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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Mon Dec 4, 2017, 08:56 PM Dec 2017

MSNBC to Cut Ties With Sam Seder After Roman Polanski Rape Joke (Exclusive) [View all]

MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged in which Seder joked about Roman Polanski raping his daughter, TheWrap has learned.

Seder’s contract ends in February and he has no scheduled appearances between now and then, a spokesperson for MSNBC told TheWrap.

“Don’t care re Polanski, but I hope if my daughter is ever raped it is by an older truly talented man w/a great sense of mise en scene,” wrote Seder in the now deleted tweet from 2009.

https://www.thewrap.com/msnbc-will-not-renew-contract-with-contributor-after-roman-polanski-rape-joke/

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MSNBC to Cut Ties With Sam Seder After Roman Polanski Rape Joke (Exclusive) [View all] oberliner Dec 2017 OP

What a stupid, disgusting tweet.... CatMor Dec 2017 #1

yeah! How dare he mock Polanski's defenders like that! Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2017 #19

Good for MSNBC! MineralMan Dec 2017 #2

Bad for MSNBC. Firstly hes a comedienne. Second. Its 8 years gone and deleted. bullimiami Dec 2017 #4

Bad taste joke? MineralMan Dec 2017 #5

So do I kcr Dec 2017 #11

Sam Seder is a woman?? WillowTree Dec 2017 #12

Autofill decided he was. bullimiami Dec 2017 #13

What the fuck are you talking about? greeny2323 Dec 2017 #7

The OP. MineralMan Dec 2017 #9

It was a deliberate smear and distortion by Mike "Pizzagate" Cernovich Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2017 #20

I don't watch all the time, but is Seder on MSNBC? NightWatcher Dec 2017 #3

He was listed as a "contributor" oberliner Dec 2017 #8

Im not convinced either way on this one. Eko Dec 2017 #6

Clearly he was ridiculing rape apologists!! MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #14

I agree. Eko Dec 2017 #17

Cernovich strikes again! kcr Dec 2017 #10

God, I hate these assholes. Initech Dec 2017 #22

It was meant as sarcasm and overstatement to make a point. no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #15

Will the last person please bring the flag! mfcorey1 Dec 2017 #16

Did the people celebrating the move by MSNBC take two seconds to read the tweet? welivetotreadonkings Dec 2017 #18

it's getting out of hand RussBLib Dec 2017 #21

I disagree with MSNBC's actions here Gothmog Dec 2017 #23

I'm starting to feel the same way oberliner Dec 2017 #25

Trolling for liberal transgressors must be very lucrative for somebody librechik Dec 2017 #24

Sadly Sam has been taking hits for telling truth to power for a long time now Egnever Dec 2017 #26

he's a comedian bdamomma Dec 2017 #27

I would hate for someone to look at my tweets from 8 years ago bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #28

I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #29