Joe Scarborough Suspended By MSNBC For Two Days Over Campaign Donations

by Colby Hall | 1:46 pm, November 19th, 2010

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Fans of Keith Olbermann who were upset that he was suspended by MSNBC President Phil Griffin over campaign donations often pointed to similar donations made by Joe Scarborough as an example of unfair treatment. Well it appears that the treatment is now fair according to a Politico report that asserts that Scarborough has been suspended for two days for similar contributions.

Writing for Politico, Kenneth Vogel Reports:

MSNBC said Friday that it is suspending “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough for two days after he acknowledged giving eight previously unknown $500 contributions to friends and family members running for state and local offices during his tenure at the network, a violation of parent NBC’s ban on political contributions by employees without specific permission from the network president.

“I recognize that I have a responsibility to honor the guidelines and conditions of my employment, and I regret that I failed to do so in this matter,” Scarborough said in a statement. “I apologize to MSNBC and to anyone who has been negatively affected by my actions,” said, adding that after he was made aware of some of the contributions, he called MSNBC president Phil Griffin “and agreed with Phil’s immediate demand of a two-day suspension without pay.”

The suspension appears to be a direct result of reporting efforts by Politico, who had sought comment from MSNBC after
Politico had found “evidence that Scarborough gave at least five separate previously unknown $500 contributions while serving as an MNBC host. Scarborough last tweet before this news broke? “Keep Calm and Carry On:

This situation appears to be quite a bit different from the Olbermann suspension since Scarborough and Griffin appeared to be on the same page with this disciplinary action, whereas the Griffin and Olbermann dispute was reported to be much more inimical. Joint statements released by MSNBC from both Mr. Griffin and Mr. Scarborough follow:

Statement from Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC:

This morning Joe Scarborough informed me that he made eight contributions of $500 each to local candidates in Florida between 2004-08. In my conversation with Joe two weeks ago, he did not recall these contributions. Since he did not seek or receive prior approval or these contributions, Joe understands that I will be suspending him
for violating our policy. He will be immediately suspended for two days without pay and will return to the air on Wednesday, November 24th. As Joe recognizes, it is critical that we enforce our standards and policies.

Statement from Joe Scarborough:

It was recently brought to my attention that I made political contributions over the past several years that are not consistent with MSNBC’s guidelines. These contributions were to close personal friends and family members and were limited to local races.

Despite the fact that these races were local and not relevant to my work at MSNBC, I have been told they violated MSNBC guidelines.

I recognize that I have a responsibility to honor the guidelines and conditions of my employment, and I regret that I failed to do so in this matter. I apologize to MSNBC and to anyone who has been negatively affected by my actions.

I gave a number of $500 contributions to my brother and three longtime family friends. These contributions were nothing more than simple acts of friendship. I gained nothing personally, politically, or professionally from these donations.

To be blunt, I had no interest in their campaigns other than being kind to longtime friends.

Because the contributions involved local, non-competitive races–and were given for personal rather than political reasons–I mistakenly believed I did not need approval from MSNBC. I also apologize for that oversight.

After learning of this situation, I called Phil Griffin and agreed with Phil’s immediate demand of a two-day suspension without pay.

I am proud to work for the NBC News family. There is nothing more important than maintaining the integrity of its highly respected brand.

I apologize to Phil Griffin, Steve Capus, and my colleagues. This will not happen again.

joe scarborough, keith olbermann, msnbc, Phil Griffin

stoogedudes

Ok, why doesn’t MSNBC suspend real journalists from making contributions instead of those whose politics are plainly clear, like Joe and Keith.
Seeing 2012 From My Window

Well now I’m torn because I said Keith shouldn’t lose his job. Oh what the heck, “don’t let the door hit you on the way out Joe!”.
tatboy

Why without pay??? Olbermann got his money after whining, bitching…. oh you know where I’m going with this. But hell, Olby got paid in the end… why not Joe???
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Good, we don’t need any RINO’s on MSNBC. See Joe, sucking up to libs never pays off.
Some_Dude

Jesus MSNBC let it die and adjust your rules accordingly. It’s getting silly.

