As NewsBusters revealed Wednesday, Martin Bashir resigned from MSNBC due to vile comments he made in November about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin that were first reported here.
This led the recently fired by MSNBC Alec Baldwin to actually praise and defend Bashir via Twitter early Thursday morning hysterically writing, "[He] created great television":
I'm sorry to learn that @MartinBashir is out at MSNBC
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
Bashir created great television.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
Broadcasters on certain networks are called upon to offer analysis of events and public policy, day in, day out
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
Often with tremendous aggression and scalding language. If, over the course of hundreds of hours on the air, they commit a foul.....
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
Then it's like high-sticking in hockey or a late hit in the NFL. Throw a flag. But to end someone's job?
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
I wish @MartinBashir the best of luck. Some of these cable venues really are Off-Off Television.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
And their need for a reliable, even forced, homogeneity is more apparent than ever. Whatever side of the political aisle they line up on
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 5, 2013
I'm not sure which is funnier: saying "Bashir created great television" or equating his vile comments to high-sticking in hockey.
But what should we expect from Alec Baldwin?
(HT The Wrap)
