Ah. Thanks! I would not have approved of that either. So, I guess it is not-fake not-rage?
On 3/5/2012 7:06 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > 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:348026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
