On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:24 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Where the same people upset with the things said about >> the Tea-partiers, Palin and family, Bush etc. If they weren't, and >> that's my point, it's fake outrage. > > I don't know and I don't care. Like I said, it is a non-issue for me as > far as this discussion is concerned. If some on air personality had > called Palin's daughter a slut and a whore, I probably would have taken > exception to that. I stopped paying attention to the Palin thing when > it became the train wreck it turned into. >
Sam claims that people don't get outraged when folks on the left behave is similar fashions. As you probably already know, he's wrong about that. An interesting case was brought up by a friend of mine who obviously has a much better memory than I do because a similar situation arose last May with Ed Schultz. Schultz is a liberal talk show host on MSNBC and on one of his shows, he called Laura Ingraham (Dr. Laura) a slut. Feminist groups were outraged and called for his suspension. Yes, Sam, in spite of the fact that Ed is a liberal and Laura is a conservative, groups on the left still raised an outcry. Of course the big difference is how Ed handled the situation versus how Rush is handling it. The very next day, Ed issued an on air apology that directly explained all the reasons his actions were wrong and he directly apologized to Laura. He then voluntarily took an unpaid suspension. MSNBC accepted his suspension and stated that his behavior was totally unacceptable and that remarks of that nature would not be tolerated. Contrast that with Rush and Clear Channel. The MSNBC site has an article up about it. Look over Ed's apology and compare and contrast with Rush's "apology". http://ed.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/05/10584510-flashback-ed-apologizes-to-laura-ingraham-takes-one-week-suspension I think you'll see some clear distinctions. Sam probably won't but then again, he doesn't think that what Rush did was inappropriate. Can't be helped, I suppose. Cheers, Ju ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348025 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
