Yahoo! Fires Bureau Chief After Caught Saying GOP Okay Having ‘Party With Black People Drowning’
- Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:39pm by
Becket Adams
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Source: Yahoo! News
Yahoo! News Washington bureau chief David Chalian has been terminated for remarks he made during a Monday webcast of ABCNews.com’s coverage of the Republican National convention in Tampa, Florida.
“David Chalian’s statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!” TheBlaze was told in an emailed statement.
“He has been terminated effective immediately. We have already reached out to the Romney campaign, and we apologize to Mitt Romney, his staff, their supporters and anyone who was offended,” the statement adds.
Earlier in the day, Chalian’s comments came to light.
“They’re not concerned at all. They’re happy to have a party with black people drowning,” he said, referencing the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla., as Hurricane Isaac set its sights on the Gulf Coast.
You can hear him deliver the remarks here.
UPDATE — To Yahoo! News’ credit, they aren’t shying away from owning up to callous remarks made by one of their former employees. They even tweeted out their apology:
UPDATE II — Shortly after his termination was announced, Washington Week editor and PBS correspondent Gwen Ifill tweeted the following:
Tweets like that could help explain why Ifill was left off the list of 2012 presidential debate moderators.
Unsurprisingly, after tweeting that she stood with “God’s gift” to journalism, Ifill was met with a heavy barrage of Twitter snark:
And how did she respond to being criticized? By embracing the whole Republicans-are-totally-racist narrative, of course:
The link she provides takes you to this article which, of course, argues the GOP is really racist.
UPDATE III– Chalian has formally apologized for his “inappropriate and thoughtless joke”:
Here’s his statement in full:
I am profoundly sorry for making an inappropriate and thoughtless joke. I was commenting on the challenge of staging a convention during a hurricane and about campaign optics. I have apologized to the Romney campaign, and I want to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to Gov. and Mrs. Romney. I also regret causing any distraction from the exceptional coverage of the Republican convention by Yahoo News and ABC News.
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Comments (362)
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:56pmGood they needed to be fired.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:12pmChris Matthews is next
Report Post »thirdcoastpatriot
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:13pmI hear current TV is hiring…
Report Post »LuvsYeshua
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:14pmGood for Yahoo to do that, but they are still VERY much in the tank for Hussein-in-the-membrane.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:17pmIsn’t this where all you Blazers are supposed to show your ignorance of the First Amendment and claim that this shows that we no longer have free speech in this country?
Dr. Laura, anyone?
Report Post »edcoil
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:17pmGood. If he believes that he has a job at MSNBC for twice as much. Yahoo however talks likes this everyday in their meetings – why it is a surprise – i sold all my yahoo stock years ago after meeting some of these folks.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:21pmISHKA4ME, Careful there, you’re starting to give me a thrill up my leg!
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:23pmyahoo; it’s a beginning!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:25pm@Godfather.1
The 1st Amendment is a check on the government, not on private media corporations.
Nice try though…what else ya got?
Report Post »LaughinWillow
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:28pmIt’s funny how so-called “conservatives” will stand up for the “free speech” of blowhards like Dr. Laura and Rush Limbaugh when they make crazy comments, but you don’t care at all about this. As a REAL CONSERVATIVE, I’m sick of this culture where every single comment a person makes means firing, endless apologies, and media dissection of “what he meant.” Cheer away, but your freedoms are in the toilet. Seriously.
Report Post »SWORD_OF_THE_LORD
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:30pmHey Chalian, It’s barrys fault.
Call google, you’d be a good fit…
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:32pmDAMN GOOD THING. I was just coming on BLAZE to see if they had HOME PAGE, I’m dropping YAHOO…well maybe not now..but sure was. What other HOME PAGES are good?
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:33pm@GoodStuff
Clearly you missed the point of my post. I know the First Amendment is only a check on government and not private organization. However, when Dr. Laura got fired for saying the N-word over and over, all you Blazers were up in arms on how that was infringing on her First Amendment rights.
