It's a fair question, since MSNBC now has a clear track record of broadcasting live, uncensored "fag" jokes with no concern whatsoever. Their latest offense? Airing Ann Coulter, uncensored, calling Al Gore a "total fag."
You'll recall that MSNBC recently had no problem airing Chris Matthews and Don Imus making "fag" jokes about the movie Brokeback Mountain. Oddly, however, MSNBC had no problem censoring liberal Rachel Maddow when made she made a comment about Ken Mehlman being gay, and didn't even use the word "fag."
So MSNBC has no problem with broadcasting the word "fag" on the air, no problem with homophobic gaybashing on the air, but MSNBC does have a problem when a liberal simply making a comment about a conservative being gay. That's when the MSNBC censors come ripping in.
It's nice that in the quest for relevance MSNBC has now stooped to Ann Coulter's level by repeatedly airing bigotry in an effort to boost ratings. So we're assuming "nigger" jokes, "kike" jokes, and "spic" jokes are right around the corner at MSNBC? It would be nice to hear from MSNBC as to their corporate policy on airing such jokes - okay or not?
Then again, it was clearly Rachel Maddow's own fault that she got censored. She called Ken Mehlman "gay," after all. Had she simply called him a "fudgepacking fag," she'd have passed MSNBC's censors with flying colors.
TAKE ACTION: Feel free to contact MSNBC's advertisers, and management, and ask them if they have a policy against airing "nigger" jokes on the air. You can find their contact info on the left side of this page, and the contact info for a few of their advertisers.
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What is MSNBC's policy on airing "nigger" jokes? And what is Verizon's policy on sponsoring "kike" jokes?
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