MSNBC suspends host Scarborough for GOP donations

Each time they do this, it results in a ratings spike. Who will get suspended next? I'd say Dylan Ratigan, but no one watches that show. Joe is O.K. however, but the show is better without him. He talks way to much.

Joe is O.K. however, but the show is better without him. He talks way to much.

I've come to that conclusion too. I have always been a big fan of the show, but Scarborough goes back and for the between pragmatist and idealist so fast it makes you head spin. Plus he has a tendency to filibuster the discussion, never letting anyone else get a word in when he's ranting and raving about the white house.

In a statement, Scarborough apologized to the network. But he added that because the contributions were for local Florida races, he had not understood the NBC News policy applied.

Why don't Republicans ever take responsibility for when they make mistakes?

Mika can play the role of "mom" too much; yeah, Joe loves the sound of his own voice, but the show is great- best of the 24/7 yack fests.

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Scarborough was probably just getting jealous over the attention Keith Olbermann
man got after his suspension and the temporary boost in ratings

You all seriously do not believe this is for real, do you.

Wow.

Oh, for Pete's sake. Change the rules already and let these people make donations if they wish.

Is this still on the air? Tim Russertr's drop-in appearance each morning used to be ab incentive to watch, but ... between Joe's King Baby and Mika's codependency egging him on, it's unbearable for me.

Does Joe still ramble on aggressively -- like someone awakened from an Ambien-induced sleep and pumped up on caffeine?

Kudos to MSNBC for drawing a line in the sand to distinguish between journalism and propaganda. Each little step (it's a small one) helps. If we just wave our hands and say "don't make a fuss ... I've got more important things to worry about" -- then our children grow up to have social disorders, and we turn on propaganda TV for advice, and wonder what went wrong with the world.

I...don't get it. First MSNBC said that Scarborough covered himself, and complied with policy, by informing his superiors that he was going to make the donations, and that was the reason Olbermann got suspended while Scarborough didn't. Are these different donations, or did MSNBC management lie?

Are these different donations, or did MSNBC management lie?

It looks like their different donations. It says in the article they were $500 dollar donations to each of 4 local candidates in Florida.

Ok...I Googled up the original Politico article, and yes- these are different donations. The AP article doesn't make that clear.

I'd say Dylan Ratigan, but no one watches that show. Joe is O.K. however, but the show is better without him. He talks way to much.

Same with Ratigan's show. I only watch it if there's a guest host. His obsession with banks gets really tiresome really quickly.

This is as idiotic as Olbermann's suspension....

Isn't there an old maxim in politics " there's no such thing as bad press" as long as people are talking about you its all good.

I am tempted to say HA take that righties ...because of all the backslapping that went on over Olbermann..but I won´t do that...why? because it is wrong for them to suspend someone for their political donations...what you do with your money as long as it is legal is no one´s business...and if you donate to a political candidate as a private citizen that is your business...good grief MSNBC what is wrong with you guys?

MSNBC is taking the right path here. They have a written policy prohibiting this activity. The policy was violated. Suspension ensues.

I am curious, though, how it would have been viewed among the public if Joe's contributions had been made public before Keith's.

Keith is certainly more adult than Joe -- so he would be the one for MSNBC to lead out. Not saying he's adult -- he has his moments -- but almost anyone except Glenn Beck is more adult than Joe.

Please; Olbermann is a screaming parnoid lunatic. He makes Rush L's rantings sound peaceful by comparison.

Yes, Keith is excitable and passionate, whereas Rush is, well...., Rush. His excitability has nothing to do with his political donations.

I laud NBC for trying to operate as an "INDEPENDENT" news organization! Huge contrast with Fox (NOT NEWS) & Friends. At best, they are the propaganda network.

The Main Stream Media, and I mean all of them, need to have a segment daily highlighting the Bias spewed by faux news. Every Right Wing lunatic in this country shows up on Faux News. Why? Infact, the lunatics refuse to appear on any other
"NEWS" programs,afraid of the questions I guess! We all know most crooks and shyters prefer to operate in stealth. And since Faux News loves dredging the bottom for viewers, the rest of the Media should be there exposing "them" for the sluge they pollute our enviornment with!

The article says 2 days.

Scarborough usually takes off two days a week anyway doesn't he? LOL!

I read two days....where did you read two weeks?

Reading comprehension is not a right wing skill.

Neither is accuracy! Or owning up to a mistake. Just wait and see -- he'll post it elsewhere too, and the little foxes will tag along.

I agree with your questions, but isn't that like the teenager telling the judge that the 35mph speed limit is unjust in that section of the road? They can take up policy with MSNBC, but before they violate the policy, not to justify it afterwards.

