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NBC Chief Warns Trump Over Political Statements: If He Crosses a Line or Becomes ‘Somehow Hurtful,’ We May Take Action

Jan. 7, 2013 1:16pm Erica Ritz

NBC Chief Bob Greenblatt Warns Donald Trump Over Political Differences, Cant Do Anything Hurtful

Donald Trump appears at a news conference after the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 19, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: Getty Images)

Business mogul Donald Trump has grown increasingly vocal in recent years about his political inclinations, appearing as a frequent panelist on Fox News and often weighing in on the most pressing issues on Twitter.

Critics have not appreciated Trump’s continued criticism of the Obama administration, in particular, with some even calling for his show, “The Apprentice,” to be yanked off NBC.

NBC chief Bob Greenblatt is addressing those criticisms, essentially saying Trump is safe for now but has been put on notice.

Politico relates:

A top NBC exec says officials talked him out of running for president but that if Trump were to “cross a line,” they’d reevaluate his standing with the network.

“I don’t think what he’s doing in his personal life is going to corrupt what is happening on the show,” NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said at a critics panel, according to Entertainment Weekly on Sunday.

He continued: “That said, if he becomes somehow hurtful or says or does things that cross a line, we would figure out what to do about that.”

Trump recently switched gears and blasted Republicans for their handling of the “fiscal cliff” deal, saying they held “all the cards” and are the “worst” negotiators he’s ever seen, Politico adds.

“I’m so disappointed in their negotiating ability and what happened recently,” he said on Fox. “They could’ve wrapped up a big, beautiful package that would’ve been great for the country, but they didn’t choose to do it. Instead they’re going step-by-step and losing every step of the way…The Republicans are being eaten alive, step by step.”

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perry1980
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:01pm
You are threatening a man with an Ego the same size as his large Bank Account?
that’s a bad move. You don’t get into a pi$$ing match with someone who has unlimited funds and cameras.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Very true.
  
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- Matt
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:18pm
  There’s always a bigger fish. And where Mr. Trump is concerned, NBC is a much, much bigger fish.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:18pm
  who defines hurtful?????????? man is free speach going away……….let them take your guns and the whole constition will go away…………….
  
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- doomytram
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:31pm
  Boycott Bozo’s Network Clown’s at NBC, ABC, and CBS. Before too long Obozo’s network’s will normalize pedophilia on TV. This is the way we are going….. The show will be called Modern family II and if you don’t watch your being hurtful to pedophiliacs.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:50pm
  No, the MSM will never fall. Big daddy government will be right behind them to catch them and prop them back up on their podium to continue to relay their message for them.
  
  Don’t get your hopes up, liberal media may be here to stay forever. I’m sorry to have to tell you this.
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:35pm
  Maybe Trump will say what a fraud Obama is, or how much he’s wasting on going to Hawaii, or anyone of another million things the losers at NBC won’t report on?
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KNjZhPcpmQ
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:23pm
  “If he becomes somehow hurtful or says or does things that cross a line, we would figure out what to do about that”
  
  Can you imagine this Goildblatt dreg having the audacity to describe the soft political rhetoric of Trump as possibly being a problem and chastizing him for it when his radical leftist Obama
  whores on MSNBC outright viciously denigrate conservatives….like calling the women sluts as just ONE example….and announcing that whites are on their way out for another, yet the vile rheotoric is never, EVER mentioned as being out-of-line?
  
  This Goldblatt is one of those radical, left-wing Jewish extremists who hold all Anglo-Christians responsible for the Holocaust and want to see their culture, their traditions, and way of life destroyed, just as Michael Savage has noted.
  
  Trump would do well to use his vast wealth to destroy this POS and send him back to Abe Foxman or the SPLC, writing their propaganda drivel.
  
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- noczars
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 1:39am
  Like SOROS??? I think Trump should buy Current TV and put Glenn Beck and other Conservatives like Freedom Works; The Borelli’s; Jim DeMint and shut main stream down. He does it with competition of beautiful/talented women, why can’t he with talented conservative men AND women???
  
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itsmesteph11
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:53pm
I think Trump should start looking around for a new home for his show. Obviously NBC doesn’t really need him.

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- RETIREDOLDGUY
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:05pm
  I think NBC does need him – their ratings stink. I can count on one hand the number of times I watch NBC, ABC or CBS each week.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:06pm
  @ITSMESTEPH11
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:53pm
  Obviously NBC doesn’t really need him.
  —————————————————
  I would argue the other way around.
  There is little doubt in my mind that TRUMPs resources and personal audience FAR surpasses
  that of NBC.
  
  If I know Trump he’ll probably call the bluff. I would if I were him.
  
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bikerdogred1
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:53pm
Does this mean NBC isn’t going to lie anymore,I almost feel better about this already,but if NBC said it,it must be a lie.

