Because the "suspension" of Olbermann worked out so well for them. Meh.
-Deb --- On Sat, 11/20/10, Kevin G. Barkes <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kevin G. Barkes <[email protected]> > Subject: Scarborough suspended for political contributions > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 5:58 PM > MSNBC Suspends 'Morning Joe' Host > Scarborough for Political Donations > > Cable-news channel MSNBC said Friday that it has suspended > host Joe > Scarborough for making $4,000 in political donations > without permission, its > second suspension of a high-profile host over contributions > in two weeks. > > Scarborough, a former Republican congressman who now > co-hosts MSNBC's > "Morning Joe" program, made eight donations of $500 to > local Florida > candidates in recent years, the network said. His > suspension, without pay, > will bar him from his weekday show for two days, and he > will return Nov. 24. > > "Since he did not seek or receive approval for these > contributions, Joe > understands that I will be suspending him for violating our > policy," Phil > Griffin, president of the General Electric Co. network, > said in a statement. > "It is critical that we enforce our standards and > policies," he added. > > Scarborough apologized to the network in a separate > statement provided by > MSNBC. "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," he said. > > At least five of Mr. Scarborough's donations were made > since 2005 to local > Republican candidates, according to Florida Division of > Elections records. > Mr. Scarborough said in his statement that because he had > given for personal > reasons to his brother and three longtime family friends, > "I mistakenly > believed that I did not need approval from MSNBC. I also > apologize for that > oversight." > > http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/11/19/msnbc-suspends-morning-joe-host-sc > arborough-for-political-donations/tab/print/ > > Regards, > > KGB > > ----- > Kevin G. Barkes > Email: [email protected] > KGB Report: > http://www.kgbreport.com > Commentwear by KGB: > http://www.commentwear.com > National Temperature Index: > http://nationaltemperatureindex.com > DCL Dialogue on line: > http://www.dcldialogue.com > Random Quotations Generator: > http://www.goodquotations.com > Over 13,000 searchable quotations. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
