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wndycty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:48 AM
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Say what? Conservative group wants MSNBC to fire Contessa Brewer, Dylan Ratigan and Toure. . .
. . .because they discussed the possibility that the gun totters may have been racially motivated. The reason they are citing for demanding the firing is because one Black guy showed up with a gun. Jeeze

ALG to MSNBC: Fire Brewer, Ratigan, Toure

I wrote earlier how an MSNBC segment is drawing heat from conservatives who accuse the network of selectively cropping an image so as not to show that one of the people carrying guns at an Obama event was an African-American.

Now, Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government, is now calling on the network to fire those responsible for producing the broadcast, in what he describes as a "nefarious assault on decency."

On behalf of the nearly half million members of Americans for Limited Government — and tens of millions of other equally appalled Americans of all races nationwide — I hereby demand the immediate termination of Contessa Brewer, Toure, Dylan Ratigan and any and all others involved in any way with the fraudulent “news” that ran in the 10:45AM segment of your August 18 broadcast.

Wilson sent the letter to NBC News President Steve Capus, and copied GE chief Jeffrey Immelt and MSNBC president.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0809/ALG_to_MSNBC_Fire_Brewer_Ratigan_Toure.html?showall
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:53 AM
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1. Americans for Limited Government
If they really want limited government they should stop voting.:D
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:53 AM
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2. I like Dylan and Contessa more than...
Joe and Mika. Let's start at the bottom and work our way up.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:56 AM
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3. Dylan is the only sensible person on MSNBC in the morning.
Edited on Fri Aug-21-09 09:57 AM by TexasObserver
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:58 AM
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4. To distract the public from Glenn Beck's "vacation," the right wing could trot out
one different right wing group every day to call for the firing of other news anchors to grab the headlines.

What group will get the Heritage Foundation email tomorrow to hold a press conference to denounce some other non-Fox anchors?
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Walk away Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:08 AM
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5. That's actually funny! Now FAUX will have to fire everyone who...
works for them.
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lib_wit_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:57 AM
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9. Yeah, right? 'Cause not to do so would be hypocritical...
Oh, I forgot.
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:09 AM
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6. They better not fire Contessa!!! nt
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:18 AM
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7. The MSM picked this up from Fox. One Black Guy did it
so that absolves all the White Guyes.

Did they tell you about the Connection to A Militia
(White GUYs) which had a large number of its members
jailed because they had all the explosives and plan
to blow up Federal Buildings---making McVeigh and
the Murrow Building look like child's play.

The MSM has a way of siding with the bac guys.
After all the The Right is Mainstream. Mainstream
has become pushing Militia dirt under the rug.
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:45 AM
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8. "nefarious assault on decency."
Well it is a subject near and dear to their hearts. One they are complete experts on. They pretty much practice it hourly..
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