If Obama Says "Shit," MSNBC Says...
The promptness with which MSNBC management reacted to Mark Halperin’s ill-advised remarks on Thursday’s “Morning Joe” was remarkable, considering it took the same outlet nearly two days to suspend “The Ed Show” host Ed Schultz after he called conservative talker Laura Ingraham “a slut” on his radio show.
Halperin, a Time magazine editor-at-large, made his remarks at 6:08 a.m. ET, and NBC Universal issued a press release announcing Halperin’s suspension at 9:44 a.m. ET, within an hour of the end of the “Morning Joe” broadcast. The reason for the quick reaction could be because White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called MSNBC management.
“The comment that was made was inappropriate,” Carney at the daily press briefing. “It would be inappropriate to say that about either president of either party.”
“On behalf of the White House, I expressed that sentiment to executives at the network,” he said.
Do these guys have a hotline to MSNBC? To all network?
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