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Samantha

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66. Here is the problem

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 12:32 AM

Dec 2013

Dollars to donuts they did it because a raft of Republicans called up and demanded Bashir be fired. MSNBC gave him the option of resigning to save face, and he did with the hopes it would make it easier to get another job. Just my opinion.

I am so tired of the Republicans saying who can stay and who must go at MSNBC. And now that Comcast has merged with NBC, I feel commentators still there are completely aware that one slip in the wrong direction can put them on the unemployment line.

So I to the extent I can, I am boycotting. I did not write a letter to complain as was suggested here because I felt certain it would make no difference. But I am not going to keep patronizing them when they allow the Republicans to run the network, or at least to reign in on who can stay and who must go.

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The Fate of Martin Bashir... [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2013 OP

Well said...Martin quit..I've quit MSNBC HipChick Dec 2013 #1

play back to back episodes of LockUp warrant46 Dec 2013 #35

Martin was the one bright spot on MSNBC's afternoon lineup. Lugnut Dec 2013 #2

Well said. Martin quit, but I won't quit the ONLY network that has Liberals on. BlueCaliDem Dec 2013 #3

I totally agree, it would be unfair to the others on MSNBC to quit watching. nt Raine Dec 2013 #38

Here is the problem Samantha Dec 2013 #66

Just add Martin to the pile of discarded left learning people montanacowboy Dec 2013 #4

That's because the job of MSNBC is to appear liberal, not be liberal. grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #27

Number one response. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #41

So Maddow, Hayes, Wagner, Tweety, O'Donnel et al aren't liberals? stopbush Dec 2013 #42

Center right. Pro Syrian war as I recall. grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #60

I see you using the Just Asking Questions technique. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #61

I have to disagree. stopbush Dec 2013 #5

You know Martin? HangOnKids Dec 2013 #7

Cynics are a dime a dozen... stopbush Dec 2013 #8

Oh do you have a sad? HangOnKids Dec 2013 #10

It was pure cowardice and fear of the right wing. madfloridian Dec 2013 #9

+1 a significant amount.......nt Enthusiast Dec 2013 #40

While I think what Bashir said was mercymechap Dec 2013 #15

You guys all have it.. sendero Dec 2013 #34

Last I looked, Ds hold the WH and the Senate. stopbush Dec 2013 #43

Yeah.. sendero Dec 2013 #45

I live in California, and we are in GREAT shape. stopbush Dec 2013 #47

Honestly...... mercymechap Dec 2013 #72

"do we really want to stoop to the Faux N""ews and GOP level" ProfessorGAC Dec 2013 #68

I agree. renie408 Dec 2013 #53

I stand by what he said. And I dont think "he was disappointed in himself" How condescending. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #62

This is another "You didn't build it" moment. Archaic Dec 2013 #6

omg Oscarmonster13 Dec 2013 #21

Call PHIL GRIFFIN & Demand They Reinstate Martin Bashir-212 664-2456 Polly Tics Dec 2013 #70

+10000 Digital Puppy Dec 2013 #23

I want Bashir Back! dem in texas Dec 2013 #11

You make a good point.... JohnnyRingo Dec 2013 #14

I gave up on MSNBC too. SoapBox Dec 2013 #12

K&R JohnnyRingo Dec 2013 #13

I am not a zealot. I am a pragmatist. fbc Dec 2013 #16

I watched that particular commentary when as it happened MrScorpio Dec 2013 #19

I watched the segment and didn't think that Bashir said that someone should shit in Palins bluestate10 Dec 2013 #64

+1 renie408 Dec 2013 #54

Say it isn't so! Hekate Dec 2013 #17

I have given up on MSNBC DontTreadOnMe Dec 2013 #18

Every time I Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #22

So, MSNBC is more fair and balanced than Faux. stopbush Dec 2013 #44

I'm not implying that is necessarily bad, Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #52

And to fall on the sword of Sarah Palin is probably the unkindest cut of all. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2013 #20

Agreed.. Digital Puppy Dec 2013 #24

I don't understand PADemD Dec 2013 #63

Have you never seen the show? Do you not realize that it's very conversational? SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2013 #65

What Martin said was not conversational, it was a comment. PADemD Dec 2013 #67

Let's get Martin back luckykate54 Dec 2013 #25

+1 grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #28

K&R n/t Feral Child Dec 2013 #26

We should use this Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #29

But did he not merely call her an idiot, grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #30

That's because we are always supposed to be "nice". Watch what happens to someone who honestly Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #31

Agreed. Until we use The Bus to strike the bad guys MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #32

I'm still pissed off what they did to Keith Olbermann. B Calm Dec 2013 #33

One or two people made this decision, afaik. Laelth Dec 2013 #36

We're all upset malaise Dec 2013 #37

Chis Hayes had on guest Michele Rhee giving her expert analysis of the failure of public education. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #39

Agreed. Rhee is a complete RW tool. Plus, she was extremely condescending to Hayes. stopbush Dec 2013 #46

I thought Wolfowitz got the upper hand on Hayes. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #58

Sorry...dump him brooklynite Dec 2013 #48

Hell, we do it to our own that DON'T screw up - look at bullwinkle428 Dec 2013 #49

I did not realize I owned msnbc nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #50

George W Bush committed murder, ruined the economy and got away with it. Lint Head Dec 2013 #51

Bashir wasn't dropped by the Left. Cleita Dec 2013 #55

Sad. madamesilverspurs Dec 2013 #56

ACORN is perhaps the best example Stevepol Dec 2013 #57

Kicking. pacalo Dec 2013 #59

Bill O'Reilly comments has Dr. George Tiller murdered B Calm Dec 2013 #69

He isn't deserving of support. He is what is called a "yellow journalist." duffyduff Dec 2013 #71

One of the very best H2O Man Dec 2013 #73