Nice try. What else you got?
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:33pmYO! GODFATHER 1: That dope can SAY anything he wants to.
I
DO
NOT
HAVE
TO
ACCEPT
IT.
What part of that can’t you dopey Liberals get? Say whatever you want, but DO NOT expect us to still want to do business with you if it’s that outrageous. WHAT PART OF THAT CAN’T YOU GET?
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:37pmI LOVE IT, that ignorant ass at Chick Fil A got fired, this guy get’s fired….. how stupid are these people.
Speaking of stupid, I didn‘t see obama filling sandbags or checking levy’s, WHY, because he’s having fun campaigning for the last 3 1/2 years. Given a choice of being with Clooney in Switzerland or helping HIS people, where do you think he’d be.
Report Post »DrunkGOP_Hack
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:42pmGodless dad –
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jzs
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:45pmI wonder if the Obama administration is consulting with Republicans on the best way to handle hurricane disasters in Louisiana?
Of course Paul Ryan wants to cut funding for FEMA, so if those guys are elected the federal government will be of the business of helping after disasters. Jindal can get some churches to provide the food and volunteers to help all those poor people, as it should be.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:55pm@DrunkGOP_Hack
Ewwww. Godless Dad, good one. Are you in third grade?
Do you have anything other than insults? Do you actually want to “refudiate” anything I said.
@PATTY HENRY
Clearly also you missed my point. Yes, Yahoo absolutely has every right to fire this guy and it has nothing to do with the First Amendment. However, ignorant Blazers saw it a little differently when it was Dr. Laura who got fired. When that happened, you all thought it was unconstitutional.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:08pmIt sounded like a woman talking when the clip. I think this guy is the sacrifical lamb.
Report Post »Gremlin1974
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:09pmWait… just wait a minute…..is that Journalistic Integrity I smell coming from Yahoo…..I….I believe it is, OMG. Good Job Yahoo.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:13pmGF,
Report Post »As representative of Yahoo the man should have conducted himself in a professional manner. Should he be fired not my decision I can say I wouldn’t want him representing my company.
As a human however he has every right to speak his mind no matter how vile evil and stupid it may be.
LuvsYeshua
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:17pm@LaughingWillow.
Here’s what he said, “They are happy to have a party with black people drowning.”
That’s flat-out slanderous (a lie), and while it does not have measurable monetary damages, it does have damages in the form of how millions of people vote. Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a “slut” because for an unmarried woman, she admittedly has an abnormally large sex bill every year. It was one man’s opinion of a specific women. He didn’t insinuate prostitution, he merely used an insulting word to describe her self-admitted, hyper-fornicating habits. At the very worst, it was a harsh comment; whereas, David Chalian lied and said the GOP rejoiced at the thought of black people drowning. See the difference?
We are free to make observations and use words to describe them that sting, but we are not free to tell bold-faced lies about one another. I don‘t want to live in that version of ’conservatism’.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:29pm@ Godfather1…The constitution protects your freedom of speech from any action taken by the government, not by private individuals. This should be basic knowledge to all Americans. It is perfectly legal for an employer to place limitations on his/her employees speech, or any other form of self expression. I learned that in elementary school. You must have been absent that day.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:38pm@cosette
Apparently, you cannot understand simple English like the rest of the idiots on this site. I never said the First Amendment applies to anyone but the government. Rather, I said that you all believed, incorrectly, that Dr. Laura’s First Amendment rights were being infringed when she got fired for saying the n-word. Based on that, I simply asked why all you Constitutional scholars on TheBlaze weren’t defending this guy.
Not once have I said that this guy’s firing was precluded by the First Amendment.
Tell me, did you learn to read in first grade?
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:43pmOne down…several thousand to go…
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:48pmBu-Bye
Report Post »booger71
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:55pmGodfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:17pm
Isn’t this where all you Blazers are supposed to show your ignorance of the First Amendment and claim that this shows that we no longer have free speech in this country?
