Lawrence O'Donell insists parent company NBC consider firing Donald Trump

The Daily Caller ^ | 04/08/2011 | Jeff Poor

[Scanian]

They say you shouldn’t bite the hand feeds you, but that isn’t stopping MSNBC’s “The Last Word” host Lawrence O’Donnell.

In a brazen display of political loyalty trumping company loyalty, O’Donnell took to airwaves on his Thursday night program to suggest NBC “Celebrity Apprentice” host and potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is on his birther crusade in order to bolster his show’s ratings.

O’Donnell explained to his guest, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart, that since Trump has been making the media rounds discussing the birth certificate of President Barack Obama, there has been a jump in his NBC show’s ratings.

“Jonathan, I want you to take a look at the ratings chart for Donald Trump’s NBC show ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’” O’Donnell said. “It starts off below the 8 million-mark. It also starts off very low in the demo, in the audience 18 to 49, to 2.8. As it gets crazier, it goes straight up. He’s now above a 3 in the demo which is the number NBC cares about the most. He’s at a 3.1. He was at a 3.0 the week before. It used to be on NBC on prime time you could get a show canceled off of NBC prime time if you fell below the 3.0. I know it happened to me. But know that NBC is not the number one network, it desperately needs numbers like this. I have said all along this fake campaign is about these numbers. It’s the only way Trump could get attention to his show this time around. This was the way to pump up those numbers and his paycheck from NBC.”

Capehart attempted spell out and debunk each point Trump has been making about Obama’s birth certificate, which he did in a Wednesday afternoon post on WashingtonPost.com for viewers.

[Scanian]

I wanna see O’Donnell and this Capehart screwball try to “debunk” Trump to his face.

I’d pay a dollar to see that!

[Bullish]

Just the rantings of a madman. Larry’s certifiably insane.

[Doogle]

"weekends have become newsworthy watching libs feeding on other libs over the truth....watch for another trip to Hawaii for Dumbo"

[Scanian]

McLaughlin is over the hill now but he used to be pretty good at stifling OD.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

NBC would do well to put Larry back in his rubber room.

[Scanian]

Duh... Winning!

If it works for Charlie, it should work for O’D too.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

The scary thing is that most GOP would support O’Donnell on firing Trump on NBC for raising the Birther issue.

When Marco Rubio and Allen West attack Birthers and support Obama....it is not a stretch at all to say that these two, and the GOP, support Obama over Trump on this issue

The fact is: Obama obviously was not born here....and not only the Liberal Media....but the GOP and the GOP Media....is siding with Obama on the issue

Go Trump Go

[Scanian]

Documenters, provers, constitutionalists. We are many things.

But we are not Birfers.

Let’s leave that at DU where it came from and still belongs, IMHO.

Trump has said as much.

[Ann Archy]

LIAR!!!!! LIAR!!!!!!!! LIAR!!!!!!! LIAR!!!!!!!!

Remember when O'Donnell screamed this and had a meltdown on TV???

[ez]

Typical MSNBC...fire him once he starts getting better ratings. LOL, no wonder they suck so bad...TV should be reserved for the partisan windbags who no one wants to listen to, apparently.

[Scanian]

Apparently I’m about the only one here on FR who never saw it but it sounds just like O’D who, like O’Reilly, thinks that studying at Hahvid gives him some special insight and authority.

[Bernard]

Larry O'Donnell - isn't he one who went off the deep end in front of a camera and then disappeared for a while and now has a show on MSNBC? Hopefully he is under a trained professional’s care in case he slips into that dark place again. And even more hopefully, he lives in a place where it would be difficult for him to gain access to a weapon that could cause harm to innocent people.

[Scanian]

I’m surprised ComCast is putting up with MSNBC’s childishness.

I’ve heard the network is somewhat profitable so maybe that’s why. But does ComCast want to be thought of as GE Jr.?

[South40]

Lawrence O’Donnell makes Gary Busey look sane.

[Just mythoughts]

Apparently I’m about the only one here on FR who never saw it but it sounds just like O’D who, like O’Reilly, thinks that studying at Hahvid gives him some special insight and authority.

There does appear to be a preponderance of evidence that Ivy League grads are destroying US. Kind of like college educations did to old Europe of the previous century.

[montag813]

This was the way to pump up those numbers and his paycheck from NBC

How idiotic. Trump doesn't need NBC's paychecks. It is an ego boost for him at most, and more likely his way of keeping himself in the public eye should he wish to seek elected office.

[Scanian]

Don’t you know it!

AJ of the SEC

Lol!

[Steven Tyler]

Maybe Trump pulled together an interesting and entertaining cast???

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Speaking of Busey, give a listen to this recent interview.