That's a unique perspective- that I disagree with 100%.

Thank you.

Fufu, except they aren´t journalists..they are commentators..there is a huge difference between the two...

If MSNBC wants all on-air personalities to abide by journalistic ethics, then what they are called is really a matter of semantics, no?

No Fufu, because their policies actually distinguish between the two..I don´t have time to go back and find the old thread on Olbermann, but I took the time to look up MSNBC policies and they actually conflict with NBC policies...MSNBC does not require their commentators to hold to the same standards that journalists do..a journalist is held to non bias while a commentator is clearly biased..examples of commentators of course are Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olbermann, etc..

Well, I stand corrected then. Thank you.

if he truely believed in his values and morals of a republician or fiscalconservative he would have be a spokesman for the tea party or at least a member, why ain't he a member he a member of other political groups or organizations, but not the tea party. not only that, its his show is it not and look at the direction it goes, whenever anyone really starts debating about obama he misdirects or rammbles on about when he was in congress in 94, and his buddy newt. not only that he should call out oberman or ed or dylan or maddow at least about they way they persent their ideals or opinions on their shows. he talks and states he's a conservative , fiscal conservative but he spends more time attacking foxnews, the tea party or anyone who truely is a threat 2 obama. he may talk the talk, but walk the walk, no way, a true conservative wouldn't play well with the people who work or visit msnbc ever.

you see my friend, a true conservative would have been fired by msnbc, but a real true conservative would quit msnbc.

That's funny- my 80 year old mother, a lifetime Republican, and the godmother of the former Republican governor of Connecticut thinks Joe S is right on the mark and a great Republican. Oh that's right CT is part of the socialist North East. ...right...

She recognizes Fox as propaganda but does watch some of the news hours-

So if she is no longer considered a true conservative oh well proof I guess that The Republican party has gone boing boing and is in Coo Coo Land, while the Democratic party is nearly right of center at this point.

glenn beck, sr

Do you watch the show? Joe challenges the predominantly Liberal guests all of the time. and when the have a conservative on it's impossible for anyone else to talk. Joe will cut them off and them hand it off to the conservative again by asking them a direct question.

When you're a shark, a barracuda seems too tame for the real ocean. Perspective.

How about just shutting it off in your home forever!!

Now why would I do that?

They didnt fire Joe they just suspended him. While I do not take all of the left leaning rhetoric as gospel, I do find a lot more value and common sense at MSNBC then at Fox

I remind you all that these talkingheads are just that, and as soon as we accept their diatribe as gospel, without questioning its veracity we lose our objectivity and become the very sheep we scorn.

The problem with being a sheep is that the Sheppard does not always lead you to graze.

Sometimes its the short sheers and then the abbatoir.

Why would you do it for two weeks? Joe is only suspended for two days. Not that I ever watch his show anyway. Too damned early in the morning for me!

I guess i am that rarity that actually finds it possible to distance themselves from partisanship and focus on fact and on what I believe.

That and the fact that before Bush 41 I was a hardline Republican thanks to Carter leaving I and my fellow soldiers waiting on the tarmac at Travis while our dead and wounded brothers in arms were being paraded through the streets of Tehran for all the world to see.

I hear you on the time slot RD, though now a days I'm more likely to catch Joe after a nite of prostate trouble than I am from an evening of debauchery.

Well, it is interesting that MSNBC, which does have more liberal commentary than conservative, does give a conservative his own show, rather than have token liberals as guests or secondary hosts like another well-known network.

doreen, he's not my cup of tea either, but I'll sign the petition BECAUSE I signed the one for Keith. The reasons I thought MSNBC was out of line with Keith apply equally to Joe. While I don't agree with Joe's political views (or Pat Buchanan's), I find that they are honest when it comes to analyzing political strategies no matter who the candidate is.

I'm guessing this statement is why Joe is there:

"There is nothing more important than maintaining the integrity of its highly respected brand."

What lala land is that guy from? He's talking about NBC!

Best news show on the 24/7 news channels.

hate to interupt your rant but you seem a litlle pissed. first we dont pass rules that are stupid, also joe is one of our competitors and our ratings prove not only has MSNBC not buried our network , his and all the others combined don't come close.

not only is it msnbc direction that is failing, it's the exacution of it. and yes, you do care, so who's fooling who.

You could do far worse than a vote for Joe Sheepford

Should we be worried about a neo-inquisition? FOX and fringe Republicans have some plans?

It's really not. The Constitution says that Government shall make no law barring peoples freedom of speech. Business is free to do as it wishes, and Scarborough can got to Fox News anytime he wants to.