Report Post »================
He was not put in jail, he was fired, so his free speech rights are still intact.
booger71
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:00pmHowever, ignorant Blazers saw it a little differently when it was Dr. Laura who got fired
Report Post »=============
First,I could care less that Dr Laura got fired, but she did not single out a particular person, she use a generic term which many black people use themselves.
America is Godless
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:00pmDoctor Laura said “Turn the TV on to HBO all you here is n, n, n.” She did say the word. She was never fired and has a multi-year contract on Sirius.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129226912 Gives the actual facts. You know that ultra conservative outfit NPR.
Get the truth or do not post it makes you look like an idiot.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:03pmThe parade will just continue. Another progressive DEMOCRAT propagandist will fill the position and this fool will get a cushy job from his liberal buds.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:03pmGood. I guess I won’t cancel my Yahoo account anymore.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:05pm@ Godfather… To begin with an “idiot” has an I.Q. of less than 50. A person of your “intellect” should know that. And why the pejoratives? Are you unable to make a point absent them? Furthermore I have been a member of this site since its’ inception in Sept, 2010 and I don’t remember any such comments about Dr. Laura. who, by the way, was fired before this site was even launched. I believe you referenced her firing and you assumed every person on this site defended her without any actual knowledge of that being the case.In closing you implied that the second amendment should protect this man. You are not fooling anybody.
Report Post »The Giver
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:13pmHe has a right to his opinion and of voicing it, but he represents Yahoo and his comments can lose them the business of half the country. It could literally put Yahoo out of business. They acted quickly and avoided the fallout.
Report Post »termyt
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:14pmYou are brave with the anonymity of the internet, GF. But we see through you, You are a coward and a fool here only to throw baseless insults as if we were a single mind. That‘s not the way things work to the right of center where we don’t need talking points published to know what we think and feel. That means sometimes some of us get it wrong. Go back to the left where you are wrong all the time, but are good at doing in in unison until it sounds right.
Dr. Laura speaks for herself. This tool was representing Yahoo. They are not even remotely the same situation. Even so, if Comcast wants to dump her for any reason, it is there right to do so and plenty of folks here said so. Take your giant brush someplace where painting everything in the same stroke applies, little man.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:16pm@ Godfather…. If “the idiots on this site” are incapable of reading and comprehending English, why do you waste your time trying to educate us? We seem to be causing you a good bit of consternation, or are you a masochist? You have posted the SAME reply several times and no one is buying it. So maybe you should move on.
Report Post »OlderCowGirl
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:17pmI believe totally in free speech…that this guy had the right to say what he said…but I also believe that he may suffer the consequences for his freedom of speech. Congrats to Yahoo for firing the guy who made a really stupid comment. GOP cares about all races/colors of people. The GOP does not want anyone to suffer. The GOP cannot cancel a huge, important convention just because there’s a storm. I also believe that Democrats care about all races/colors of people. We are all just people with the basic same ideas. Too bad the radicals tell lies (Rep or Dem), like this guy who got fired.
NOTICE to all who live in the paths of hurricanes>>>move out if you don‘t like the weather and can’t help yourself during a bad storm. I don‘t live near the ocean because I’m terrified of walls of water. Where I live the dangers are forest fires. I don’t expect anyone to bail me out…or pay for my burned housing. I live here knowing the dangers. It’s my choice. I’ll deal with it.
Report Post »dblaess
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:20pm@Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:17pm
Isn’t this where all you Blazers are supposed to show your ignorance of the First Amendment and claim that this shows that we no longer have free speech in this country?
Dr. Laura, anyone?
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He had his freedom of speech. Freedom of speech does not mean no ramifications to that speech. For example, yelling fire in a theatre when there is no fire. There are ramifications to this. We do support freedom of speech and will always support freedom of speech, i.e. the owner of chickfila speaking out on his belief of marriage.
dblaess
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:25pm@jzs
Report Post »Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:45pm
I wonder if the Obama administration is consulting with Republicans on the best way to handle hurricane disasters in Louisiana?