In the short term it shows that they’re committed to integrity in reporting, sure. Overall this dumb ass rule should have been analyzed immediately following the Olbermann affair.
Seeing 2012 From My Window

Dude,
In the short term it shows that they’re committed to integrity in reporting, sure

As larry the cable guys says, “I don’t care who you are, that’s funny!”
SlurpeeSummit

He just scored a 4 day weekend BEFORE the holiday!
Cecelia

“I am proud to work for the NBC News family. There is nothing more important than maintaining the integrity of its highly respected brand.”

Well, it’s not a “highly respected brand”, Joe, and I doubt you’ll get much appreciation from the media crowd for such loyalty, but thanks from me, for not being an Olbermann.
Harry Flashman

Meh.

Somebody else had to be fed into the woodchipper after they caved to Olbermann to diminish the Now-We-Look-Like-Spineless-Fools factor.

Tag, Joe, you’re it.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Blair-Maury/1027829552 Blair Maury

gordonbloyershow said:
Good, we don’t need any RINO’s on MSNBC. See Joe, sucking up to libs never pays off.

Yeah Joe. Be more real, like Gordon. Upload videos of yourself to YouTube and educate the hundreds of viewers you get…perhaps with a song….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU-6TiCHJM
sarainitaly

in other words, Joe Sco wanted a four day weekend!
ChiliPeppersFan

my thoughts exactly stooge…i don’t believe, as ko said after his suspension, the contributions affected their covering or interviewing.
now if the parent company were to contribute millions of dollars to the democratic governors association and still claim to be fair and balanced we all know they would either be lying or believe their audience was incredibly stupid.
Just4thefax

Fact: More Slime in the Ice Machine to come!
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Blair Maury said:
Yeah Joe. Be more real, like Gordon. Upload videos of yourself to YouTube and educate the hundreds of viewers you get…perhaps with a song….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU-6TiCHJM

I love you guys. Thanks for pushing my videos. It is a great song. It fits you to a tee.
JamesA1102

Hit the road Joe and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.
Hit the road Joe and don’t you come back no more.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Stratton/1324460024 Joseph Stratton

MSNBC middle management doing what they can to salvage their jobs with Comcast.
Gee, I wonder if this ‘ratings stunt’ will help Maddow too.
iris

Thank God!!!!! H’es almost as bad as beck and
I know you becktards that have any kind of sense of humor
have got to be laughing at beck today along with the rest of the world
after Jon Stewart gave it right back to him!!
The clip of beck crying wanting everyone to feel sorry for him cause
he had ass surgery was HIIIILARIOUS!!!!
cjd ohio 1

stooge, because msnbc does not have any real journalist
bealzebubba

The thing people need to realize about MSNBC is that they are the counterpart to FOX. I know..thumbs down…that’s fine…but it’s true. Fox targets it’s conservative audience…MSNBC targets it’s liberal audience. Not rocket science.

Some_Dude said:
Jesus MSNBC let it die and adjust your rules accordingly. It’s getting silly.

I’ll agree there…they should just get regulations laid out and be done with it…and IMHO, they should either play it the way Fox does which is to have no policy or just flat out say “NO DONATIONS to political parties. Period.” and leave it at that.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Stratton/1324460024 Joseph Stratton

iris said:
Thank God!!!!! H’es almost as bad as beck and
I know you becktards that have any kind of sense of humor
have got to be laughing at beck today along with the rest of the world
after Jon Stewart gave it right back to him!!
The clip of beck crying wanting everyone to feel sorry for him cause
he had ass surgery was HIIIILARIOUS!!!!

yeah, that sounds lie some real high-brow stuff their Iris.

Is there anything more annoying than laughing liberals and stupid shiat?
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

iris said:
have got to be laughing at beck today along with the rest of the world
after Jon Stewart gave it right back to him!!

Poor Iris, only 20% of the people identify themselves as libs.

Have you read the breaking news? Iris they got you.

