MSNBC, GE and Phil Donohue -

[hedgehog]

At the time, Phil Donohue wasn't on my radar, so the information that he was MSNBC's # 1 host and was fired for opposing the invasion of Iraq is news to me.

If he was fired because the parent company, GE supported the war due to defense contracts, were any laws or regulations violated? Would this be protected as corporate free speech? Is GE/MSNBC more or less guilty than Fox?

[FarPoint]

1. An absolute fact.

Scarborough became the replacement.

[lpbk2713]

2. One factoid I remember Phil revealed after he left ...

He was instructed by the network brass that for every Dem guest he had
on his show he had to have two rethugs "just to keep things even" .

It's true.

[Egalitarian Thug]

3. One of the many problems brought about by the new and improved, unquestioningly

pro-business America ©. There is no longer any competing voice to this blight that is killing our nation.

Who cares if an individual or colluding group of corporations controls every aspect of of life?

[Worried senior]

4. I had also heard that Chris Matthews

wanted to get rid of him because he was more popular that Chris was, don't know if true but seems plausible to me.