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then you have the martin bashir thing, which was really quite different. he was making a very legitimate point about sarah palin. >> let's back up for people who haven't been following. sarah palin had given a speech in which she compared the national debt and owing money to china to slavery. a lot of people didn't like that. i said this in the beginning, it is fair game to criticize sarah palin, fox news contributor, over that, but let's not mince words here. what bashir said in a scripted read with graphics that had to be approved or acquiesced by other people at the network, you know, suggested using her as a toilet. >> yes. and i think the legitimate point that he was making is that these slavery things are brought up too often and this is how awful slavery is. then he brought up a vulgar thing at the end for it which he apologized. yeah, that happens on msnbc. it happens on fox news. people on this network have talked about decapitating me and turning me into hummus. nobody's getting suspended or barely apologizing for that sort of thing. >> was that

. >> martin bashir resince under pressure at msnbc saying he deeply regrets his disgusting comments about sarah palin. why did it take so long for the talk show host to pay a penalty. could he have kept his job if msnbc moved quickly to suspend him. >>> president obama tries to boost his sagging fortunes by turning to chris matthews and msnbc. >> how do we get back to that confidence that we can solve our manmade problems and other problems? >> why was the host of hardball playing such softball? >> glenn greenwald who published those secret nsa documents under fire who say he's profiteering from snowden's leaks. >> and cbs swoons over an idea that amazon some day may deliver your packages with drones. was that segment and infomercial for jeff bezos? i'm howard kurtz anthis is "mediabuzz." >>> it was a mystery surrounding martin bashir after those vial comments how sarah palin deserves an old slave punishment as a toilet. >> when she invokes slavery she confirms that if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from thomas thirstlewood then she would be the outstanding candidate. >>

msnbc waited to essentially ask martin bashir to leave. ap fired three journalists for a mistake they made. suspension, firing? what's the standard? we don't have a standard. >> that's a great point. >> one of the things that also bothers me is that i feel like the institutions are acting to protect themselves at the expense of learning what happened and journalistic transparency. one of the things that i think that we see in common with the 60 minutes case and with msnbc is that cbs news a and msnbc seem to be trying to shut down the controversy before it harmed their brand publicly. rather than being journalistly transparent about how the mistake happened both them as a news organization and us as viewers. so we have no sense of where the line is for msnbc except you can't embarrass msnbc without getting fired and that's not a great lesson. >> that's a great point. let's briefly talk about something that doesn't involve scandal at all. that's sam champ going to the weather channel. do you think that "good morning america" will be affecte

stuart: last hour, martin bashir stuart: last hour, martin bashir left nbc after making disgusting remarks patricia sands we can see that you are nothing like him. we love you and see the difference between a decent human being and that jerk. libby says most americans don't understand where thhse fol o come from or where they get their ideas and they should take a back to england. it does not run well in america. well said. brenda 3 s all it ttheye look into the eyes and is immediately apparent you come from opposite molds. thank you. you are very kind. don't say anything, charles. thanks, everybody. i appreciate it. dagen: we appreciate you. fast-food workers off the job and on the streets protesting for higher wages and unionization in the days of obamacare, those with chronic illnesses could look at drug costs. this is evidence of the complexity of this law. the upper midwest with a weekend storm tmaceatening, pushing up energy prices and using instagram to gauge how happy an entire city is. the top five happiest cities in the nation according to one survey, two cities from the same sta

lauer ingraham on msnbc on firing martin bashir. those reports upcoming.can see the light of a single candle. your eyes are amazing. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins with lutein and vitamins a, c, and e to support healthy eyes and packed with key nutrients to support your heart and brain, too. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you. >>> in the impact segment tonight, as we told you in the talking points memo chris christie moderate leading the pack analysis by the real clear organization. joining us from class former presidential candidate rick santorum now the ceo echo light studios produces films for families of faith. the republican party, do you see it coming together? i mean, you know, governor palin says we have to come together. there is an awful lot of sniping still going on. >> yeah. you you know, there is a lot of sniping going on because, you you know, we are in a party that believe it or not is the big ten party in america. we are the ones that have a lot of diversity in our party as to the beliefs. and we don't, as

