I'm so disappointed in Ed. It just proves who is really running the show(s).

Laura Ingraham has said far worse than Ed Schultz. Over and over again, day in and day out, Republican talking heads and radio hosts say the most vile things about Democrats, including targeting presidents' children. But Ed Shultz is being taken off the air. Anyone who believes he's "taking himself off the air" is not paying attention. ComcastGENBCMSNBCCNBC (whoever the fuck they are now) is fine with tossing some liberal gruel to a few hundred thousand peasants each night...it costs little to produce while generating big income/cred pretending they're something they're not.

Ed should have gone off script and told MSNBC to go fuck themselves while playing a montage of Ingraham, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, etc.

:(

Since, the 60's, the Democrats have lost their fighting spirit.
Most around here are supporting the suspension.

Ingraham, Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage etc...are pure filth.

that liberals are held to.

Olbermann's departure followed the same path.

Keith over to Current TV?

n :shrug:

Ed does get emotional and sometimes he goes too far. I do hope he will be back, and soon. we all have to abide by our employers guidelines or qut & work somewhre else. I don't WANT our liberal hosts to be like the RWers. If they were permitted to be like them, I'd stop watching.

trying to placate wickedness, or pretending these are decent folks.

I won't watch if they are like the Reich Wingers either but my like is defined by what they support and the content of their messages. The like I'm getting from you isn't the substance, the policies and causes are.

the Regressive Party and their family values live in the gutter so that is where they talk from
We know where they live, we make our mistake by going to visit them in their cesspool lives

We teach our children right from wrong! "Two wrongs don't make a right"


It's nice when someone in the media is not a hypocrite and can show by example...
(It's never right to do wrong to another person.) :yourock:

shows he's a stand up person and people that like a little mud slinging will get some free advertising that Ed might be their kind of mudslinger.

I think people have a right to insult each other. Insults are suppose to be insulting. I also think networks have a right to control their image. Ultimately negative news about these opinion shows can turn into free advertising so long as you don't go so far as to scare the advertising away.

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When you consider the things Ingraham has said, "slut" is not a bad word.

but i do think that not partaking in the faux-set's phony spectacle would be better than engaging it.

but that would include refusing to participate in their rituals of humiliation as well.

the whole thing on both sides = phony spectacle.

Shame on you.

:thumbsup:

but as you point out, Ingraham, Limbaugh, Savage, et al., have said far more despicable things and, surprise, surprise, they never had to apologize. Same with Repugs and Dems...Democrats are always forced to grovel.

I'm am going to miss him:-(

why do Dem's have to apologize all the time.

and want to set a better example. Sucks to be us sometimes... but I would bet that for a lot of us... we're like that in our personal lives too - we're the bigger people, we're the glue that holds things together... we're the ones that will sacrifice to make everyone happy... we compromise first, apologize first, and extend a hand first. It seems it is just nature for Dems to be more compassionate, kind and thinking people than repubs. I'm glad I am who I am even if other people suck sometimes.

:patriot: I'm proud of Ed! He speaks out for working people!
I'm not watching MSNBC at his time slot-till he comes back.. :kick:

whiny, indecisive wimps are usually egocentric and weak.

People who can empathize, compromise and set a good example by living the principles they teach or preach are usually strong and have leadership skills. It takes a lot of courage to apologize and admit you were wrong - especially the way that Ed did in such a public way.

Occasionally Ed and Rachael Maddow have outstanding shows, as does Jon Stewart, Colbert and Lawrence O'Donnell but 99% of it is sales for the lowest common denominator which is gossip, pure worthless gossip. It's so cartoonish it's laughable if a person just takes 1 week away from it then checks back in. There's movement everywhere on the screen, long lists of drug side-effects, animated movie ads everywhere and constant talking about pathological liar republicans that don't have a single thing to offer humanity.

There is a double standard and it bothers the hell out of me to see Ed get a suspension over this. A simple on air apology should have sufficed. What is MSNBC afraid of? Losing RW viewers? It's like we have to play with a whole different set of rules than the RW gasbags who daily will lie, insult, and misrepresent what guys like Schultz are saying. Very discouraging.

"It's like we have to play by a different set of rules."

We do. Because we're not psychopaths.

If he wants to apologize, apologize to women who are offended but never to her or to her ilk. It's silly to run on the double standards like we do.

All of the network and cable news outlets are compromised, even analytic and smart people like Maddow and Moyers.

All TV media is within side boards established by ownership.

Ed is a tool and an entertainer and distacter, alas.

I am not a regular but usually am in like mind of sentiments but sometimes in stark disagreement.

I like and trust KO because I first knew him as an obscure baseball fan and writer.

MSNBC is MS and MBC and Comcast and GE. Maddow shows extreme finesse and intelligence and whatever to survive and be as perceptive in her program.

Most major media is compromised to a degree that is increasing by tactics of business and government and their overlap.

There is no freedom of speech on commercial airtime. Someone is always offended, and if you stray, you will pay the consequences..Ed's paying now, and the handwriting is on the wall. He will not be there much longer..

I am sure his employers would have been so awed by his actions, they would have awarded him a bigger contract, more money, and a better time slot. Why, if only he had just told his boss to fuck off, well, the sky would be the limit.

How bout it, Ed. C'mon, when you come back, take the first show and rip into management, tell them who really is boss.

Hell, I'd watch that. :popcorn:


:smoke:

He's out the door anyway. He's not a media heavyweight...hell, I remember back in the early DU days when he was just some anti-Bush blogger or something. He doesn't have the cred to fall back on. He's not going to be re-hired. Thus, tell the corporate media to fuck off, then work in alternative media, where the fuck off would be considered street cred.

On the other hand, I have no problem labeling Ingraham, Bill O'Reiily and Sean Hannity as whores, because that's what they are, along with John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Michele Bachmann, Paul Ryan, etc.

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to take Ed's call and accept this apology, she's an asshole! :grr:

We can be our own worst enemies sometimes! He is like one of three or so liberals who have primetime shows on national cable news. Good job guys! :eyes:

I'm disappointed it people that don't give Ed more credit for admitting an error.