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009
Published: Thursday, 18 Nov 2010 | 1:13 PM ET

CHICAGO – More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.
Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA.
BR

In the mind of a turd like Keith “Tokyo Rose” Olbermann this is somehow a victory for him.
iris

sorry Gordon becktard didn’t mean to leave you out.
Looky here, a nice little paragraph from gordonblows “website”!!

Gordon Bloyer has been called an assman by Ronn Owens of KGO radio in San Francisco. Rush Limbaugh read from a letter by Gordon on his national radio show while beating off to it. President Ronald Reagan invited Gordon to the White House to thank him for his hairpiece. When Gordon speaks people vomit. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and was never asked back. His letters and articles have been banned in many publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Washington Times, USA Today, Monterey Herald, San Mateo Times, San Jose Mercury, Gary Post-Tribune, Hammond Times and the San Francisco Progress.
DonnaK

Will this finally force Fox to examine it’s employee standards, Oh pleez!!
greg454

Why would anyone at MSNBC bother to make a political donation when they’re all in the tank for Democrats anyway? I mean, these people provide countless hours of free pro-democrat/anti-republican programming. They should be asking the DNC for donations instead.
http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

Notice it doesn’t say what party he donated to. My guess is Democrats.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

DonnaK said:
Will this finally force Fox to examine it’s employee standards, Oh pleez!!

LOL, you’re taking this seriously? REALLY?
iris

The only standards the fox has is to call every one else nazis
and stick their heads up murdochs ass ala roger ailes their dear leader.
I wonder if he sits there every day like jabba and hanity ,and the fox and freaks
crawl all over him shoving big macs down his throat.
He apparently thinks those chins and fat rolls are charming
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Stratton/1324460024 Joseph Stratton

iris said:
The only standards the fox has is to call every one else nazis
and stick their heads up murdochs ass ala roger ailes their dear leader.
I wonder if he sits there every day like jabba and hanity ,and the fox and freaks
crawl all over him shoving big macs down his throat.
He apparently thinks those chins and fat rolls are charming

You sound pretty charming yourself there Iris [sarc]
rocky road

This was because Olbermann cried that joe did it too, why isn”t he in trouble. I swear, MSNBC is looking more and more like a middle school production. Now Olbermann is happy that he got someone else in trouble. Can you imagine real professionals behaving this way? Griffin should be fired now.
cjd ohio 1

yeah iris msnbc would never call anyone nazi huh…………………..lol
omega919

Good for Joe. Sucks he’s getting suspended (I hate when I turn on Morning Joe and he’s not there), but at least he’s taking it LIKE A MAN. Keith could learn something.
Wapiti00

greg454 said:
Why would anyone at MSNBC bother to make a political donation when they’re all in the tank for Democrats anyway? I mean, these people provide countless hours of free pro-democrat/anti-republican programming. They should be asking the DNC for donations instead.http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/

Exactly. To be fair, every second of progamming on MesSNBC should be considered a political donation to the libnut Democrats…
iris

Yeah cjd maybe you can tell us when the person that runs msnbc
called others nazis and then had to apologize to
the Jewish watchdog organization the ADL
Come on cjd mr smarty pants tell us!!!
iris

Joe S GTK you are paying attention to everything I say!
halekai

“I am proud to work for the NBC News family. There is nothing more important than maintaining the integrity of its highly respected brand.”

Hahahahahahahahhohohohohohahahaha…..sides hurting….can’t stop laughing. This may be the funniest thing I’ve ever read here.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Blair-Maury/1027829552 Blair Maury

gordonbloyershow said:
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November 19, 2010 at 2:19 pm gordonbloyershow(Quote)
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Blair Maury said:
Yeah Joe. Be more real, like Gordon. Upload videos of yourself to YouTube and educate the hundreds of viewers you get…perhaps with a song….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU-6TiCHJM

Especially the part about talking about people you just don’t know….

I am a fan Gordo. A fan!

