She miss title in ebonics, I don gitit wha they be sayin.
Hope and change the channel.
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posted on
05/06/2011 7:01:25 PM PDT
by
Leo Carpathian
(fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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