Of course Paul Ryan wants to cut funding for FEMA, so if those guys are elected the federal government will be of the business of helping after disasters. Jindal can get some churches to provide the food and volunteers to help all those poor people, as it should be.
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The money that would go to the Washington would (stay in the States) so the people of the States could use it to benefit the people of the State as needed in emergency, not to be used by a bunch of idiots who want to push social engineering to get votes.
Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:48pm@cosette
I only repeated my first comment so many time because just about everyone who responded to it, including you, misunderstood what I was saying. You all thought I said that this was against this guy’s First Amendment rights. I never said that. Thus, I responded to those comments pointing out your misunderstanding.
Maybe I got a few facts wrong on Dr. Laura and whether she was actually fired or just quit. However, Sarah Palin sure thought Dr. Laura’s First Amendment rights had been infringed. Will you now speak up and call Sarah Palin out for her clear misunderstanding of the First Amendment?
Also, there were plenty of people on this site who believed that David Barton’s First Amendment rights were infringed when his book was pulled by his publisher because of factual inaccuracies. Tell me, is that not a blatant misinterpretation of the First Amendment?
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 5:16pmHow many more leftist poisoners are working in MSM to destroy America?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:13pmJZS…perhaps Obama should consult with Stephen Chu again about timely intervention for disasters in the gulf?
Report Post »You lefty idiots keep forgetting…Obama has a record now.
PaBowHunter
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:25pmI just changed my homepage from Google (which I refuse to use) to Yahoo due to Google’s anti firearm stance. And whe I saw this moron’s statement, I immediately shot off an e-mail and then changed to another searchengine, DuckDuckGo. I likeit, but it does not have current news when you open the page. But once I saw that Yahoo fired the moron, I reset Yahoo as my home page. Good job Yahoo. I did keep DuckDuckGo as my secondary home page.
Report Post »mrspeedwagon
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:30pmNoooo don’t fire him. We want these hateful liberals to be front and center, so the basicly uninformed Americans can see just how vile the libs are.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:49pm@mrspeedwagon
Vile libs huh? I guess you are not privy to the story of two people getting kicked out of the RNC for mocking a black camerawoman and using racial epithets. You stay class republicans.
Of course, you won’t hear that story on TheBlaze. That would go against your whole “Republicans aren’t racist” theme.
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:54pmGood, these people accuse republicans of all the hate, when it clearly is THEM that hate, they are so brain washed to hate, that they cannot see the truth …..
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 7:14pmI do not favor what this guy said in any way…but if i recall correctly the other day GEIKO fired the sarg, and everyone here cried free speech…and i was one of them……and i still cry the same words…
But funny how most of you have changed your tune when it comes to your party….right and left no difference…..with the leaders or the sheep…And us “paulbots” are the looney ones that make no sense??
I think this is the last change of mind i am going to have…….i’m writing in Paul….I don’t want to be associated with either flock of sheep….
In fact…. a thought just occurred to me….party politics is just about as equivalent as taking God out of the school systems….
Report Post »Country Publius
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 7:15pmSounds a little like perhaps Matthews and Shultz are vying for Ifill’s affections?
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 7:41pmI guess being a liberal exempts one from being a racist group even if they are a racist group. Seems like all the bigots and ignorant losers are having a grand ol’ time in the democratic party.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:04pm@ Godafather, again, you just spew lies and don’t even have the courtesy to provide a link to your lie.The Blaze published a story on the camera person incident first thing this morning …..You are an out right LIAR Godfather, everything you comment from here on out should be considered a LIE unless you prove it otherwise. Get a clue man ..
