I’ve often worried about Ed Schultz going “over the top” with his critique of right-wing policies and right wingers in general.
However, I’m still surprised to hear that MSNBC has suspended Schultz for just that, going over the top in criticizing Laura Ingraham on his radio show for complaining about the POTUS drinking beer in Ireland while Joplin, MO. was being destroyed by multiple tornadoes.
The Huffington Post
Ed Schultz will take one week of unpaid leave from MSNBC following his controversial comments about Laura Ingraham.
On his radio show Tuesday, Schultz called Ingraham a “right-wing slut.“
Wednesday evening, the network released the following statement about the matter, saying “remarks of this nature are unacceptable and will not be tolerated”:
MSNBC management met with Ed Schultz this afternoon and accepted his offer to take one week of unpaid leave for the remarks he made yesterday on his radio program. Ed will address these remarks on his show tonight, and immediately following begin his leave. Remarks of this nature are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
It is not the first time Schultz’s fiery rhetoric has gotten him in hot water. Last summer, Schultz was reportedly chastised by MSNBC execs after threatening to “torch this place” if he was not included in network promos. In September, he was then reprimanded by the network after calling New Jersey Governor Chris Christie a “cold-hearted fat slob.”
Listen to Ed Schultz’ faux pas:
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With Comcast in charge now, its just a matter of time they will start weeding people out. I strongly feel the reason Olbermann left, was that he saw the handwriting on the wall, and bailed out to save his hide.
Don, I think you’re right about Olbermann.
For my own part, I’d like to see standards for news agencies become such that no commentator would ever think about making these kinds of comments.
I don’t see that he needed to call her a whore to make his point, but it’s the kind of red meat served up by Limbaugh and that sort.
What happens with this junk is that now the incivility becomes the story, and the Righties will focus on that … thus distracting from the actual point.
It’s what both Fox and MSNBC seem to do these days (qualifier: I don’t have cable and therefore watch neither … I get my news coverage from NPR), and I don’t see that as a good thing.
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