Discovery and Oprah ax OWN channel chief (Under the bus, replaced by a white guy...)

Reuters ^ | 5/6/11 | Yinka Adegoke

[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.

[jimbo123]

Will Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al call for a boycott of Oprah for throwing her black female CEO under the bus?

[jimbo123]

Under the Bus...



Boarding the Bus...

[RightGeek]

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)

[Secret Agent Man]

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.

[Smokin' Joe]

She don’ git it. Don’ nobody wanna be OWNed.

[MizSterious]

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.)

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[liberalh8ter]

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.

[philetus]

If you like NASCAR, you must be a racist

[Dilbert San Diego]

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?

[pepsionice]

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.

[Ann Archy]

The stupid women that watched Oprah religiously can’t find her new channel.....they are now watching Ellen!

[Fu-fu2]

That says it all......

[Jack Hydrazine]

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!

[ncalburt]

black lesbos have a short shelf life.

[JoeProBono]

[SunkenCiv]

Racism is the only reason anyone voted for Obama.

[newzjunkey]

She don’ git it. Don’ nobody wanna be OWNed.

Love the irony!

[Freddd]

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.

[Leo Carpathian]

She miss title in ebonics, I don gitit wha they be sayin.
Hope and change the channel.