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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBashir resigned?
Are you fucking kidding me?
http://www.msnbc.com/martin-bashir/statement-martin-bashir
HipChick
(25,485 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Good, I don't have to watch that POS network anymore.
kydo
(2,679 posts)NOOOOOOOOOOO!!
That is messed up!
CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)LionsTigersRedWings
(108 posts)if so that's pretty stupid, he should have known better than to say it on air.
If it was a personal comment that came out, that sucks. a lot of people say things in private they would never say in public.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)and he paid for that
elfin
(6,262 posts)The ONLY one I am sure to watch. Even Rachel wears me out with her mannerisms and routine, tho I agree with her.
Bum deal.
Liie Joy a lot, but Martin way better as a host. A scalp for Moosilla. Damn.
malaise
(269,054 posts)Loved Martin but I'll watch Joy Reid
mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)Martin was put in Palin's crosshairs. She is toxic. And she should eat shit. She is troll property.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)??
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)But how was Bashir put in Palin's crosshairs?
mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)speech. don't read too much into statement. Only means once he said something about Princess dearest repugs would blow their top.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)UTUSN
(70,711 posts)WTF? A handful of absolute POS get to run everything!!!!!!!!!!!
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)If you never accept the premise that what you have done is wrong (republicans), you just move on, and quit answering questions about it.. Some re[publicans put forth a bullshit ,. quasi apology, that everyone knows is insincere, but when liberals apologize, they do it sincerely, which only opens them up for more scrutiny.
Bashir only needed to say he got a bit over-the top,and then just move on..
I think he felt that he had somehow shamed himself and his family, and the only honorable thing to do was to resign.. I wish he had not. He made whatever it was, worse by resigning, and limited his own future in broadcasting.
Joy is ready for the challenge (if it's offered to her) but it was nice to have someone on tv who was literate, erudite, and polished.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)He chose to resign. I don't blame him. You go out with a little more dignity.
I think he'll find another perch somewhere that he is more appreciated.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)The double standard is maddening.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Spewing bile is their job. It wasn't Bashir's.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Loved Martin Bashir. Another reason to hate Alaska Barbie, as though I needed another. I'm writing MSNBC, although I'm sure it won't do any good. Bummer.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)God I despise that shit eater!
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)She hasn't even been in the state long enough to collect a permanent fund this year.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)Morning Joe Scarborough, and he alone, put pressure on the President of MSNBC to get rid of Martin Bashir, because that is how he rolls...
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)<snip>
Scarborough said he agreed with Bashir's apology. "I'm glad that he went out and said it, and I will guarantee you he didn't write all that by himself," he said. He added that he goes to the president of MSNBC when similar controversies happen.
"Every time something horrific is said like that, I go in and I talk to Phil Griffin, who I'm good friends with," Scarborough said. "And I say, Phil, this is unacceptable; either they apologize for it or I'm going to take it up myself. And I can tell you that didn't happen in this case, because I was in the middle of a book tour and I didn't even really hear about it until after Bashir's apology."
Bashir apologized on Monday, saying that his comments were "deeply offensive" and that they had "brought shame" to MSNBC.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)I'm killing my TV
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)that they can overlook something like that, a little more disturbing than someone saying something a little insulting, I'm sure that woman's family would agree.
Boycott MSNBC, it isn't hard, I have since Keith had to leave.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)He was probably accompanied by Chucky Toad, Andrea Greenspan, Chris Matthews and Baby Russert.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)asjr
(10,479 posts)on MSNBC except Martin. The man has so much more class than others. I now fully believe the networks are owned by the political arms of the Republicans. Java Joe Scar should keep his mouth shut. I will always believe he had much to do with Olbermann leaving.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)There's definitely a double standard when it comes to left and right media.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)phil.griffin@nbcuni.com
Phil Griffin is the decider.
Let him have it.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Its really not so bad what he said, I've heard a lot worse coming from MSM.
He should have never resigned.
Here is the clip where he said what he said re Palin.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)What a bunch of bs