Report Post »termyt
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:30pmGF1: I learned about that on the Blaze. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rnc-attendees-reportedly-ejected-after-throwing-food-at-black-cnn-camerawoman-this-is-how-we-feed-animals/
Now it‘s obvious you are nothing but a 2 bit troll who can’t take even 30 seconds to fact check before spewing lies to fit your own narrative.
What do you call a tool so broken that it makes the situation it was designed to fix even worse? GODFATHER.1
Report Post »LaBelle
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:39pm@ Godfather, he can and DID say whatever he wanted but yahoo exercised their freedom as well and fired his sorry arse. :-)
Report Post »dblaess
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:50pm@Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:33pm
@GoodStuff
Clearly you missed the point of my post. I know the First Amendment is only a check on government and not private organization. However, when Dr. Laura got fired for saying the N-word over and over, all you Blazers were up in arms on how that was infringing on her First Amendment rights.
Nice try. What else you got?
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how about the COO of Chick-Fil-A. Many wanted his head and many government officials said they would ban his company from doing business in their cities because of his personal beliefs. As you can see the first admendment gives you the right to speak, but does not protect you from the results of your speech. The difference in Dr. Laura, Mr. Cathy, and Mr. Chilian is that you only get some results you want because the public/private sector, unlike government and you, is not driven by idology.
liberalbasher1955
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:51pmWhats so sad is that I don’t believe this guy is for real ! He’s a western journalist who went to a western university. Which means he has been inductrinated Maoist and Saul Alinsky brand of socialism and the good old liberal axiom of “Tell a lie often enough they’ll believe it !”
Report Post »ProudtobeTexan
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:13pmGood riddance and EXCELLENT job Yahoo.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:33pmDavid Chalian-liberal, beady eyed, hooked nosed “chosen person” in a high position of power. Typical.
Report Post »DrunkGOP_Hack
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:52pmDOGWhore [a.k.a. ---father] never have a battle of whits with a unarmed man!
YOu know what is next to the word IDIOT in the dictionary?
Report Post »The DEFINITION of IDIOT, not a picture of you!
slkgej6
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:16amI agree. There are many people here and elsewhere that are whining about conservatives “denying” freedom of speech. What they aren’t getting is that freedom of speech is the freedom to say whatever you want (short of inciting violence), but NOT to avoid the consequences of commentary. Freedoms come with responsibility. Exercising freedom of speech in commentary on those statements is no different. Freedom of speech does not apply when working for a private organization. What he said cost him his job because he is representing Yahoo’s and ABC. For them to fail to hold him responsible is implicit support of his commentary. With a statement this racist, that fairly drips with hatred and rabid liberal zealotry, he wrote his own death warrant to his career with that company. It was NOT a mistake. It was NOT a slip of the tongue. It was the result of a man representative of the unilateral agenda of the socialist radicals, devoid of the usual sham “neutrality” snidely expressed by the mainstream media. This generation of “reporters” are anything but that. They are socialist activists hell bent on achieving utopia through the same failed social engineering of eastern Europe. And why not? Obviously Barack Obama hasn’t failed. George Bush is still failing according to the American socialist elites. Just like communist Russia didn’t fail using the exact same policies. We‘re just stupid because we can’t see what is so clear to them.
Report Post »rosegrower
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am@godfather1
Report Post »the story you are referring to (about the RNC delegates throwing peanuts at a black camerawoman) was posted FRONT AND CENTER on TheBlaze yesterday. Also, the “racial epithet” they said was, “This is how we feed the animals.” Unless you are a mind-reader, I don’t see any racial overtones to this statement. And if YOU infer that “animals” is “code” for “blacks” – then you must think all blacks are animals, making you a racist.
1kingforall
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:04pmYou are 100% right on ! Think about all of these little so called open mic mishaps , You just can‘t help but wonder about the thing’s being said that we never ever hear !
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 6:10pmjzs
Report Post »And how did your team distinguish itself during Katrina? Yes, by all means let us know what glorious paragons of initiative and efficacy Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco were.
BOTH sides underestimated and stutter stepped the moment.
