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Martin Bashir Out at MSNBC in Wake of Palin Remarks (Phil Griffin destroying NBC News)
The Baltimore Sun ^ | Wednesday, December 4, 2013 | David Zurawik

Posted on 12/04/2013 3:29:04 PM PST by kristinn

You can fire 10 Martin Bashirs and it won't start to repair damage done to NBC News

Martin Bashir, the embattled MSNBC show host who on Nov. 15 urged a crude and graphic form of punishment for Sarah Palin, resigned from the channel Wednesday.

MSNBC could afford to do nothing less than force Bashir out in the wake of his hateful speech.

Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, tried stonewalling the mounting criticism even after Bashir delivered an on-air apology, but the words and actions were too gross and hateful to allow Bashir to return.

SNIP

Under Griffin's leadership, MNSBC has become the leading proponent of such ideologically-charged, rabble-rousing rhetoric.

They don't do news at MSNBC any more. They just do propaganda. And you can only attack your ideological enemies so long before you find yourself in the realm of hate speech as Bashir did.

I hope this event will help Comcast come to understand how deeply Griffin and his cynical programming strategy have damaged the brand of NBC News and the network in general.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: comcast; deportmartinbashir; liberal; liberalattackdog; martinbashir; msnbc; nbc; nbcuniversal; palin; pds; philgriffin; sarahpalin
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More at the source link including Bashir and Griffin's statements.
1 posted on 12/04/2013 3:29:04 PM PST by kristinn
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GOOD! Let’s hope that no one else hires him.


3 posted on 12/04/2013 3:33:04 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: kristinn

Palin: 1
Bashir: 0

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4 posted on 12/04/2013 3:33:32 PM PST by MeganC (Support Matt Bevin to oust Mitch McConnell! https://mattbevin.com/)
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To: F15Eagle

Piers, is next.


5 posted on 12/04/2013 3:33:33 PM PST by omega4179
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To: F15Eagle

“Let’s kick him and Piers Morgan out of the U.S.A.”
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I have never seen PMSNBC, but I think there should be a move to boycott any and all sponsors.
Let them move to North Korea.


6 posted on 12/04/2013 3:34:21 PM PST by AlexW
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To: kristinn

Too bad these cable-satellite systems would never ever carry a conservative channel


7 posted on 12/04/2013 3:34:43 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: kristinn

Great, but were is the apology to Sara? Yeah I know.....****crickets****


8 posted on 12/04/2013 3:36:46 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11) Hey, Harry Reid.. 1-800-318-2596!)
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To: kristinn

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

9 posted on 12/04/2013 3:39:32 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: kristinn

Next, MSNBC should shut down. Who would miss it? Let ait become the extreme group on the margin of mainstream America and not let it pretend to be anything greater.

Can anyone say blog, website and podcast? This is where MSNBC belongs.


10 posted on 12/04/2013 3:40:46 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: kristinn

The author of this piece is a card-carrying lib, too.


11 posted on 12/04/2013 3:41:51 PM PST by abb
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To: kristinn
Too bad Bashir couldn't take Matthews, Sharpton and the rest of the “on-air talent” with him.
12 posted on 12/04/2013 3:46:27 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: kristinn

Bashir is a symptom. Notice how long it took NBC Universal, GE, and Comcast to act.


13 posted on 12/04/2013 3:46:57 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: kristinn

Amazes me that anyone was watching to react to Bashirs’ rantings. MSNBC hosts have to go over the top with their comments or else nobody would know that they’re still on.


14 posted on 12/04/2013 3:52:37 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: SandRat

Where’s left to go after MSNBC? The Scranton local access cable channel?


16 posted on 12/04/2013 3:53:41 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: kristinn

Did that Islamist-B-Gone solution finally work?


17 posted on 12/04/2013 3:55:20 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: kristinn

Martin is forced to eat his words.


18 posted on 12/04/2013 3:57:51 PM PST by windsorknot (>>>)
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To: kristinn

He’ll sign on with The Compost within a week.Count on it!


19 posted on 12/04/2013 4:00:19 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: bigbob

What is LOWER than MSNBC.....Al Jazeera???? Tight race to the bottom, but I think that MSNBC (don’t forget that MICROSFOT is the MS part of MSNBC) is the LOWEST of the LOW!!


20 posted on 12/04/2013 4:03:45 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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