Editing MSNBC (section)

===Suspensions of hosts===

====Michael Savage====
[[Michael Savage]] briefly hosted a weekend talk show in 2003. That July, Savage responded to a prank caller on his show by calling him a "pig" and a "sodomite", and telling him he "should get AIDS and die." Savage's show was canceled and he was dismissed from MSNBC shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=July 8, 2003 |title=Savage gets the boot after on-air anti-gay outburst |page=E1 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-08-et-lowry8-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929175323/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-08-et-lowry8-story.html |archive-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>

====Don Imus====
[[Don Imus]]' radio show ''[[Imus in the Morning]]'' was simulcast on MSNBC for over ten years. In 2007, he described members of the [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers University women's basketball team]] as "some nappy-headed hoes."  The remark was met with outrage, and advertisers withdrew from the show, with MSNBC canceling the simulcast. Both Imus and NBC News apologized to the Rutgers Basketball team for the remarks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 11, 2007 |title=MSNBC drops simulcast of Don Imus show |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |url=http://www.today.com/id/17999196 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114000456/https://www.today.com/id/wbna17999196 |archive-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref>

====Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough====
On November 5, 2010, MSNBC President Phil Griffin suspended Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for having contributed $2,400 (the maximum personal donation limit) to each of three Democratic Party candidates during the 2010 midterm election cycle.<ref name="aujla">{{Cite news |last=Aujla |first=Simmi |date=November 5, 2010 |title=Keith Olbermann suspended after donating to Democrats |work=[[Politico]] |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44734.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106123419/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44734.html |archive-date=November 6, 2010}}</ref> NBC News policy prohibited contributions to political campaigns unless NBC News had given its prior permission. On November 7, 2010, Olbermann posted a thank you message to supporters via Twitter.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Dolak |first1=Kevin |last2=Goldman |first2=Russell |date=November 7, 2010 |title=Olbermann to Be Back on the Air Tuesday |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/keith-olbermann-breaks-silence-twitter-feed/story?id=12082531 |url-status=live |access-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118221733/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/keith-olbermann-breaks-silence-twitter-feed/story?id=12082531 |archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> That same day, MSNBC announced that he would be back on the air starting on November 9.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=STATEMENT REGARDING KEITH OLBERMANN – SUNDAY, NOV. 7 |date=November 7, 2010 |url=http://www.nbcuniversal.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=2458&NewsAreaID=2&ClientID=7 |access-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316033151/http://www.nbcuniversal.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=2458&NewsAreaID=2&ClientID=7 |archive-date=March 16, 2011 |website=[[NBCUniversal]] Press Centre}}</ref>

Two weeks later, Griffin announced the suspension of [[Joe Scarborough]] for similar misconduct. The ''Morning Joe'' host had donated $4,000 to Republican candidates in Florida. Like Olbermann's suspension, Scarborough's was brief, and he returned to the airwaves on November 24.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schechner |first=Sam |date=November 19, 2010 |title=MSNBC Suspends 'Morning Joe' Host Scarborough for Political Donations |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/11/19/msnbc-suspends-morning-joe-host-scarborough-for-political-donations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916151846/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/11/19/msnbc-suspends-morning-joe-host-scarborough-for-political-donations |archive-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref>

====Martin Bashir====
Host [[Martin Bashir]] resigned after making a controversial comment about
[[Sarah Palin]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christopher |first=Tommy |date=December 4, 2013 |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219154500/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc/ |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |website=[[Mediaite]]}}</ref> On November 15, 2013, Bashir criticized Palin for equating the [[National debt of the United States|federal debt]] to slavery.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff Writer--> |date=November 20, 2013 |title=MSNBC not commenting on whether further action contemplated against Bashir |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-not-commenting-on-whether-further-action-contemplated-against-bashir/2013/11/19/ee3df924-518e-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html#selection-3549.0-3549.74 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131120033018/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-not-commenting-on-whether-further-action-contemplated-against-bashir/2013/11/19/ee3df924-518e-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html |archive-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> Bashir referred to the cruel and barbaric punishment of slaves as described by [[Slavery in the United States|slave overseer]] [[Thomas Thistlewood]], specifically a punishment called "[[Derby's dose]]", which forced slaves to defecate or urinate into the mouth of another slave. Bashir then said, "When Mrs. Palin invokes slavery, she doesn't just prove her rank ignorance. She confirms if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, she would be the outstanding candidate."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Rob |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Martin Bashir says Sarah Palin is an 'idiot' and suggests someone |language=en |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-bashir-says-sarah-palin-is-an-idiot-and-suggests-someone-should-defecate-in-her-mouth-8946426.html |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006044257/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-bashir-says-sarah-palin-is-an-idiot-and-suggests-someone-should-defecate-in-her-mouth-8946426.html  |archive-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Millstein | first=Seth | date=December 4, 2013 | title=MSNBC's Martin Bashir Resigns Over Sarah Palin Slavery Comments | url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/10104-msnbcs-martin-bashir-resigns-over-sarah-palin-slavery-comments | work=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] | access-date=August 25, 2017 | archive-date=July 8, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708090534/https://www.bustle.com/articles/10104-msnbcs-martin-bashir-resigns-over-sarah-palin-slavery-comments | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Alec Baldwin====
[[Alec Baldwin]]'s 2013 show ''[[Up Late with Alec Baldwin]]'' was suspended after five episodes because of a [[List of LGBT slang terms|homophobic slur]] Baldwin made to a photographer in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Staff writer--> |date=November 16, 2013 |title=Alec Baldwin's MSNBC Show Suspended After Gay Slur Controversy |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20756802,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122014450/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20756802,00.html |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>