David Shuster suspended

[Perky]

MSNBC brass wasn't happy when news broke this week that David Shuster had taped a pilot for CNN, and the anchor wasn't on-air yesterday.

Now comes word of Shuster's fate through an MSNBC spokesperson: "David has been suspended indefinitely."

It's not the first time he's been suspended. Shuster was off the air a couple weeks in 2008 after he talked about how Hillary Clinton had "pimped out" Chelsea on the campaign trail.

And in January, he was reprimanded for a series of tweets criticizing James O'Keefe (who he was covering at the time). Since then, Shuster's Twitter account has gone silent.

According to the Observer's report, the CNN pilot was for a news show featuring Shuster and NPR's Michel Martin as co-anchors. It also included, according to the report, "medical and opinion segments, and included appearances by several current CNN contributors."

Word of Shuster's CNN pilot caught the network by surprise.

TVNewser reported that MSNBC president Phil Griffin learned about it on vacation, and on the phone with Shuster, "ripped him a new one."

Shuster, who's been on MSNBC at various times over the past couple of years, while also filling in on shows such as "Countdown," most recently had the 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. slots.


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[Perky]

1. Shuster is a good guy but he stepped in it here

Can't blame him for looking around, but I can't blame MSNBC brass for suspending and I would suspect ultimately canning him.

[flpoljunkie]

2. MSNBC's loss is CNN's gain. Shuster's not afraid to ask the tough questions and call people out.

[Born_A_Truman]

3. Kind of a huge NO NO

if he had a contract with MSNBC, and I'm sure he did. What was he thinking? What was his agent thinking?

[jillan]

4. No no no no - I am a huge Schuster fan and I don't want to watch him on CNN.

:(

[Phx_Dem]

5. That sucks. He is one of my 3 favorites on MSNBC.

They should have suspended Joe Scar instead, just for being an obnoxious asshole.

[grasswire]

6. [e-mail]

Here's your chance, DUers, to save David Schuster on MSNBC.

Use that email address. Tell Griffin how much you appreciate Schuster and what a bad business move it would be to let him go.

[Born_A_Truman]

7. What makes you think David wants to be saved??

WADR, David made the decision to tape a pilot with a competing network. He wasn't forced to do so. Sounds like he wants to leave MSNBC.

[grasswire]

8. I disagree

It sounds to me as if he is trying to urge MSNBC to treat him with a bit of respect by renegotiating a better contract. He has always been undervalued.

[zulchzulu]

9. Shuster didn't want to do hours and hours of "Locked Up" shit that MSNBC peddles

Shuster can easily get a gig at CNN.

[grasswire]

10. uh.........the news anchors don't do the locked up stuff (eom)