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MSNBC Prez Admits Ed Schultz ‘Over the Top’ and ‘Crossed the Line’

A month after the Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz reported on infighting at MSNBC over the Keith Olbermann suspension, Kurtz is revealing that MSNBC president Phil Griffin admits he has had to scold host Ed Schultz multiple times for being “over the top” and has told the host he has “crossed the line.”

Kurtz profiles the bombastic and incendiary Schultz, who actually got his start in radio as a conservative talk show host. That changed when he met his wife, who converted the former college quarterback into a liberal and now produces his three-hour radio show.

“[H]is conversion was genuine.” Don Haney, a reporter and friend of Schultz told Kurtz. But, he admitted, “to be honest, he’s got a temper. There are some people who have drawn his wrath.”

The opposite is also true — according to Kurtz, Schultz has drawn the ire of MSNBC president Phil Griffin on multiple occasions.

“There are times I tell him he goes over the top and that TV is different than radio,” Griffin acknowledged to Kurtz. “A couple of times he’s crossed the line. I said, ‘Ed, you ran down the field 100 yards and you spiked the ball. Don’t spike the ball!’”

But apparently that hasn’t phased Schultz, who thinks his rhetoric represents the thoughts of the American people: “Not to get too grandiose about it, but I really believe I’m saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.”

Read Kurtz’s entire profile.

Comments (98)

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  • Cobb365
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:25pm

    I am all for MSNBC and it left wing shows, it allows all of us to see just how desperate the Progressives are, as far a Schultz is concerned. Yea, he goes a little overboard but it is good to see someone how is passionate about his misguided viewpoints. However, when the anchors of MSNBC go overboard that means personal attacks this is not what these programs are all about. If the attacks are backed with evidence that would be a different story. Although, I personally can not stand any of the MSNBC anchors on one simple premise, they tell me what they want to be reality, not what is reality. all of this rapped up in a fresh meadow muffin. Do not be looking for this political rhetoric to be served at the drive thru at you local Starbucks anytime soon.

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  • mrnewly
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:21pm

    Add your comments

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  • mrnewly
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:20pm

    I sometimes get a kick out of watching Big Ed because he truly does not have a clue about who are the “American” people. Whenever he says “ this is what the American people want” you can count that his view is involved and probably polls around 25%, yet, that is what we want according to Ed. I also recall seeing this goof in the front row of the press conference and yes, it was Matt Foley motivational speaker deja vue.

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  • Capt_Spalding
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:16pm

    So we’re supposed to applaud this MSDNC Prez for stating the obvious?

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  • wianno94
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:15pm

    I watch Ed on a nightly basis for the entertainment value. I hope I’ll be watching when his head explodes. I’ll admit that sometimes I watch Chris Matthews to see if he will have an actual orgasm when he talks about Obama.

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  • love the kids
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:15pm

    Ed Who????

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  • Gunonesis
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:09pm

    I wish this commie punk would come over to help me fix my woodchipper.

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  • D-Fence
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:07pm

    Does anyone remember the first press conference Obama had as President? Remember Ed Shultz sitting in the first row? He reminded me of Chris Farley in “..livin in a van down by the river..” skit. No disrespect meant towards Chris Farley. God Rest his Soul.

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  • matt708
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:05pm

    I guess the pres of MSNBC is afraid of Schultz otherwise he would be fired. That’s allriught when Comcast takes over Schultz will team up with Al Sharpton,It will be called the Amos and Andy show

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  • dantom
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:03pm

    Not to worry ed nobodys watching.

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  • Deda1
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:47am

    Does anyone watch sgt schultz?

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:46am

    “TV is different from radio” “Because we progressives own the TV and don’t want it confused with FAIRNESS on the radio”………

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  • freespeech4all
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:40am

    I agree this MSNBC ploy to suddenly ‘notice’ inappropriate behavior doesn’t ring true. Maybe Griffin is trying to rein in the insanity before Comcast comes in. The bottom line is if you roam over to a board like Yahoo, there many hysterical Schultz types lingering there. This over the top viewpoint is only shared by less than 20% of population. What they lack in numbers they attempt to make up in noise.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:31am

    Schultz is nothing more than a whore – an opportunist that has no defined set of morals or ethics. Whoever is paying his salary is who he “loves”.