I love you guys. Thanks for pushing my videos. It is a great song. It fits you to a tee.
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JamesA1102 JamesA1102 says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:19 pm JamesA1102(Quote)
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Hit the road Joe and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.
Hit the road Joe and don’t you come back no more.
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Joseph Stratton says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:19 pm Joseph Stratton(Quote)
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MSNBC middle management doing what they can to salvage their jobs with Comcast.
Gee, I wonder if this ‘ratings stunt’ will help Maddow too.
#
iris iris says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:20 pm iris(Quote)
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Thank God!!!!! H’es almost as bad as beck and
I know you becktards that have any kind of sense of humor
have got to be laughing at beck today along with the rest of the world
after Jon Stewart gave it right back to him!!
The clip of beck crying wanting everyone to feel sorry for him cause
he had ass surgery was HIIIILARIOUS!!!!
#
cjd ohio 1 cjd ohio 1 says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:23 pm cjd ohio 1(Quote)
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stooge, because msnbc does not have any real journalist
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bealzebubba bealzebubba says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:23 pm bealzebubba(Quote)
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The thing people need to realize about MSNBC is that they are the counterpart to FOX. I know..thumbs down…that’s fine…but it’s true. Fox targets it’s conservative audience…MSNBC targets it’s liberal audience. Not rocket science.

Some_Dude said:
Jesus MSNBC let it die and adjust your rules accordingly. It’s getting silly.

I’ll agree there…they should just get regulations laid out and be done with it…and IMHO, they should either play it the way Fox does which is to have no policy or just flat out say “NO DONATIONS to political parties. Period.” and leave it at that.
#
Joseph Stratton says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm Joseph Stratton(Quote)
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iris said:
Thank God!!!!! H’es almost as bad as beck and
I know you becktards that have any kind of sense of humor
have got to be laughing at beck today along with the rest of the world
after Jon Stewart gave it right back to him!!
The clip of beck crying wanting everyone to feel sorry for him cause
he had ass surgery was HIIIILARIOUS!!!!

yeah, that sounds lie some real high-brow stuff their Iris.

Is there anything more annoying than laughing liberals and stupid shiat?
#
gordonbloyershow gordonbloyershow says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm gordonbloyershow(Quote)
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iris said:
have got to be laughing at beck today along with the rest of the world
after Jon Stewart gave it right back to him!!

Poor Iris, only 20% of the people identify themselves as libs.

Have you read the breaking news? Iris they got you.

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009
Published: Thursday, 18 Nov 2010 | 1:13 PM ET

CHICAGO – More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.
Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA.
#
BR BR says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:26 pm BR(Quote)
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In the mind of a turd like Keith “Tokyo Rose” Olbermann this is somehow a victory for him.
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iris iris says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:29 pm iris(Quote)
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sorry Gordon becktard didn’t mean to leave you out.
Looky here, a nice little paragraph from gordonblows “website”!!

Gordon Bloyer has been called an assman by Ronn Owens of KGO radio in San Francisco. Rush Limbaugh read from a letter by Gordon on his national radio show while beating off to it. President Ronald Reagan invited Gordon to the White House to thank him for his hairpiece. When Gordon speaks people vomit. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and was never asked back. His letters and articles have been banned in many publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Washington Times, USA Today, Monterey Herald, San Mateo Times, San Jose Mercury, Gary Post-Tribune, Hammond Times and the San Francisco Progress.
#
DonnaK DonnaK says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:30 pm DonnaK(Quote)
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Will this finally force Fox to examine it’s employee standards, Oh pleez!!
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greg454 greg454 says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:34 pm greg454(Quote)
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Why would anyone at MSNBC bother to make a political donation when they’re all in the tank for Democrats anyway? I mean, these people provide countless hours of free pro-democrat/anti-republican programming. They should be asking the DNC for donations instead.
http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/
#
Dronetek says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:34 pm Dronetek(Quote)
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Notice it doesn’t say what party he donated to. My guess is Democrats.
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Dronetek says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:35 pm Dronetek(Quote)
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DonnaK said:
Will this finally force Fox to examine it’s employee standards, Oh pleez!!