martin bashir said something horrific about sarah palin. we know about it.d and he was forced to apologize. among the people who were outraged he wasn't fired, alec baldwin. a little bit of a different standard here. >> that was when he was still on leave, on temporary leave. yesterday martin bashir after he had been gone for close to three weeks on an extended vacation, you know, after thanksgiving, he resigned. it says a lot about the whole situation, though, that after the repugnant things that he said, his company, the nbc news outfit, just let him resign. he should have been canned like a cling peach. >> giving the benefit of the doubt to someone who said something so entirely offensive. >> it was in the prompter. >> karl rove actually had something to say on this, and he was nothing short of strong on the topic. >> if they really wanted him to go, they should have let it be known they wanted him to go. this was a deliberate attempt to engage in the most foul and disgusting kind of commentary on a political point. -- political opponent. they could have

and martin bashir has a history of his thing.about asian-american women. >> he is going to have time to think about it. good to have you. >> jenna lee and happening now rolls your way. >> a lot of good stories to get to. new numbers suggest enrollment is up and is it enough? we will weigh in on that. and the latest on the murder of another american in benghazi to tell you about. that is breaking this morning. and the ceo of ford is here to talk about the comeback of the american auto motive industry and we will show you the brand new mustang. >> convertible? mr. dinner is spreading the wealth from coast to coast and signing ever check tips for jesus. >> i had to ask him why and he said it was based on the beer recommendation. pp ÷ó >> one mystery customer using huge tips. some as much as $5,000 and signing everyone of them tips for jesus. lauren green is live. do we know who the mystery person is? >> he appears to be a regular, but wealthy guy. there is talk he is not acting alone. all of the tabs have been covered with one ame

it begs the question not why did martin bashir resign. it took him 19 days to do it.n't he fired the metrodome he did it. where is comcast's apology to sarah palin and to the viewers who had to undergo that? were the national media covering that? it's because sarah palin is a woman. miso gyny is okay if you're a conservative woman. bigotry is okay if you are a catholic organization. the things they preach are acceptable if it's their political position. >> speaking of msnbc, talking to chris matthews last night and talking about the divisiveness in the country. listen to his take on it. >> the american people are good and decent. sometimes we get divided, partly because our politics and our media specifically tries to divide them. and splinter them. >> our media specifically tries to divide people. >> what's happened is that some in the media -- not many, but some in the media have concluded this fiasco of obama care is simply indefensible, especially when the man lied dozens of times to the american people. there are some this the liberal media, some liberals saying

crickets on martin bashir. >> none of the big three covers the bashir/palin dust up at all. >> they didn't cover it, but they don't cover the ongoing -- there's a real misogyny on the network, when you have chris matthews who will call michelle bachman a zombie, who will call sarah palin an imbecile, who throw out these kind of insults, the media that believe in tolerance, that give us all these lectures about decency, are nowhere to be found, because it's conservative women being attacked. >> is it about conservative women. and i'm going to play devil's advocate, or sarah palin, because she's an alienating figure to many. they figure she gives out as good as she gets. if you're going to enter into the arena, you have to take it. >> she's theuber conservative woman. she's the north star for attacks, which is why he would say something. this wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. this was a prepared, produced, set-up piece. it begs the question, not why did martin bashir resign? it took him 19 days to do that. why wasn't he fired the moment he did that? where's comcast's apology to sarah palin and

david letterman more re-kently martin bashir. i know you accepted his apology. i don't remember you ever saying to target their advertisers, boycott them or even desiring to silence their voices. >> no. i'm a free speech kind of gal. i got e-mails on this one. a friend of mine who happens to be gay said she's outraged for the hypocrisy here, the things they air on their program that she finds offensive. yet a & e doesn't fire a star or somebody involved in their programming based on what they have said but they would when it comes to phil on "duck dynasty." this friend, she said she would boycott a & e and the network. she's not the only one. i have received many e-mails from people saying, you know, why give them our money, our eyes, our ears, our resources. there are other channels out there to be watching. >> this specifically tells me the religious aspect is gq asked him specifically what he thought was a sin. he mentioned a number of things. it wasn't just this this one particular issue. in that sense it was a pretty traditional view of homosexuality. isn't

martin bashir is gone. this was after a long time.he made the vile comments which everybody agrees were beyond the pale vile. finally today he resigned. is that enough? >> they couldn't have him be representative of the network. they saw a lot of coverage other networks were doing. i did several segments where i didn't understand how they could get rid of alec baldwin and not martin bashir. this was their effort to stay they were being consistent. >> were they? >> to an extent. if theyed hadn't it wouldn't have gone away for them. this is the way to get out of the news on the issue. >> it's starting to quiet down. >> i'm no fan of sarah palin and disagree with with about everything that comes out of her mouth. but what he said was shameful and disgusting. he had to go. msnbc took too long but at the end of the day he lost his show, his job. that's a clear signal that the network doesn't abide by those types of outbursts nor the outburst alec baldwin has. >> without getting into specifics there have been a lot of inflammatory things sa