And I believe ALL govt. entities are subject to cuts, restructuring and HARD accountability. You seem to be a fan of the status quo. So much for progress, eh?
RWCT
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:13pmNOV 6th being the FIRING date! HAIRYbrained Reid needs to go, along with his smarmy gang of self DEM[agoges]. GOOD riddance! What a night mare! Nancy Malaisosi, if she stays, with another operation, will not be able to blink anymore. What a lot of Sod buckets!
Report Post »Maudie N Mandeville
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:54pmBravo to Yahoo.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:10pmThis is what the public editor of the New York Times was alluding to in his farewell column. He tried to exonerate the upper teir of the media but made it clear that the base of the media outlets today is hopelessly leftwing and biased to the point of compromising the integrity of what should be neutral reporting. That the base is staffed by indoctrinated, lefty wing, ideologues who don’t have the integrity or the professionalism to keep their politics out of reporting…and who actively work on portraying the democrats and the left in a favourable light.
David Chalian is one of these people….a hopeless ideologue bereft of professional integrity and business ethic. This is a real problem, not because it exists..but because the media still tries to tell us otherwise.
From the editor’s piece:
“When The Times covers a national presidential campaign, I have found that the lead editors and reporters are disciplined about enforcing fairness and balance, and usually succeed in doing so. Across the paper’s many departments, though, so many share a kind of political and cultural progressivism – for lack of a better term – that this worldview virtually bleeds through the fabric of The Times.
As a result, developments like the Occupy movement and gay marriage seem almost to erupt in The Times, overloved and undermanaged, more like causes than news subjects.”
Chalains’ actions are exactly what this piece says they are.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:16pmHe was probably the one who threw food at the cnn camera woman
Report Post »betsyyoung
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:22pmI just said the same thing! GREAT!
Report Post »SGinNC
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:53pmThumbs up to Yahoo for doing what is right.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:57pm100% agree. Good for them for doing the right thing!
Want to see what just 1 billion actually is?
http://youtu.be/EU-e1rjKuSY
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:21pmNice tune!
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:51pmdo we realize just how many apologies(all insincere) the lame stream media has made in the last year or so? i think that is their new methods. say something inappropriate, the issue an apology. same things as the judge telling the jury to completely disregard something they just heard.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:03pmYes .. that is how they get lies “out there” and some people will always believe the lies….. just like their PROJECTION .. when they say the other side is doing / saying something .. you can be darn certain that is EXACTLY what they are doing.
Report Post »jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:00amAndrea Mitchell thinks the audio tape was faked. That is her expert opinion anyway.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:50pmCome on MaryBethElizabeth, Blame this on us again. Or make some more of your silly rationalizations again. Or, better yet, blame Beck again, yeah, that’s it.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:58pmGive Mary a break. She was posting an unusually high volume rants. I think she either got back on her meds for depression or fell off he drugs for something else.
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:12pmMBE
Report Post »Please explain how this could happen from your media elite. The horror, the horror. It probably is nap time at the “facility” and she is busy dreaming about Chrissy, Madcow, or Basher. Remember to finish your pudding MBE-
ThePostman
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:49pmThis wasn’t just any reporter, this was the Yahoo WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF!!! This guy is over ALL of the yahoo political reporters. Ya think maybe this entire arm of the media is biased? Ya think the heads of ABC, NBC, and CBS news thinks exactly the same way? Of course they do.
And we wonder why the media is biased…
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:59pmYou know they all are. I do hope this black lists Chalian from the media. It would be a good start at weeding out these hateful racists who try every trick in the book to blame us for they do.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:03pmHi RJJ,
I hear there‘s an opening on Al Gore’s cable news network show.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:17pmHi MONK, for Chalian, TROLLMONGER, ENCINOM, JZS, or MARYBETHELIZABETH?
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:48pm…
Report Post »David Chalian has been terminated for his “Black people drowning” remark.