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Tankertony
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:49pm
Hmm, do they apply this ‘Somehow Hurtful’ standard to the anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-common sense, anti-decency that their network spews forth on a daily basis with their depraved programming?

Meanwhile, Trump is laughing all the way to the bank. Good for him, he earned it.

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SocialistSlayer
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:46pm
NBC = Nothing But Communists

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- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:10pm
  Bingo
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:11pm
  Finally NBC has admitted that they are an extremely partisan political network that doesn’t believe in free speech. We have been saying this for years and they would deny it. The Communists are coming out of the closet.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:51pm
  NBC=National Barack Company
  
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- Anadara
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 7:03pm
  Yeah, that sounds about right.
  
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M24
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:43pm
NBC Sucks Anyway

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mcsledge
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:40pm
So Obama….I mean NBC has put Trump on notice. How nice.

If NBC doesn’t want Trump, let him go. Although I don’t want much of his stuff, the little I do watch I would rather watch on a more objective TV station.

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jakartaman
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:36pm
Donald – you are absolutely correct in your of the republican on the their non existent negotiating skills.

I would also tell those liberal lap dogs at NBC to STFU – They scream 1st amendment – but will not allow you that freedom?

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Tri-ox
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:36pm
What’s new? As usual, obama’s state-run media seeks to punish anyone who speaks the truth about obama.

Meanwhile, in other CENSORSHIP news: ‘White House Bans Paparazzi From Publishing Photos of Sasha and Malia Obama on Hawaiian Beach’

http://www.celebuzz.com/2013-01-07/white-house-bans-paparazzi-images-of-sasha-and-malia-obama-on-hawaiian-beach-exclusive/

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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:30pm
  The can cite privacy concerns & security concerns. But I think that what they are concerned about is the optics of the privileged lives of these girls compared to the poverty in America. The obamas learned something from Michelle’s fabulous Spanish vacation with her courtiers.
  
  “The New York Times previously reported that Mrs. Obama brought along her daughter Sasha, ‘two friends and four of their daughters, as well as a couple of aides and a couple of advance staff members.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135914/Michelle-Obamas-Spanish-vacation-cost-taxpayers-500-000.html#ixzz2HJt1YXSe
  
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- starman70
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 7:29pm
  @WALKABOUT:
  
  Boy did you hit the nail on the head!!!!! How would it look to the poor innercity Black and Hispanic residents to see the daughters of the president they elected lolling around on a beach, while they and their children are stuck in the misery of the government plantations across America. They would see their president and his family blowing many thousands of dollars which could have been used to help feed the poor in their neighborhoods.
  
  Why do you think the press was almost eliminated entirely? Obozo didn’t want the rest of the plebes in the country to see how he was living it up much if it on taxpayer expense accounts.
  
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BODYBAG
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:36pm
NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said at a critics panel, according to Entertainment Weekly on Sunday: “That said, if he becomes somehow hurtful or says or does things that cross a line, we would figure out what to do about that.”

What are you going to do? Kill him ?
Is it just me or does this sound like a statement that could have been made by HITLER, or STALIN, or POL-POT, or MAO ?
The sooner you figure out that these people are THE ENEMY the better off we’ll all be.

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- barber2
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:18pm
  Gulags to follow ?? Our Obama Chicago radicals have been influenced far too much by Mafia bosses, union labor bosses, and their Marxist mentors. They don’t even sound American anymore !
  
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- Anadara
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 7:01pm
  The MSM is very self-absorbed and self righteous. BHO may have trashed the 1st Amendment but it is still the law of the land.
  
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- environmentalandawake
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 10:42pm
  It’s not just you….These Mother Clumpers are out of control
  
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lessoneleg
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:32pm
How do you like that?
The Executives of a massively hard line liberal media outlet threatening you if you speak and draw attention to their beloved progressive cause. You now have threats over “freedom of expression”.
Weren’t these tie dyed draft card burning liberal hippies the very same people who “freedom of expression MAN!”
Well, liberal readers? There’s lots of your Anti Blaze trolls reading this. How come a liberal Democrat can express an opinion, make a public statement. Yet, whenever a counter spokesperson speaks up, liberals get their shorts in a knot.
Mr.Trump has every right to speak his mind. And we as listeners have every right to turn the page, change the channel, or just walk away. It’s our right! —— Man!

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kickagrandma
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:32pm
“hurtful”?????????????????????

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- FstEti
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:43pm
  Perhaps NBC management needs to turn on MSNBC and consider if the 24/7 commentary regarding conservative writers, politicians,religious followers, t.v. hosts, and talk show hosts are ever “hurtful”.
  What a bunch of self righteous, hypocritical, morons. You CAN’T make this stuff up.
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:47pm
  Scene Opens on NBC CHIEF: “Oh Please don’t hurt us Mr. Trump. Please. Pretty Please. Don’t hurt our feelings. We have so many feelings to hurt. Mommy! I want my Mommy!” (Enter Mommy from side stage with blanket, bottle and pacifier). “There, there, now NBC Chief. Mommy is here. You will be better soon. Just let me wrap you up in this blanket and feed you this bottle. Mommy is here so no bad Mr. Trump will ever hurt your feelings again. Bad Mr. Trump. Bad Man! ” (scene ends with Mommy holding NBC CHIEF who has a little tear being wiped away and is properly coddled as to his feelings). Credits roll: Brought to you by the Obama Administration, the Democratic National Party, AARP, and Enfamil Infant Formula.
  
