I could accept Ed Shultz's suspension easier if someone got suspended for LYING once in a while.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

Let's start with being truthful. After that we can enforce "pleasant."

(By the way, I'm not even a big Ed fan.)

[Cleita]

1. I second that.

The lying to me is worse than any name calling.

[sasha031]

2. it's always the Dem's who get punished, never the other side

they get promoted and million dollar paychecks

[MrMickeysMom]

7. That's because they're ready to roll over and act like...

... a dominated dog.

I hope Shultz joins Olberman, who with his own actions, told them to all go screw themselves... every last one of them. Remember... "That woman is an idiot!" ???

Well, she was... and was it any less plain that the piece of shit, Laura Ingraham, who should be a model for children with this motto: "Don't turn into one of THESE!"

[pacalo]

3. Yes, indeed. How about some fair & balanced rules that everyone has to follow?

[Juche]

4. That would be awesome

You have to go back on the air and explain why/how what you said wasn't true, then pay a fine or get suspended. THat would be an awesome tool.

[lonestarnot]

5. Suspended? What for?

[calimary]

11. Same! Suspended? What for?

Looks like I missed something.

:wow:

[donheld]

12. He called Laura Ingraham a Slut on his radio show

[calimary]

14. Thanks. I did find it later, elsewhere here. Then I saw his videotaped statement

last night.

Mixed feelings about this. He's a jerk for saying that. But yes, she earned that insult, in my opinion. Whenever she comes to mind, I can't help thinking - "gee, she had cancer. You'd think going through that kind of ordeal would have made her a nicer person."

[emilyg]

6. I'm not OK with a woman

being called a slut.

[backscatter712]

8. How about demanding that the right-wingers get the same punishments as left-wingers.

You didn't see Rush get a week suspension for playing "Barack the Magic Negro" or mocking Obama's children.

You don't see Eric Bolling getting suspended for tweeting that Obama was in Ireland "chugging 40's" (absolutely a racist dogwhistle. You forgot to talk about eating fried chicken and watermelon, Eric...)

You didn't see Glenn Beck get suspended for that stunt implying he wanted to poison Nancy Pelosi.

But the minute Ed Schultz says "slut", which is maybe 1% as offensive as what the right-wingers get away with on a daily basis, BOOM! One week suspension, threats of firing.

[sufrommich]

15. The same punishment from who? You expect Fox to have any

scruples at all? I don't understand this whole "well they do it" attitude. I'm not interested in the liberal version of Fox News. I swear I'm starting to believe that the days of drinking Brawndo and watching Ow My Balls! are not far off.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I've never even heard Ed Schultz's program, and I agree

I wish stations would fire or suspend employees for LYING.

[Capitalocracy]

10. + like a million bagillion.

K&R

[checks-n-balances]

13. Someone dug this up from his radio show after McHenry insults Eliz. Warren

Ed provided the perfect distraction from our focusing on Patrick McHenry basically calling Elizabeth Warren a liar:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1175391

IOKIYAR (It's OK If You're A Republican).