GOOD!
pamela kay
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 4:42amI am curious that he is not bothered by the fact that BHO is on the campaign trail rathr than going south to se the damage or offer support. They reemed Bush over Katrina yet I am not seeing BHO loosing any sleep over “Blacks drowning” while he is at universities trying to lure young voters.
Report Post »grimmster
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:47pmAnother one bites the dust….libs just cant keep their pie holes shut……
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:47pmWhy was he fired? He only spoke exactly what he believes. Reminds me of Dan Rather – “False but accurate…”
Doesn’t everyone know by now that DEMONCRATS are the racists? Just look at what they do – awe, you can’t help yourself, you poor black person… here, have some food stamps, have some welfare… Meanwhile the inner cities spend unbelievable sums on schools that don’t teach reading, writing, history, or math. Seriously, in Philadelphia, they spend over $15,000 per student, and the schools are FAILING. You know, those schools that have run by teachers unions for the last 40 years. Gee, the union bosses are rich, the school administrators are rich, seems like the only ones suffering are the poor students…
Report Post »A. James
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:46pmLiberals are the ones that see race in everything. Liberals are the racists.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:46pmMaybe the first update to this story can be exactly what the reporter said, lol.
Report Post »HisNameWasRobertPaulson
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:56pmIt was reported on another story. Go to the main page and look for it. LOL.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:46pmCNN will pick him up tomorrow – fits right into their programing
Report Post »marvlus
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:24pmNot unless MSNBC beats them!
Report Post »Brensdad
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:46pmThe only difference between him and every other bureau chief is that he was stupid enough to get caught saying what he thinks with a live mic.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:04pmExactly, they all need to be fired, sick SOBltches!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:46pmWow … I am shocked and amazed.
R & R 2012.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:45pmThat was quick!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:51pmSurprisingly, isn’t it?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:09pmHi RJJ,
Didn’t Yahoo get a new CEO not too long ago? I wonder if she “personally” fired him.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-07-16/marissa-mayer-yahoo-ceo/56256682/1
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:20pmHi MONK, Hmmm, interesting point. If she did, all the better reason for other not to hire him. They may eventually find themselves seeking future employment from her.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:45pmExcellent !!
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:44pm“David Chalian’s statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!”
BuII ****!
Report Post »ONLY4UANDME
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:52pmExactly! Then why are they linked up with ABC news?
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:44pmlol….egggselent……….guilty white people must allways be thrown to the back underside of the bus….they have no place in the conversation…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:43pmDon’t worry David, you’ll probably get your own nightly news program on MSNBC.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:49pmi was thinking exactly the same thing
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:54pmWish Fox would fire Juan Williams for all the ridiculous cr*p that comes out of his mouth.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:01pmI was thinking Current GONZO….lol.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:28pmAVENGERK, My vote is for the Weather Channel.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:37pm“and there seems to be a cold front moving in over Mr Chalian’s career…”….lol..nice one RJJING.
Report Post »CLEttinger
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:43pmGood, we need to start weeding out alot more of these biased media types.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:43pmHow do I find out what he said? What button do I push?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:47pmJust look back a few stories, it’s there.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:59pmThanks!!!
Report Post »Staunch
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:43pmIt is like the game ‘Whack-A-Mole’. He will pop up somewhere else immediately.
Report Post »Angel_light
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:50pmmost likely
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:00pm…and another liberal head will pop up to replace him on Yahoo.
Report Post »mpfaff
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:42pmAll I can say is… “Nice!”
Report Post »TROLLMONGER
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:41pmSo they fired them for speaking the truth??? So much for the first Amendment. But dont tell the right wing Beckbots that. They only believe in the first Amendment if it fits their backwards ideological agenda.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:49pmYou’re not the brightest are you? The First Amendment is a check on the government. It has nothing to do with how private media companies conduct business. This is not a 1st amendment issue, it’s a private company making a free market decision…and a wise one.
“So they fired them for speaking the truth?”