. >> sarah palin talking about martin bashir being fired from msnbc for attacking her verbally. tonight we will talk with mrs. palin about that and the divide inside the republican party. >> senior senator from arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear, i don't trust the republicans. >> there is some presidential polling out and it's fairly good news for texas senator ted cruz among others. we will give you the numbers. >> obamacare officials confirming there is still no system yet for moving the money from the obamacare customers to the insurance company. >> also tonight, ms. megyn kelly cons sen trading heavily on obamacare. but why does she care? ms. megyn will be here. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the knack tore begins right now. hi i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. can the republican party capitalized on president obama's falling popularity that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. new poll from the research center is bad news for president obama across the board on health care policy, 59% of ame

msnbc common tatar martin bashir forced to resign last week. and nbc news is employing people bringing disgrace to the operation they should do something. ahead, bernie goldberg and howard kurts have thoughts on the story and dennis miller wants to talk about dr. exekiel emmanuel. >>> bernie you're the president of nbc. full power over sharpton. what do you do? >> i fire him. i won't have hired him but that doesn't mean that the people who run nbc or comcast by the way, the parent company are going to do that. every important democratic politician running for high office has to go to harlem and kiss al sharpton's ring, okay? everyone of them. they're concerned about him. they have to pay him respect. so if powerful politicians are doing that, are we supposed to believe phil griffin, the president of nbc and msnbc or people who run comcast aren't equally i'll use the word afraid of him? i think they are. who the hell knows what he is going to say next day after he gets fired? or what he's going to do? they're not going to take that chance, i don

over at nbc news they apparently have let martin bashir go.s forced to resign after saying vial things about sarah palin. number one, everybody makes mistakes if you do political commentary every day obviously you are going to make them. should have nbc let him go? >> first of all they made it appear like he resigned on his own which was a mistake. >> we all know that's not true. >> if they really wanted him to go they should have let it be nope they wanted him to go. everybody does make mistakes. sometimes people say something in the heat of the moment they regret. but this was a monologue that was prepared in which he had done historical research and referred to a slave owner who made slaves defecate into the mouths of other slaves. this was more than a misstatement by somebody just pulling something off of the air. this was a deliberate attempt to engage in the most foul and gusting kind of commentary on a political opponent. look, they could have saved him, perhaps, if they had said, you know, he was wrong and we are putting him on unpaid

martin bashir remined from msnbc today. he's a guy, you know that small local access network?works there. he resigned. the reason why he resigned, based on a monologue he did a couple of weeks ago in which he suggested performing a lewd act involvining defecation and sara palin. we're not going to talk about it because i don't want to have to apologize and take a leave of absence. he resigned. fox, around the table, should he have? >> yeah, i think so. i think they gave him an alternative like hey, you can choose. you're either going to be fired, which is what should have happened to begin with, or you can do the walk of shame out the back door. i guess maybe that will help him look good, redeem himself in tht a job at al jazeera or something. >> is he a syrian? >> i don't know. >> here's the thing. i mean, i've said some pretty outrageous things -- >> what does that have to do with anything? that might be one of them. >> i wondered if it was his nephew or something. >> bashar al assad? >> something like that, yeah. >> bashar, bashir? is that what we're dealing with here? >> r

. >> sarah palin talking about martin bashir being fired from msnbc for attacking her verbally. tonight we will talk with mrs. palin about that and the divide inside the republican party. >> senior senator from arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear, i don't trust the republicans. >> there is some presidential polling out and it's fairly good news for texas senator ted cruz among others. we will give you the numbers. >> obamacare officials confirming there is still no system yet for moving the money from the obamacare customers to the insurance company. >> also tonight, ms. megyn kelly cons sen trading heavily on obamacare. but why does she care? ms. megyn will be here. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the knack tore begins right now. hi i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. can the republican party capitalized on president obama's falling popularity that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. new poll from the research center is bad news for president obama across the board on health care policy, 59% of ame

msnbc commentator martin bashir forced to resign last week and causing controversy all over the place. nbc news is a long history of distinguished reporting and now employing people bringing disgrace to the operation. they should do something. >>> directly ahead, thoughts on the story. >>> and later, dennis mill tore talk about the architect of obama care. those reports after these messages. >>> al sharpton continuing to be dishonest on nbc's air. joining us from washington, host of "media buzz" howard kurts and from miami, mr. goldberg. bernie, you're the president of nbc universal. all right? >> uh-huh. >> full power over sharpton. what do you do? >> well, i'd fire him but i wouldn't have hired him in the first place but that doesn't mean that the people that run nbc or comcast, by did way, the parent company, are going to do that. every important democratic politician running for high office has to go to harlem and kiss al sharpton's ring. okay? every one of them. they're concerned about him. they have to pay him respect. so, if powerful politicians are doing that, are we supposed

