Here's yet another double standard, courtesy of the right-wing media.
Recently, at Citadel Broadcasting's KGO radio in San Francisco, top-rated talk show host Karel was fired because he said a bad word regarding Joe the Plumber. Karel had been told by the station engineer that his microphone was off, so he believed it was safe to utter the offending speech.
He was fired anyway.
But just a few days later, right-wing former congressman Joe Scarborough said "fuck" live on his MSNBC show. He knew the microphone was on, for he said it in full view of his guests.
Was he fired? Of course not. Scarborough is right-wing, so he's special and privileged and all. He doesn't have to live by the same rules that hamstring everyone else.
Oh, it gets better. Scarborough has also long advocated censorship of profanity on TV. And it gets even better. He supported the right-wing 1996 Telecommunications Act, which removed ownership caps. In other words, he supports censoring for content, but opposes regulating for public interest purposes.
How many acts of right-wing hypocrisy are described just in this story alone?
(Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/11/radio-host-gets-the-hook-for-joe-the-plumber-comments)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Another double standard by the right-wing media
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I'm gonna guess that there's a WHOLE lot more to the story with Karel and KGO. I'm a veteran of the industry and can assure you that these things happen "on-air" relatively often. No one gets fired for them, unless there are other unrelated problems with his relationship with his employer, or the employer has another agenda they are pursuing. Just sayin'
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