Ingraham Hits 'Morning Joe' for Skipping Schultz in Women in Workplace Special
As first picked up by NewsBusters from Brian Maloney's Radio Equalizer blog, MSNBC anchor Ed Schultz on Tuesday demeaned conservative radio host Laura Ingraham as a "right-wing slut," prompting his indefinite suspension on Wednesday.
But on "Morning Joe" today, the panelists demonstrated their devotion to equal treatment of women in the workplace with a special, "Knowing Your Worth," which Ingraham's staff noted completely ignored Schultz's crass insults.
"Maybe some women undervalue themselves because they are demeaned and debased in the workplace by boorish men who do so with impunity," mused Ingraham's staff on her blog. "Rest assured Mika; Laura 'knows her worth' too."
Instead of coming to the defense of a fellow female media personality, the "Morning Joe" team ruminated on such questions as whether having more women in the boardroom could have prevented the 2008 financial crisis.
For a group of women journalists, led by co-host Mika Brzezinski, to explore issues facing women in the workplace without addressing the sexist comments of one of their male co-workers is, as Ingraham observed, an "ironic twist" in a sordid tale.
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That is good
Submitted by dan iroticiv on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:59am.
Tell you Laura, you are right on with that observation. I watch morning joe just to see the lib talking points for the day. I drive my wife nuts because i wake her up every morning screaming at Scrarborough and Mika. Tell you hwat , Mika Brzezinski has some nerve writing a book about women being under valued when that no talent, my daddy got me my job air head so called journalist earns in one day what most of earn in a year. Anyhow Laura thank you for hammering home that irony. Hey Foxnews, don't let these assholes off the hook. Those jerks at MSNBC can not go 5 minutes without mentioning foxnews. Hammer them on Laura's point, don't let up.
It was an infomercial!
Submitted by Texndoc on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:54pm.
They're just trying to sell her dumb book that remains in the basement at Amazon. Like a movie, if a book comes out and doesn't do well immediately, it doesn't do well at all. A big 12 ft by 12 ft pic of the cover behind the set. Please.
And Scarborough likes to pretend HIS MSNBC is different from Ed's MSNBC.
Mika, your "worth" is not
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 9:56pm.
Mika, your "worth" is not what others say it is, it's what you decide it is. Laura knows that.
Ronald Reagan