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LostinRed

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3. It has been covered many times

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 03:00 AM

Oct 2016

Burnett owns the tapes not NBC. NBC should apply pressure to him by threatening to cancel shows but they won't

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NBC and/or Marc Burnett Productions have been shielding this racist for YEARS by sitting [View all] LaydeeBug Oct 2016 OP

We should he hammering NBC to release this footage. Lint Head Oct 2016 #1

They don't seem to think so nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #2

It has been covered many times LostinRed Oct 2016 #3

Actually, MGM owns the tapes TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #36

it is disturbing how popular Trump's show was Skittles Oct 2016 #4

I never watched that BS KeepItReal Oct 2016 #6

he makes me sick Skittles Oct 2016 #7

It's not as if any of the viewership has any idea how business works Major Nikon Oct 2016 #13

I remember being appalled by the popularity of SURVIVOR Skittles Oct 2016 #15

I don't have any use for reality TV Major Nikon Oct 2016 #16

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #18

Love Survivor nt lillypaddle Oct 2016 #25

So do I. nt Raine Oct 2016 #27

... lillypaddle Oct 2016 #28

yes, I am AWARE that shows like Survivor and The Apprentice are POPULAR Skittles Oct 2016 #39

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2016 #19

From what I read Sherman A1 Oct 2016 #5

with all due respect, one exception: they need ti held ACCOUNTABLE. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #12

I am holding them accountable as I can do so Sherman A1 Oct 2016 #23

Anyone familiar with the Jimmy Saville story and the concealment of what he was up to within OnDoutside Oct 2016 #8

The longer the wait the deeper the muck dembotoz Oct 2016 #14

What isn't public doesn't exist. OnDoutside Oct 2016 #22

I'm serious. They can't claim to be a news source and then sit on the fucking news. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #9

Burnett is claiming he can't legally release him dflprincess Oct 2016 #17

I think he's full of shit Major Nikon Oct 2016 #20

I do too, and if MGM wants to be included in the escalation, let them. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #21

Let's be clear malaise Oct 2016 #24

exactly...they KNEW of this hostile work environment and instead of addressing it LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #29

It is as much a scandal as the BBC coverup malaise Oct 2016 #30

notice how they knew but looked the other way. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #31

Same as Fox and Ailes malaise Oct 2016 #32

same as NBC and Marc Burnett. They need to release this footage. NOW. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #33

Yep - they are all the same malaise Oct 2016 #35

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