Just a reminder - there are other people that can show their displeasure when someone says something racist/homophobic/sexist. We don't have to wait for their bosses to do something because let's face it, we know Fox News, the GOP, and other right-wing organizations will do squat about it.
If I see one more post about how Rush & Glenn and others get away with it I'll scream.
They haven't gotten away with it. They are being held accountable just by other means.
Close to 400 sponsors now refuse to place ads on Glenn Beck shows:
The viewers for shows like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glen Beck have dropped by a third in the last 6 months.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-09/glenn-beck-sean-hannity-ratings-drop-right-wing-talk-is-dying/ look at radio’s PPM ratings for the largest talk radio market in the nation bears this out. An apples-to-apples comparison of ratings between November ’09 and November ’10 in the New York area shows that Rush Limbaugh’s ratings on WABC declined from 5.4 to 5.0—despite the crescendo of a GOP election year landslide. Likewise, year-end to year-end comparisons of the crucial 24 to 55 demographic show that Rush declined from 3.7 to 2.6—while his packaged follow-up acts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin narrowly declined and flat-lined, respectively. And Hannity was dropped from his Philadelphia radio station along with Beck last month after being dropped from his syndicator in Salt Lake City (!) last year before finding a new home in the area.
The thing is this - a week suspension is nothing for Ed Schultz. He apologized for a reason - because we the people are getting damn sick & tired of these assholes on the TV and Radio using this kind of vile talk. It's totally unacceptable. The suspension and apology is MSNBC & Ed Schultz way of saying - "Mistakes happen, we are better than our right-wing counterparts when it comes to our rhetoric". Thing is this - because MSNBC made the suspension and because Ed apologized, it only strengthens his show. It let's the listeners know that we are better then they are.
I'm sick and tired of hearing this "They do it why can't we" mentality. We are NOT like these right-wing crazies, we are better people who can discuss the issues and criticize our opponents without dropping our standards into the gutter.
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