martin bashir apologized. that was an extreme case. but it doesn't matter when you say, oh, my gosh, i really made a mistake. sometimes for the wrong reasons. >> justine sacco wrote letter that she was ashamed for the pain she caused. she said it was stupid and offensive, but then she was practically burned at the stake while she was on a plane unable to respond. >> yeah. she was ready, waiting for the plane to land. has it landed yet. >> i haven't gotten a satisfactory explanation for what the joke was and what -- i mean -- >> it made no sense. >> it didn't make sense and it seemed very insensitive and you have to wonder do you want somebody to be your spokesperson if they're going to do things like this. >> you have tens of thousands of people using this #hasjustinelandedyet. and it seems like it was virtually a forum over a woman who virtually no one had heard of before. >> part of it is there is a competition to be short, to be fast, to be witty. so if you put all of those things together, it's an explosion. and it leads to pushing

. >> martin bashir resigned today.n a monologue he did a couple of week ago in which he suggested performing a lewd act involving defecation and sarah palin. >> go ahead and say it. >> he apologized. i don't want to have to apologize and take a leave of absence. he resigned. thoughts around the table? should he have? >> i think so. they gave him an alternative. like, hey, you can choose. you're going to be fired, which is what should have happened to begin with, or you can do the walk of shame out the back door. maybe they thing that will help him look good, redeem himself in the eyes of the public so he can get a job at al jazeera. >> is he a syrian? >> i don't know. what does that have to do can anything? >> i wondered if that was his nephew or something. >> you mean like bashar al assad? >> bashar, bashir? >> he stayed on the air after that. >> i think that was the problem. they were probably in meetings going, what could be worse than what he said? they couldn't come up with anything. >> no one came up with it. >>

there's one that you may have -- bashar -- not martin bashir. >> martin bashir is his cousin.o, i think that's -- look, i don't think he's changed the world as much as the pope has. i want to get back -- can we get back to that idiot miley cyrus? >> sure. >> why that person even exists in this -- with the pope? you know, i mean, it's just crazy. >> i think it was just so that they could get publicity -- time" could get publicity in the leadup to this decision. they were trying to get under your skin. >> well, they got it. >> and get a younger audience, too, because she'll tweet about it and people will talk about her. >> who picks this? who makes these choices? is it the staff? who are they? >> pick something out of a hat? >> these are people that aren't working anywhere else. who's left at "time"? who's left at "newsweek"? these are people who couldn't get jobs in new technology. >> okay, so who would be your person of the year, then? >> i would say ray kelly. >> ray kelly? >> yeah, because i think the guy -- i don't care about the globe. i care about the united states. >> go

they said like what martin bashir said about sarah palin. that is a big difference. martin bashir was speaking about an individual and that was in fact hate speech because it was targeted toward a person. what phil said was a matter of his opinion based on scripture. which is not really all that off the wall of an opinion. >> mike, before we go and we don't have a lot of time. it strikes me a couple of months ago or a year ago, you were involved in this, the chick-fil-a dust-up. tell us how this is different -- or how it is being treated different, phil robertson versus chick-fil-a. >> there is a similarity and it is this. christian people don't like to be against something but they are willing to be for something. with chick-fil-a and robertson, they are not boycotting as they are standing with someone that they think has taken a stand that reflects their own views and their own values. and that is what is similar and i thinks that why you have seen this huge reaction and i bet a&e and cracker barrel wish they had not wandered off into this. >>> taking your cash, wh

