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    Now Scarborough is suspended

    MSNBC has suspended "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough for the same violation that took Keith Olbermann off the air earlier this month.
    In a statement, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said he has suspended Scarborough for making political donations to candidates in Florida without seeking prior approval:..

    Joe Scarborough Suspended From MSNBC Over Political Donations

    I am starting to wonder if this is how one gets two days of vacation time at MSNBC!

    This silly rule needs to be suspended. I'd also like to know how much NBC contributed, as a corporation, and to whom and if they got prior approval
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Big Kahuna View Post
    I'd also like to know how much NBC contributed, as a corporation, and to whom and if they got prior approval
    MSNBC’s Owner GE Made Over $2 Million in Political Donations in 2010

    While Keith Olbermann’s donations became front-page news, little attention has been paid to the massive amount of political spending by MSNBC’s parent company General Electric, one of the nation’s largest military contractors. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting reports GE made over $2 million in political contributions in the 2010 election cycle. The top recipient was Republican Senate candidate Rob Portman from Ohio. The company has also spent $32 million on lobbying this year and contributed over $1 million to campaign against a California ballot initiative aimed at eliminating tax loopholes for major corporations.
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    "Heartland sponsors the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), an international network of scientists who write and speak out on climate change. Heartland pays a team of scientists approximately $300,000 a year to work on a series of editions of Climate Change Reconsidered" - Heartland internal fundraising plan

    Read the documents at
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Big Kahuna View Post
    MSNBC has suspended "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough for the same violation that took Keith Olbermann off the air earlier this month.
    In a statement, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said he has suspended Scarborough for making political donations to candidates in Florida without seeking prior approval:..

    Joe Scarborough Suspended From MSNBC Over Political Donations

    I am starting to wonder if this is how one gets two days of vacation time at MSNBC!

    This silly rule needs to be suspended. I'd also like to know how much NBC contributed, as a corporation, and to whom and if they got prior approval
    Hell, forget how much NBC contributed. I want to know how much Phil Griffin donated, and whether or not he got "prior approval". Actually, he probably didn't get approval, got himself suspended for a few days, and now is on a witch hunt, to make sure that everyone suffers like he did.
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    The other, of course, involves Hobbits and Orcs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Big Kahuna View Post
    MSNBC has suspended "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough for the same violation that took Keith Olbermann off the air earlier this month.
    In a statement, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said he has suspended Scarborough for making political donations to candidates in Florida without seeking prior approval:..

    Joe Scarborough Suspended From MSNBC Over Political Donations

    I am starting to wonder if this is how one gets two days of vacation time at MSNBC!

    This silly rule needs to be suspended. I'd also like to know how much NBC contributed, as a corporation, and to whom and if they got prior approval
    I doubt MSNBC is really worked up over any of this. For all we know it could be part of some publicity stunt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glen65 View Post
    I doubt MSNBC is really worked up over any of this. For all we know it could be part of some publicity stunt.
    to what end?

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    Quote Originally Posted by justonemorevoice View Post
    to what end?
    Given their current ratings, "attention".

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    Quote Originally Posted by glen65 View Post
    Given their current ratings, "attention".
    oh yah, they want to up their ratings by showing the world about some dumbass policy that needs to be done away with? not too bright if thats what they are doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by justonemorevoice View Post
    oh yah, they want to up their ratings by showing the world about some dumbass policy that needs to be done away with? not too bright if thats what they are doing.
    I didn't say it made any sense, but sometimes when people are put in a desperate position they will do senseless things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glen65 View Post
    I didn't say it made any sense, but sometimes when people are put in a desperate position they will do senseless things.
    what makes you think that they are desperate? please dont say because fox has more viewers.

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    I didn't say it made any sense, but sometimes when people are put in a desperate position they will do senseless things.
    Is there some evidence that MSNBC is not a successful enterprise?
    Say what you need to say, but if it is "everyone who disagrees with me is x," then do us all a favor and shut the fuck up.

    I'm a liberal. Guess what, we all are. It's not about liberal vs. not, it's about progressive vs. conservative.


 
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