LOL, you’re taking this seriously? REALLY?
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iris iris says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:36 pm iris(Quote)
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The only standards the fox has is to call every one else nazis
and stick their heads up murdochs ass ala roger ailes their dear leader.
I wonder if he sits there every day like jabba and hanity ,and the fox and freaks
crawl all over him shoving big macs down his throat.
He apparently thinks those chins and fat rolls are charming
#
Joseph Stratton says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:39 pm Joseph Stratton(Quote)
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iris said:
The only standards the fox has is to call every one else nazis
and stick their heads up murdochs ass ala roger ailes their dear leader.
I wonder if he sits there every day like jabba and hanity ,and the fox and freaks
crawl all over him shoving big macs down his throat.
He apparently thinks those chins and fat rolls are charming

You sound pretty charming yourself there Iris [sarc]
#
rocky road rocky road says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm rocky road(Quote)
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This was because Olbermann cried that joe did it too, why isn”t he in trouble. I swear, MSNBC is looking more and more like a middle school production. Now Olbermann is happy that he got someone else in trouble. Can you imagine real professionals behaving this way? Griffin should be fired now.
#
cjd ohio 1 cjd ohio 1 says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm cjd ohio 1(Quote)
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yeah iris msnbc would never call anyone nazi huh…………………..lol
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omega919 omega919 says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm omega919(Quote)
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Good for Joe. Sucks he’s getting suspended (I hate when I turn on Morning Joe and he’s not there), but at least he’s taking it LIKE A MAN. Keith could learn something.
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Wapiti00 Wapiti00 says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:42 pm Wapiti00(Quote)
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greg454 said:
Why would anyone at MSNBC bother to make a political donation when they’re all in the tank for Democrats anyway? I mean, these people provide countless hours of free pro-democrat/anti-republican programming. They should be asking the DNC for donations instead.http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/

Exactly. To be fair, every second of progamming on MesSNBC should be considered a political donation to the libnut Democrats…
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iris iris says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:46 pm iris(Quote)
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Yeah cjd maybe you can tell us when the person that runs msnbc
called others nazis and then had to apologize to
the Jewish watchdog organization the ADL
Come on cjd mr smarty pants tell us!!!
#
iris iris says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:48 pm iris(Quote)
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Joe S GTK you are paying attention to everything I say!
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halekai halekai says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:49 pm halekai(Quote)
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“I am proud to work for the NBC News family. There is nothing more important than maintaining the integrity of its highly respected brand.”

Hahahahahahahahhohohohohohahahaha…..sides hurting….can’t stop laughing. This may be the funniest thing I’ve ever read here.
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Cecelia

DonnaK said:
Will this finally force Fox to examine it’s employee standards, Oh pleez!!

Only, if you think that Keith or Joe should be judged by the standards at FNC.

Olbermann would like that! According to the logic of his Special Comment, FNC standards are more reasonable.

Again, thank you, Joe, for not demanding that you be held to some other corporation’s standard (while simultaneously criticizing that standard). Thank you for standing up to your own infractions against the people who hired you.
Seeing 2012 From My Window

Don’t feed the troll.
beamangrow

Cecelia says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:12 pm Cecelia(Quo

Well, it’s not a “highly respected brand”, Joe, and I doubt you’ll get much appreciation from the media crowd for such loyalty, but thanks from me, for not being an Olbermann.

what are you talking about, he was caught that is why he came clean.It was on the blogs 2 weeks ago. why should there be any appreciation from the media,he never came clean until he was caught.
iris

Suprise, suprise!, MichelleF still isn’t taking care of her kid,
she should have given birth to the mediaite comments section
at least it would have gotten the attention it needs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
cjd ohio 1

ok iris, now its just the people that run msnbc, ok lol
Seeing 2012 From My Window

HAHA, I had a bet with myself to see if said troll would know who they are!! Man I’m good!
Newsjunky

Blair Maury said:
Yeah Joe. Be more real, like Gordon. Upload videos of yourself to YouTube and educate the hundreds of viewers you get…perhaps with a song….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU-6TiCHJM

