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.
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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.
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I would not be surprised if he were hired by the CBC (aka PravdaKanada) here in Canada. Might replace Neil McDonald as the Washington correspondent. He might be too conservative, though!
“Just think of all the valuable time youve saved by NOT watching them.”
Not to mention the benefits to my blood pressure and ulcers!
the TVs in the Redmond MS facilities’ break rooms used to be tuned to MSNBC - in my building it is CNN, though I change it to the NHL channel whenever possible.
They don’t do news at MSNBC any more. They just do propaganda!
MSNBC was never created for news. It was created by the head of GE to save Clinton’s butt when the Monica mess overflowed.
Or, they could merge with al Jazeera.
Besides, he’s too ugh-lee to be the champ, er, on TV
Glad the filthy beast Bashir is gone.
Let him go to some Middle East hellhole where women are treated like this on a daily basis.
And let some brave woman decapitate his manhood while he sleeps.
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