. >>> martin bashir is out at ms msnbc after a personal apack on sarah palin.l rove says he got off easy. >> they could have saved him said we are putting him on unpaid suspension of six weeks or 8 weeks he has to come out and apologize. the network was silent let him go off and have his holiday and then they came back and let him sound like it was his idea. >> now it has been revealed bashir was suspended before for comments he made back in 2008 while working at abc news. bashir had to apologize for referring to some women attending an asian american journalist association as quote asian bait. sarah palin will be here to tell us what she thinks about this. >> authorities say there is no threat to the public. a cargo truck hauling cobalt 60 pi had been used in medical equipment was stolen from astat truck was the target. it was found 25 miles away from an abandoned lot and the thieves are still on the run. >>> the passengers who were hurt in sunday's deadly metro north train derailment that killed 4 people and injured dozens of others are suing the railroad. on

martin bashir is a newsho host. he has a responsibility to be responsible in his job.with the gun carrying, authentic red necks were all of the these people. so now they have their ruffles up. >> phil was asked what in your mind is a sin and he listed many sins written in the bible. and one of the sins that he with women. straight men i don't hear people engaged in pre-marital sex or greedy calling for him to be fired. glaad wants tolerant for their sexu sexu sexuality but are not tolerant of phil's christianity. >> this is supposed to be real people showing what they think and you don't have to aagree wih them. if this was a gay house and they said they thought homosexual sex was disgusting. would you call for them to be fired? >> i think this is a little different. he talks about lgbt folks in a worse way. it is beyond saying it is part of a sin. he talks about how wrong it is. >> that is his opinion. this is in an article he did. not on the a&e. does we have the freedom to express his opinion? >> yes, but no matter what the public figure is you get condemned who you

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she and many of her allies were screaming bloody murder when martin bashir made some very awful comments about her. >> and he should have been fired. what he said, the way he literally attacked homo sexuals as though they are leading a evil lifestyle. to come and support that type of speech is outrageous. >> there's a huge online backlash. when whilely cyrus does he is twerking and very sexualized routine in august, again, that was something that had been rehearsed. mtv knew exactly what she was going to do, still a lot of people were offended, so should someone there have been fired? or is that a different case? because unlike robertson, her kind of outrage again, it sells songs and draws viewers? is. >> right, no, it is completely different. first off if you are watching mtv music awards you are expectable to be offended. the second thing is, i care nothing for what sarah palin and ted cruz want to say because it is completely disingenius, these are free market capitalists and the decision that a. & e. made was a free decision. their decision is this will offend our audience, this will

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. >> look at martin bashir. >> stay with religion. let's stay with religion. you have reverend wright who has said things that people found inflammatory. if they had contracts with shows and corporations and they said now that we've heard your views, even though they're religious, we reject them. would you be here defending louis fare khan? >> what sipped there's religious freedom. you have the right to private contracts in business. i need to say something about barnett bashir and where we draw the line. he specifically advocated violence against sarah palin. and i think that's an important differentiation to make. >> please stay here. next, the final question for both of our guests. we want you at home to weigh in on today's fireback question. was it right for a & e to suspend duck dynasty star phil robertson over his comments? hi honey, did you get the toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with new fedex one rate, i could fill a box and ship it for one flat rate. so i knit until it was full. you'd be crazy not to. is that nana? [ male announcer

. >> martin bashir resince under pressure at msnbc saying he deeply regrets his disgusting comments aboutalin. why did it take so long for the talk show host to pay a penalty. could he have kept his job if msnbc moved quickly to suspend him. >>> president obama tries to boost his sagging fortunes by turning to chris matthews and msnbc. >> how do we get back to that confidence that we can solve our manmade problems and other problems? >> why was the host of hardball playing such softball?

msnbc. >> quickly, a reminder, we were talking just this week about alec baldwin first, and now martin bashirright. once alec baldwin quit for very different reasons from his show on msnbc last week, people wondered is martin bashir going to leave as well. well, he is. msnbc put out a kind statement, suggesting he wasn't forced out, although it was very uncomfortable there for several weeks because of his remarks. >> brian, thank you very much. a quick reminder, make sure to tune in and watch brian debuting as host of cnn's "reliable sources" here on sunday. >> coming up in mere minutes, this truck filled with a dangerous radioactive substance is stolen in mexico. and now the u.s. and the international atomic energy agency are concerned about quote/unquote dirty bombs. we'll get a live report on that potential threat coming up. is i, a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tes

i'm not sure that anybody could ever surpass the martin bashir line. that's a line that is so far out there that nobody will ever, nobody will ever beat that one. >> right. well, we'll see. i mean, let's see what the family does. this could be a very interesting fight, once again. and even getting greater writings that their, 12 million people who tune in. just astonishing. >> it is, but you know i think we do have to speak up and underscore that intolerance is something that the public has a perfect right not to, to react against and what he said, what robertson said was intolerant and it was horrible and if there's a consequence, he will have to face it. gregg: so be it. >> as he says, the ratings i think will get -- gregg: lynn sweet, judy miller, good to see you both. thank you very much. >> thank you. jenna: fox weather alert a massive winter storm threatening christmas travel plans for millions of people. snow and freezing rain are possible today and this weekend from the midwest through the great lakes. for parts of the east coast, near-record w