OMG LOL… thanks for posting this… seeing his buck teeth and fat face in a video almost made me lose my lunch. He looks exactly like the type of creepy 60s-ish loner that we will hear about one day in the news pleading guilty to burying little kids under his house. Wow, what a dork. Gordon Blowmehard, you are creeeeeeepy!!
iris

No excuses cjd, just admit you can’t do it becktard!
Seeing 2012 From My Window

Iris, seeing how there is obviously NO way you’ve ever stepped foot inside a school, I’m not surprised that you don’t know that school’s in session right now.
cjd ohio 1

he is creepy newsjunky
beamangrow

rocky road says:
November 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm rocky road(Quote)
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This was because Olbermann cried that joe did it too, why isn”t he in trouble. I swear, MSNBC is looking more and more like a middle school production. Now Olbermann is happy that he got someone else in trouble. Can you imagine real professionals behaving this way? Griffin should be fired now.

when did olbermann say that?
i cant find it anywhere.
iris

Good at what MichelleF, cause it sure isn’t mothering!
cjd ohio 1

your right iris, griffin never said anything about nazis, but that does stop his network from doing it
iris

Yeah school might be in session right now but not
ALL night and ALL day EVERY day
which is the time that you spend here!!
Seeing 2012 From My Window

I think I”ll take my own advice and stop feeding the troll.
MediaiteCensorsSux

Joe can teach KO how to handle a situation!
iris

Of course thats what you’ll do cause you can’t face the truth
that everyone can see, you neglect your kid
murf

iris said:
Suprise, suprise!, MichelleF still isn’t taking care of her kid,
she should have given birth to the mediaite comments section
at least it would have gotten the attention it needs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

King, thought you were off to your ski trip ?

NewsJunky was creepy is a full grown man impersonating a female . See Iris

Phil go ahead and suspend the rest of the MSNBC hosts maybe you’ll have big ratings…….. For a day.

What a joke.
iris

Yeah smurf is the one that would know about female impersonators!!!
paulmdoro

iris, do you have an opinion about anything other than Michelle and her parenting abilities? Do you ever actually comment on the discussion topic? Why are you so obsessed with another poster here?
iris

Actually paulmorbib you seem to be the one obsessed with me,
I wasn’t even talking to you
cjd ohio 1

she proved griffin didn’t say nazi lol
paulmdoro

iris said:
Actually paulmorbib you seem to be the one obsessed with me,
I wasn’t even talking to you

I’m curious. Sue me. Obsessed with you? Only in your wildest dreams. Can’t answer the original questions? That’s OK. I wanted to give you the chance to defend yourself, but your posts here speak loud and clear.
Big Eddie

Just make it Morning Mika with Willie and Mike . Bada bing .
iris

Paulmorbib, You always ask me stupid questions and
I”m never talking to you but for some reason you keep trying to get my attention
and guess what , I don’t want yours
Give it up becktard!
paulmdoro

What’s a becktard? Your nonstop stupid comments are to blame for my questions. You and only you are responsible.
iris

What part of I have no interest in you or you taliking to me don’t you understand??
paulmdoro

iris said:
What part of I have no interest in you or you taliking to me don’t you understand??

That’s about the only thing you’ve ever said here that makes perfect sense. It’s too bad you can’t answer very simple questions about your odd behavior and hateful comments. You are a strange one iris. Please, return to obsessively stalking Michelle.
iris

The only sense one can make of your obsession with me
and my comments to MichelleF is that you have to be one of her identities
So in that case go take care of your kid!
paulmdoro

iris said:
The only sense one can make of your obsession with me
and my comments to MichelleF is that you have to be one of her identities
So in that case go take care of your kid!

And you’re back to making no sense again. All is right with the world.
iris

Yeah right MichelleFI don’t know who you
think you’re fooling except yourself.
You really are pathetic
Cecelia

beamangrow said:
what are you talking about, he was caught that is why he came clean.It was on the blogs 2 weeks ago. why should there be any appreciation from the media,he never came clean until he was caught.

