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81. BBC: Garrison Keillor: 'I put my hand on a woman's bare back'

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Wed Nov 29, 2017, 08:01 PM

Nov 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42174257

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BREAKING: Garrison Keillor says he's been fired by Minnesota Public Radio [View all] bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 OP

sigh... who's next, Santa Claus? hlthe2b Nov 2017 #1

Yeah BeyondGeography Nov 2017 #16

Brace Yourselves. Winter is Coming Xipe Totec Nov 2017 #24

LOL Auggie Nov 2017 #48

who is next? Stephen Hawkings? samnsara Nov 2017 #52

LOL nt Snotcicles Nov 2017 #70

I was just asked to play Santa at a local library titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #65

I hear ya... so disappointing. Just wanna see the Pussy-Grabber-in-Chief step down... InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #83

Someone has learned how to weaponize the #ME TOO hysteria! RealityChik Nov 2017 #85

Ok. Who in the GOP Dark Money swamp is paying for all this? sandensea Nov 2017 #2

You mean like the timing bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #5

Bingo. sandensea Nov 2017 #10

OR...they recently found out the details and acted promptly. brooklynite Nov 2017 #23

The two things are not mutually exclusive, you know. sandensea Nov 2017 #29

They've been doing it at least since Nixon's Donald Segretti, and that's a long time ago! Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #38

The politics of pettiness sandensea Nov 2017 #41

From your puter keys to Gods ears, make it so... pbmus Nov 2017 #58

No one is arguing life is always a conspiracy theory. LanternWaste Nov 2017 #45

Perhaps it's the fact that EVERY instance of this since Roy Moore has been called a RW leak... brooklynite Nov 2017 #55

Probably the same funders of Project Veritas. nt Snotcicles Nov 2017 #32

+1 sandensea Nov 2017 #47

Either the Mercers or the Kochs, or both! RealityChik Nov 2017 #86

I thought he was retired? Mosby Nov 2017 #3

his longtime radio show, but still produced The Writers Almanac for syndication. lunasun Nov 2017 #7

never heard of this guy snooper2 Nov 2017 #4

Prairie Home Companion. n/t Stonepounder Nov 2017 #6

Never heard of that either, I'm GenX though so maybe that has something to do with it snooper2 Nov 2017 #11

I'm GenX and love the hokeyness of APHC every weekend... Blue_Tires Nov 2017 #73

He was part of a great NPR radio show called A Prairie Home Companion Mosby Nov 2017 #9

Lost my respect when he published a detailed story question everything Nov 2017 #68

I didn't know any of that, thx Mosby Nov 2017 #82

Staunch liberal, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #12

+1 eom LittleGirl Nov 2017 #26

He's basically everything that is cringe-worthy Codeine Nov 2017 #71

Yep. hunter Nov 2017 #75

Wow, what a fucking ignorant and shameful statement! tomp Nov 2017 #77

Thanks for posting what I was thinking. n/t crim son Nov 2017 #79

Lol!! What a silly overreaction Codeine Nov 2017 #80

And there hasn't been a single trial or formal investigation. Stonepounder Nov 2017 #8

MPR retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation of the allegations. oberliner Nov 2017 #30

OK, now I am really confused. Stonepounder Nov 2017 #44

Here's more from their statement oberliner Nov 2017 #54

Funny how that works, isn't it. Kimchijeon Nov 2017 #67

i'm on overload here. barbtries Nov 2017 #13

WTF? There's a new accusation every day. I'm ready for Trump's accusers to come Arkansas Granny Nov 2017 #14

It takes money to make anything happen bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #15

The rape victim stated that she was getting death threats. ehrnst Nov 2017 #21

That seems to fit his malignant personality perfectly, doesn't it? Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #33

Is this about inappropriate by Keillor or because of the column he wrote saying Franken shouldn't jalan48 Nov 2017 #17

Inappropriate behavior. ehrnst Nov 2017 #25

Thanks-I don't follow or know much about him. jalan48 Nov 2017 #46

This is the RW version of the Night of the Long Knives. hadEnuf Nov 2017 #18

um, uh, wait one second. Voltaire2 Nov 2017 #76

I know, but the point is that it's a purge of sorts. The overall game plan of the right hadEnuf Nov 2017 #78

MPR has confirmed this sarisataka Nov 2017 #19

I just officially burned out. CanonRay Nov 2017 #20

The statement came shortly after Keillor, an avowed Democrat, wrote a column that ridiculed,... Jimbo101 Nov 2017 #22

EXACTLY! This is very suspicious rsong71 Nov 2017 #72

so rtracey Nov 2017 #27

Here's Keillor's reaction. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2017 #28

That's a shame - Heartbreaking news packman Nov 2017 #31

When are some prominent RIGHT-WINGERS going to start paying for their sins? Paladin Nov 2017 #34

I think the people on the left to be better at taking sexual misconduct seriously Rabrrrrrr Nov 2017 #42

I'm with you. I can't keep up. Lifelong Protester Nov 2017 #50

Maybe because the women see how badly the GOP TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #51

I am zero percent surprised by this. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #35

Why? He was single for a while, so I'm sure did some flirting. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #39

His marital status has nothing to do with it. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #40

Is THIS who you are referring to as his "sexy Scandinavian younger wife"? Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #56

Pretty sure that's the first time I've seen her. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #60

That's when she's dressed to the Nines, so you can imagine what she looked like in other pics. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #61

Oh, no. I have a hard time believing he did anything really bad. Oh, no. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #36

If only these folks had followed the example of fearless leader in the WH........... still_one Nov 2017 #37

More information at this link sadiegirl Nov 2017 #43

His show was anachronism.... roomtomove Nov 2017 #49

your mileage may vary, of course ProfessorPlum Nov 2017 #57

That was the point. kwassa Dec 2017 #90

All these high profile folks getting the heave ho Plucketeer Nov 2017 #53

I think it's just limited to the influential Kimchijeon Nov 2017 #66

I don't think firing everyone is necessarily the solution for minor things. alarimer Nov 2017 #88

Sigh. TDale313 Nov 2017 #59

fuck! Kali Nov 2017 #62

I'm worried that the horror of a tax bill that will do damaged to the working class and Medicare. FreeStateDemocrat Nov 2017 #63

Glad I am just a lowly peasant... Anyone in the Kimchijeon Nov 2017 #64

Never liked PHC because Keillor's voice just grated on my DeminPennswoods Nov 2017 #69

He also said ... GeorgeGist Nov 2017 #74

BBC: Garrison Keillor: 'I put my hand on a woman's bare back' al bupp Nov 2017 #81

So what he did was "accidentally" put his hand up her shirt TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #89

From what the public has been told so far dflprincess Nov 2017 #84

It's another Al Frankenesque scenario... RealityChik Nov 2017 #87