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mrunner
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:30pm
Capitalism. It is all about ratings NBC. If people boycott his show because of his politcal speak and it impacts your ratings, cut him loose. Cutting him loose just because he is not in line with your political agenda?? Well, your ratings will continue to drop- lower than the ratings on your news programs… MSM. Keep doing stupid stuff and you will be ignored an obsolete shortly…

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- Female
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:38pm
  Cut him loose nbc..perhaps FOX will put him in Fringe time slot?
  
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RaydocX
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:29pm
how dare he speak opinion contrary to the Nationalist Biased Corporation?!
how dare he cite facts or call to the fore the lack threof in supporting his arguments?
Those on the NBC sopabox are required to use only emotion– preferrably fear– and to ignore data that contradicts the party line.

but this isn’t news, and they PRAY that he will continue to rant about the Pretender’s birth certificate, not because the questions are valid to ask, but because they have been practicing the ‘lie until it is accepted as true’ tactic on that until nobody will listen, and will just label him a crackpot. and give them more liberal sheeple viewer ratings.

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doomytram
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:29pm
Bwah haaaa haa! Chortle. Greenblatt, by proxy, supports editing the 911 tapes of George Zimmernan, using a 12 year old picture of Trayvon instead of a 17 year picture. Not talking about Libya or Fast and the Furious. Greenblatt er… Obozo drone has been warned by Obozo minions to not be hurtful to Obozo.

NBC Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory et al are Obozo Drones and have been hurtful to common sense Americans. This don’t be hurtful to the ridiculous Obozo narrative has been going on for about 6 months plus. It’s about the FCC bureaucrats warning the MSM that you must be up Obozo’s butt or your being hurtful. Don’t forget Brian Ross and his Tea Party leftist disaster.

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Top_Contributor
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:29pm
Trump crossed the line long ago with that “hair do.” Oh yeah, and the red meat he tosses to the tea party faithful are just icing on the cake.
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:34pm
  How can you be a top con when you mix metaphors like that? Get some more quotes off of Mikey Moores site and come back. Slacker con.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:37pm
  F off troll
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:54pm
  Don’t be hatin on the hair do okay? That hair is a national treasure! How unpatriotic of you! Hater! Traitor! That hair is a symbol of everything that defies gravity, logic and old age! It’s a freakin miracle!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 2:15pm
  “Top Contributor “….oh, let me guess: an arrogant young Obama radical ?!! Smartest guys in mom’s basement….
  
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sdeakins
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:29pm
Johnny Paycheck said it best “Take this job and shove it”.

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denkat56
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:29pm
Imagine that NBC has its set of ethics. To bad one of them isn’t telling the truth, better yet reporting the truth. How irresponsible news people, like Chris I got a tingle Mathews, or the one who challenges peoples kids to fight. How about they control their insults and assaults, on people with different opinions. It’s a shame they don’t have any guide lines for their own news department.

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godlovinmom
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:28pm
So………it’s okay for our president to say things like…vote for revenge ….or our vice president to say things like…republicans want to put balck Americans back in chains….really?

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barber2
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:27pm
Naturally, NBC won’t do anything if Trump “becomes hurtful or says or does things that cross a line ” about the Republicans ! That is what the Lap Dog Lefty media does 24 /7. The Obama Chicago radicals have more media control than anyone since Goebbels !

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:24pm
Trump > NBC

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:23pm
So the National Bulshavick Channel makes threats now? Oh how ‘tolerant’ of the left (sarcasm intentional)

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- GeorgieJo
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:11pm
  NBC=Nothing But CRAP
  
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Cavallo
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:23pm
Trump has to realize that NBC is wholly owned and controlled by Bobo the Gay, Dog Eating Marxist and his cadre of sycophantic fascists. They will abide very little of Trump’s right wing ideology. NBC is quite willing to doctor (in an amateur and poorly concealed fashion) any video evidence they need to divest themselves of a man who speaks blasphemy about their chosen Messiah.

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Fubared
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:20pm
Was the exec speaking for nbc, gm, ge or the actual out house? Give em hell comb over.

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dadsrootbeer
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 1:20pm
“NBC Chief Warns Trump Over Political Statements: If He Crosses a Line or Becomes ‘Somehow Hurtful,’ We May Take Action”

Except when it would help the socialist in charge then anything else goes right National Barack Channel Chief?

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