Joe hasn’t condemned his boss AND simultaneously argued that MSNBC policies are illegal YET ethical as compared to those at FNC.

Perhaps, if had 300,000 fans at FNC, including those at Mediaite…
TangledThorns

Who cares? He’s hardly on anways, should just call it ‘Morning Mika.’
stoogedudes

cjd ohio 1 said:
stooge, because msnbc does not have any real journalist

I knew someone would say that, just didn’t think it take that long.

I’d beg to differ. Their daytime crew seem to be decent journalists, from what I’ve seen. Granted, I’m always at work during the day, so it’s been a while.
Rescuedog

Apparently Joe is so rich that he “forgot” about eight $500 donations. The two day unpaid suspension won’t hurt him a bit.

Snark aside, it is kind of refreshing to see his calm and mature response to his suspension as compared to Olbermann’s egomaniacal drama and hysterics (see Howard Kurtz’s Daily Beast article from a few days ago for more details). I doubt Joe is threatening to go on other networks’ shows (as Olbermann did) to get his story out.
cjd ohio 1

sorry stooge, but fox doesn’t either
notsofast

That’s not a suspension;it’s a long weekend.
WildMan

I hope Comcast comes in and TOTALLY cleans house at the funky little msnbc. That place has become a joke all over the planet. It has by far the worst management team in the history of TV. Everyone there seems to be on drugs and I ain’t talkin’ aspirin. Maybe there is a speed lab down in the basement because everyone connected with msnbc is so far out to lunch that they appear to be out in space. Yeah, a bunch of junior space cadets running the joke called msnbc.
disenlightened

Weird. You’ve got the Democrats in Congress cleaning house by whacking blacks, while the libs at the White Boy’s Network, which has no blacks, has to whack white guys to balance the equation. Those Democrats – they’re just crazy wild about equality.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

jrcmi said:
gordimbulb AGAIN posts stolen material from an unattributed source. Someone call a cop . . . and a “shrink.”

Do you need glasses or is it that you lack reading skills? Oh, I know, you are just STUPID.

WHAT IS THIS?
report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA.
LOOK IT UP, STUPID.
nrgetick

JFK==INSIDE JOB
ChrisNH

This has ‘wink-wink, nod-nod’ written all over it. Or, put another way, ‘quid pro quo.’
redwriteblue

“Morning Joe’ Scarborough is stuck in a time warp on his days in the Congress. Every morning he reflects “Back in 1994…” as he starts one of his speeches on the set of “Morning Joe.”

He keeps repeating that “The retirement age must be raised to 70 because Americans are living longer and that will help to reduce the nation’s budget deficit,” yet there are only 14 percent of the people in the workforce over age 65 because employers do everything they can to get rid of older workers.

Many of those now unempoyed are over 65 and want to work, yet they are turned-away because of their age when they show-up for interviews.

Americans are wondering why they are having such a hard time finding another full-time job to replace the ones they have lost during this Recession and one of the reasons is due to a Republican “Big Idea” passed during Congressman Joe Scarborough’s time in the House of Representatives:

http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/unemployment-blues?xg_source=activity
RobDavis

Too bad for all about me Joe. Poor Mika will miss you. Who will she drool all over while your away? or maybe she’ll just try and steal your spot.

TangledThorns said:
Who cares? He’s hardly on anways, should just call it ‘Morning Mika.’

Never a truer statement.
jrcmi

Pig Eddie said:
Media Matters Moron still on the job , late as usual .

Big Mouthie can’t stay on topic . . . or admit he’s a right-wing dupe. Lame as usual.

Still waiting for proof of MediaMatters.org factual error. Request #31.
labman57

At MSNBC, if you give campaign donations to Democratic candidates, you get suspended. If you donate to Republicans, you too get suspended.

Meanwhile, at FOX News, if you are found to have donated to a Democratic cause, you’ll probably get fired. If they discover that you donated to Republicans, …. they’ll make you Employee of the Month.