host: what do you think about martin bashir's comments about sarah palin. caller: i did not hear it. caller: are you actually a republican? double -- host: are you actually a republican? caller: i am an educator republican. democrat in anaheim. caller i love that last pier she is funny. i am a real democrat. -- that last caller. she is funny. a contract with those people. i am sure in their contract they said, you cannot say this or that. covers themendment government from stopping free speech. there are repercussions. people do not like hearing everything you have got to say. there will be an outcome. april will backlash against you. people should be careful what they say. you can think whatever you want. nobody can reach into your brain and stop what you are saying. host: are you familiar with martin bashir's comments about sarah palin? caller: i heard about it. host: are you familiar with alec baldwin's comments that he made about gays? caller: yes, i am. host: should they have been let go? is it a free-speech issue or a political correctness issue? call

. >> martin bashir resince under pressure at msnbc saying he deeply regrets his disgusting comments about sarah palin. why did it take so long for the talk show host to pay a penalty. could he have kept his job if msnbc moved quickly to suspend him. >>> president obama tries to boost his sagging fortunes by turning to chris matthews and msnbc. >> how do we get back to that confidence that we can solve our manmade problems and other problems? >> why was the host of hardball playing such softball?

but the protest from sarah palin who who by the way applauded it when martin bashir got fired from an assembly city saying that if you're on television you have a responsibility to be careful what you say the protest from her is that this is the end of constitutionally limited better than such a perfect for speak i mean the haters who do what it was and she discussing people that are in the profession now on television are lying spiritedness i think about martin maher shares this he was so lucky. about bashir and specifically to the right when she was saying you're on television she was referring to a media person who is representing the new shares yesterday where this guy is known as an evangelical he is known as an elder white male from the south they hired him to be this this is what he is and they knew this go with they didn't want to be sure they didn't hire him to be a big that's right but then they didn't cancel the show well i don't understand home contractors but they did he found a contract obviously anybody who was on television as fair or was all agree with their pale and

>> not only that, people were calling for the firing of martin bashir. and listen, i don't think martin bashir nor alec baldwin nor phil robertson nor paula deen, i don't think any should be fired. i agree in part with what sarah palin is saying. yes, free speech is under attack. how much free speech do we have? it's only free speech until someone says something you don't like. then it's no longer free speech anyone. >> go ahead, ben. jump in. >> i think there's another side of this, though. you have a guy doing an interview. i encourage everyone watching to read the article because no one is even looking at the bias of the article and how the argument was laid out. you have a guy that obviously has disdain for faith and christianity. you can see it in just the cuss words he uses to mock the ideas of "duck dynasty" and the world it is. so look at the contempt that the article had for faith and christianity. and then ask yourself -- >> listen, we would love to talk to drew. we would love to talk to drew mcgarry. i thought he was an incredible writer and p

what is this guy doing in the country martin bashir.pond where he can do whatever he wants to. but, yeah, this was really atrocious. what kind of a man says this kind of stuff about a lady on television much less, you know, anywhere else. but this really was a big deal. i think i was really surprised that msnbc did not do the right thing in the first place which was to fire the guy they allowed him to resign instead. >> quote unquote resign. >> the war on christmas. >> you know, this was really strange. last year we sort of slacked off. this year the war on christmas bunker here at fox news channel, we were going full gun. >> is it getting worse? >> it really is just to give you just a very recent example, over the past couple of days we have now had five reports of instances at veterans administration hospitals across the country where christmas cards were not allowed inside. in one instance in georgia a group of kids came in wanting to sing christmas carols, they said no religious carols. they gave the kids, get, this a government app

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that owns a cable news network is your network and therefore comes in the area of controversy martin bashir how do you at n.b.c. u m s n b c but it's a part it's part of the family that has its own gig and that has its own voice and its own community i've always felt that viewers get it you know they really do understand the difference between a primetime show on m.s.n. b c vs watching meet the press or watching brian williams now yeah do people start to conflate those we are all one big company and we have to deal with that but i know i know where the lanes are and there are different lanes and i think by and large viewers do understand that they know that it was like. she is liberal but viewers don't think therefore meet the press is liberal no i think i think we are and should be judged on our own merits i'm not saying that there isn't some some bleed over from that in terms of people's minds but i do think that people understand just as you know if you pick up the wall street journal editorial page understand you're reading a conservative editorial page versus the new york times versus