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What he came up with regarding one very lucky “employee” should have some jaws dropping across the political world. The “employee” in question is none other than MSNBC shouter and syndicated radio host Ed Schultz.
I seem to recall MSNBC suspending Scarborough just for writing some contribution checks to friends and family members running for local offices.
Schultz also received $9,900 in fiscal 2011 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), putting his union haul for the year at almost $200,000.
This represented a fivefold increase over the $37,350 Schultz received from unions in fiscal 2010 -- $15,000 from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), $14,850 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and $7,500 from the Communications Workers of America.
A Labor Department spokesman confirmed to NewsBusters that Schultz received $190,000 from CWA in fiscal 2011, far from than the $7,500 he was paid by the union a year earlier.
Why? Errr, because he does a good job. Could that be it?
If you believe Ed Schultz "does a good job" then you're far more gone than I thought you were Bob. Anyone.....(and I don't say this lightly)...who finds Ed Schultz to be an authentic man of integrity doesn't have what it takes to have valid opinions on a political forum. Gullibility doesn't equate to intellect. Ed Schultz represents all that is bad in cable news commentary. Finding refuge in Ed Schultz' opinions is just plain pitiful.
I'm not saying this because I dislike liberalism.....I say this because Ed Schultz is perhaps the easiest man on the planet to challenge because his viewpoints are riddled with hyperbole instead of fact. That's precisely why he has "lightweights" on as "political analysts"....because they're too stupid to challenge him. If he were a heavyweight worthy of respect, he'd be thrown to the curb in a matter of seconds by the pros, and he knows it. Ed Schultz is worthless.
Why? Errr, because he does a good job. Could that be it?
So....you don't see a problem with a supposedly objective commentator for MSNBC, who talks about and gins up support ON HIS SHOW for unions, to be exposed as talking money from certain unions?
If you believe Ed Schultz "does a good job" then you're far more gone than I thought you were Bob. Anyone.....(and I don't say this lightly)...who finds Ed Schultz to be an authentic man of integrity doesn't have what it takes to have valid opinions on a political forum. Gullibility doesn't equate to intellect. Ed Schultz represents all that is bad in cable news commentary. Finding refuge in Ed Schultz' opinions is just plain pitiful.
I'm not saying this because I dislike liberalism.....I say this because Ed Schultz is perhaps the easiest man on the planet to challenge because his viewpoints are riddled with hyperbole instead of fact. That's precisely why he has "lightweights" on as "political analysts"....because they're too stupid to challenge him. If he were a heavyweight worthy of respect, he'd be thrown to the curb in a matter of seconds by the pros, and he knows it. Ed Schultz is worthless.
So....you don't see a problem with a supposedly objective commentator for MSNBC, who talks about and gins up support ON HIS SHOW for unions, to be exposed as talking money from certain unions?
Ed Shultz has never presented himself to be an unbais commentator. He talks very openly about being a friend to unions and blue collar workers. As for him taking money for speaking engagements and promotional work from unions, the last time I looked there is nothing what so ever illegal about doing that. Even your precious Rush and Glenn take speaking fees from lobbyist groups.
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Originally Posted by sanrene
Can we just imagine the response from the Left if say...a Fox News commentator was taking money from the Koch Brothers?
You can't possibility believe they aren't taking money from the Koch Brothers, can you? How about Hannity and his involvement in the Koch Brothers' sponsored Tea Party events?
So....you don't see a problem with a supposedly objective commentator for MSNBC, who talks about and gins up support ON HIS SHOW for unions, to be exposed as talking money from certain unions?
Who said he was supposed to be objective? Is any commentator? They're hired to give their opinions, not to report the news. That's why they're called.....uh...commentators.
Ed Shultz has never presented himself to be an unbais commentator. He talks very openly about being a friend to unions and blue collar workers. As for him taking money for speaking engagements and promotional work from unions, the last time I looked there is nothing what so ever illegal about doing that. Even your precious Rush and Glenn take speaking fees from lobbyist groups.
Let’s pin this down further. Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity all work, in some capacity for Fox News.
Fox News is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a wealthy man who is not an American citizen. That is a fact. So a bunch of Republican politicians who appear on camera are paid by a foreign corporation owned by a foreigner.
The Chamber of Commerce also employs as lobbyists many of these same people.
So....you don't see a problem with a supposedly objective commentator for MSNBC, who talks about and gins up support ON HIS SHOW for unions, to be exposed as talking money from certain unions?
I don't believe that MSNBC ever had the idea that hiring Schultz was for the purpose of being "fair and balanced", just as Fox argues that only their hard news staff are suppose to be "objective" journalist.
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