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Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC

Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited December 2013 in A Moving Train
Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC, nearly three weeks after delivering a scathing personal attack on Sarah Palin that brought him widespread condemnation.

The afternoon talk show host, a former co-anchor of "Nightline," says he decided to leave the network after meeting with MSNBC President Phil Griffin.

Bashir had already apologized for what he called "offensive" comments about the former Alaska governor, whom he also called an "idiot" and "dunce." He told viewers in a scripted commentary last month that someone should defecate in Palin's mouth. He was invoking an old slave punishment in response to a speech by Palin, a Fox News contributor, comparing the national debt to slavery.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12 ... alin-slur/


a little cut and paste for ya'll :mrgreen:


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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    yeah this guy had to go. it was probably one of those "resign or you are fired" kinda things.

    there is no excuse for what he said about palin.

    i despise palin and think her 15 minutes were over an hour ago, but this guy had no business saying what he said about her.



    look at me, defending palin.

    what the hell is wrong with me?? :fp:
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    look at me, defending palin.

    what the hell is wrong with me?? :fp:

    you're defending civil discourse and accountability ... not palin ...

    :mrgreen:
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    polaris_x wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    look at me, defending palin.

    what the hell is wrong with me?? :fp:

    you're defending civil discourse and accountability ... not palin ...

    :mrgreen:
    ahh yes...plausible deniability.

    thanks for that!
    :lol:
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    polaris_x wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    look at me, defending palin.

    what the hell is wrong with me?? :fp:

    you're defending civil discourse and accountability ... not palin ...

    :mrgreen:
    Bravo.

    (and good out :mrgreen: )

    Sometimes shit is simply about principles (and maybe - MAYBE - at the very least within the journalism realm, professionalism).
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    yeah this guy had to go. it was probably one of those "resign or you are fired" kinda things.

    there is no excuse for what he said about palin.

    i despise palin and think her 15 minutes were over an hour ago, but this guy had no business saying what he said about her.



    look at me, defending palin.

    what the hell is wrong with me?? :fp:


    I saw the news cast on you tube last week...the guy really went off,I think his attitude was more the blame then his words about Pallin (I could be wrong),he seemed very angry and not what you would expect from a news caster.....he'll probably get a job on Fox in the first qtr of 2014.. :lol::lol::lol:


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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    this guy is a loose canon....

    Godfather.

    Turns out Martin Bashir’s mouth has gotten him into trouble before.

    Bashir resigned from MSNBC Wednesday over the sliming of Sarah Palin after meeting with the network’s president, Phil Griffin.

    But this isn’t the first time that Bashir has had to apologize for his remarks about a woman. While working for ABC News in the summer of 2008, he was addressing an Asian American Journalists Association convention in Chicago, with his “20/20” colleague Juju Chang also on stage. He began commenting on her dress.

    As New York magazine reported in a brief and little-noticed item, Bashir said that "I’m happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes.” And, he added, “I’m happy that the podium covers me from the waist down.” He said a speech should be “like a dress on a a beautiful woman — long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest — like my colleague Juju’s.” Some audience members booed, the magazine said

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12 ... suspended/
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    I'm on board with the "idiot" and "dunce" part.

    the defecation thing...not so much.
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  • PingfahPingfah Posts: 350
    To many non Americans it can be pretty shocking that such utterly moronic people can actually hold a public office. Palin has said any number of things that would make you unelectable in the UK, and yet although she is too much of a quitter to actually hold down a job these days, she still has a significant and rabid following of fellow troglodytes. Her insane and extreme views could even be considered mainstream in the USA.

    So I can sympathise with his attitude. That said, it was incredibly unprofessional of him.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Pingfah wrote:
    To many non Americans it can be pretty shocking that such utterly moronic people can actually hold a public office. Palin has said any number of things that would make you unelectable in the UK, and yet although she is too much of a quitter to actually hold down a job these days, she still has a significant and rabid following of fellow troglodytes. Her insane and extreme views could even be considered mainstream in the USA.

    So I can sympathise with his attitude. That said, it was incredibly unprofessional of him.


    yeah but she's hot ! dosen't that count for something ? :lol:


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  • PingfahPingfah Posts: 350
    Sure, if she were a model. But since she is hamfistedly attempting to be a political pundit, no, it doesn't.
  • VivaPalestinaVivaPalestina Posts: 225
    Godfather. wrote:
    this guy is a loose canon....

    Godfather.

    Turns out Martin Bashir’s mouth has gotten him into trouble before.

    Bashir resigned from MSNBC Wednesday over the sliming of Sarah Palin after meeting with the network’s president, Phil Griffin.

    But this isn’t the first time that Bashir has had to apologize for his remarks about a woman. While working for ABC News in the summer of 2008, he was addressing an Asian American Journalists Association convention in Chicago, with his “20/20” colleague Juju Chang also on stage. He began commenting on her dress.

    As New York magazine reported in a brief and little-noticed item, Bashir said that "I’m happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes.” And, he added, “I’m happy that the podium covers me from the waist down.” He said a speech should be “like a dress on a a beautiful woman — long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest — like my colleague Juju’s.” Some audience members booed, the magazine said

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12 ... suspended/

    Really? Well Wikipedia said he identifies himself as a "comitted Christian." I guess that explains the sexism?
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,605
    so who else in this gets to resign? It says this was "scripted commentary" , which producer allowed this to go on air? Nobody involved with the teleprompter said anything?
    Cue cards?
    nobody?
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    VivaPalestina wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    this guy is a loose canon....

    Godfather.

    Turns out Martin Bashir’s mouth has gotten him into trouble before.

    Bashir resigned from MSNBC Wednesday over the sliming of Sarah Palin after meeting with the network’s president, Phil Griffin.

    But this isn’t the first time that Bashir has had to apologize for his remarks about a woman. While working for ABC News in the summer of 2008, he was addressing an Asian American Journalists Association convention in Chicago, with his “20/20” colleague Juju Chang also on stage. He began commenting on her dress.

    As New York magazine reported in a brief and little-noticed item, Bashir said that "I’m happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes.” And, he added, “I’m happy that the podium covers me from the waist down.” He said a speech should be “like a dress on a a beautiful woman — long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest — like my colleague Juju’s.” Some audience members booed, the magazine said

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12 ... suspended/

    Really? Well Wikipedia said he identifies himself as a "comitted Christian." I guess that explains the sexism?

    really ? you want to talk about sex and christains...and you're muslim ? let me tell ya amigo stories and rumors are not much better on the muslim side of things.

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    mickeyrat wrote:
    so who else in this gets to resign? It says this was "scripted commentary" , which producer allowed this to go on air? Nobody involved with the teleprompter said anything?
    Cue cards?
    nobody?


    good thought,there could be more to come on this story.


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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    I can't defend what Bashir said but if by some strange occurrence Sarah Palin were ever to be elected President of the United States I can guarantee Bashir's words will seem tame compared to some of the things we would hear. Even me, cool, calm, collected me- I would have to keep myself off every kind of internet site not related to my business for a good long while. :lol:
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  • PingfahPingfah Posts: 350
    Godfather. wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    so who else in this gets to resign? It says this was "scripted commentary" , which producer allowed this to go on air? Nobody involved with the teleprompter said anything?
    Cue cards?
    nobody?


    good thought,there could be more to come on this story.


    Godfather.

    No, there won't, because the court of public opinion only requires one sacrifice. The channel will drop it now, and nobody will say anything more about it.
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