What “truth” is that? Why is Obama campaigning while black people are drowning? Are there black people drowning?
You’re a moron. Get a job!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:55pmWho talking about troll? It was Yahoo that fired him.
Report Post »Bet you wouldn’t call it freedom of speech had a conservative dared utter such.
ReaganBaby
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:56pmWhere is the truth in that? Liberal losers like you cant come up with anything so they resort to lies and race. BTW where has Obama been during the hurricane- if the guy isn’t on the fairway he is fundraising.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:05pmLOL .. TROLL you are so funny .. you do know it is only a cat 1 and the Convention has been planned for a LONG time .. unlike OBAMA OUT CAMPAIGNING at the same time!
R & R 2012.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:13pmTURDMONGER Your idiocy knows no bounds,as several people have made clear to you it isn‘t a first amendment issue since the government didn’t restrict the morons speech.It was a good business decision to fire the fool.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:20pmNo, this is not a First Amendment issue. However, you Blazers didn’t seem to see it that way when Dr. Laura got fired. When that happened, all of you were up in arms about how the radio station that fired her was infringing on her Constitutional rights.
Report Post »Oilbama
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:25pmThanks for your stupid….I needed a good laugh…
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:27pmTROLLMONGER;
“So they fired them for speaking the truth??? So much for the first Amendment. But dont [sic] tell the right wing Beckbots that. They only believe in the first Amendment if it fits their backwards ideological agenda.” ~~~ backwards ideological agenda? You’re free to post here, even a comment as idiotic as this one. It is the lefty progressives who started and control political correctness, and attempts to limit free speech. We, on the other hand, want you to speak. That way people can evaluate your lies against the truth.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:30pmPROGRESSIVESLAYER, Bwahahahahahahaha! I have no idea why I never thought of that. Good one, TURDMONGER.
Report Post »LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:36pmSpeaking the “truth”? How do you come to the conclusion that this Yahoo was speaking the truth? How can you say the GOP would relish black people drowning? My goodness, man, that is absolute hogwash. I seem to recall Ann Romney starting out her speech with the invocation that we keep those whom are in the storms path safe. Now grant you, she wasn’t specific….I mean, she just said the people in storms path be kept safe, she didn’t say “keep the white people” safe, just keep all safe.
Get a clue!
Report Post »designbyinspiration
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:39pmWhat about “David Chalian’s statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!” is a First Amendment issue? Yahoo is a free company in a free country and can discriminate between right and wrong, good and bad as they see fit. He didn’t fit – obvious troll is obvious.
Report Post »mrspeedwagon
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:35pmTroll u ever consider suing the public school or university that gave you that “brain damage”? You obviously have been brainwashed. A normal person just does not THINK like that. Your thought process is obviously a result of years of indoctronation.
Report Post »rosegrower
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:49amThey fired him for expressing an opinion – something that anyone purporting to be a journalist isn’t supposed to do, especially in a public way. It’s that “objectivity” thing that goes along with what used to be called “journalistic ethics” – a notion that has gone by the wayside as editorial boards have chosen to be propagandists rather than purveyors of news. Also, the First Amendment is designed to protect POLITICAL SPEECH from GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE – not to protect lame employees who end up making their employers a laughingstock. In other words, the White House is in violation of the First Amendment when it hires domestic terrorists to threaten the lives of conservative bloggers (see Brett Kimberlin) and threaten radio stations and television stations with licensing problems if they air commercials mocking Obama (see Indiana Live casino, circa 2008) and hack the Wikipedia pages of conservative black women in order to make vile and disparaging comments about her.
Report Post »freedoc
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:10pmThe truth?
GOP/Conservatives want Black People Drowning??????!!!
WTF.
This man said that to my face, hell with my Hippocratic Oath; he is going down.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:41pmNew Media Victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »PhineasJWhoopee
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:29pmAnd Progressives appease muslim terrorists after 3000 Americans of all colors died on 9/11.
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