    Pathetic.

    If these idiots at MESS-NBC really wanted to impress me, they’d deep-six worthless dolts like Schultz instead of letting it be known they “scolded” him.

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  • Texan
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:28am

    Kurtz needs to chill. Nobody is watching so nobody is being offended.

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  • seeker9
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:27am

    There are a lot more people that do not want to hear. Sharpton should drag this guy to the FCC for intentional offensive name calling, slanthead, tan man, caribou barby. his pal Papantino ********* slurs, etc.

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  • jeffmetz
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:21am

    No one’s paying him any mind anyway. It’s why he has to spew his venom. He couldn’t have been a reasoned conservative in the first place… but women will make you lose your mind. ;)

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    • janddjohnson
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:31am

      I cannot believe he used to be a conservative? Wow he is a complete progressive..totally beyond left field. And his wife converted him? He must of been a Rino..big time. I would never turn into a liberal…no matter who was pushing me to do it because those things in the conservative party are who I have always been.

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  • jrcess
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:21am

    Very simple FIRE THE BAFOON.

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  • wkw58
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:19am

    An acid tongued buffoon that no one cares to listen to. Merry Christmas.

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  • the_ancient
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:16am

    I am sure there are “alot” of people that want someone to say what Ed does, there are also “alot” of people with mental problems

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  • parmajohn
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:15am

    Oh-Oh Ed being censored say It ain’t so

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  • AmericanLass
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:14am

    Ed, when the swelling of your ego goes down, get out into the streets and really find out what the American people have to say.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:56am

      He can’t do this. His illusions would be shattered by the pain of reality. After all, he hasn’t figured out that his views are NOT those of the American people by his low ratings. He has to let himself exist in his make-believe world where vileness, crudeness, lies, and misrepresentation are good things to be envied and emulated.

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  • guyperram
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:13am

    Who Cares?

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    • Insipid
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:16am

      If 1 person does, it’s 1 too many .

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:45am

      San Francisco

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 1:23pm

      People, if you watch him when gets really angry at someone he gets all flustered, turns red and spits when he talks. When he gets like that, he actually makes me laugh. Like he’s half-drunk and half-stupid trying to sound intelligent.

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  • larman
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:12am

    Wow shocker of all shockers Ed Shultz over the top and out of line. I guess his three viewers didnt pick up on it.
    http://www.larryfalco.com

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:15pm

      Your comment reminds me of the old adage…

      If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around to hear it…..

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    • AmeriWoman
      Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:11am

      HUH??? Sounds like they want him handed a pass because he ‘used to be a Conservative’???
      ((I’m having some trouble swallowing that one myself!))
      I’ve got better advice than baby powdering and spiking tales… “You Are FIRED!”

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  • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
    Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:10am

    He scolds the man, when in actuallity the solution is much simpler “Fired!!!”

    http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm

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    • cubber
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:11am

      And the conservatives are hypocrites???? BE PREPARED.

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    • drbage
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:15am

      Where is Donald Trump when you need him?

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:18am

      @Cubber

      The problem with the Progressives and extremists like Olbermann done gone looney is that when the hypocrisy of their own lives reaches the extreme edges of sanity; then everything and everyone else is a hypocrit to their views.

      They fail to understand that they also see themselves as hypocrits to justify their own actions; the hatered has been turned inward on themselves, by themselves, to justify their own extremist views of the world.

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:50am

      His wife ‘converted’ him from Conservative to half-a-shade-shy-of-Socialist?

      Ladies and gents, proof that mental disorders are, in fact, contageous.

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    • Down2TheC
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:07pm

      So not surprised that Eddie’s a pansy that has to conform to anything his woman wants him to be. That shows his weak will and lack of conviction. (and the fact that he has to pose in order to get laid)
      Schultzie needs a spine!

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    • pajamash
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:29pm

      Wait a minute…I thought Ed was, “with the brothers the last 40 years”? He said so within the first minute and a half of his “Reclaiming the Dream” rally speech. Take a listen:

      http://libertyinprogressnow.us/2010/08/28/msnbcs-ed-schultz-gives-passionate-speech-at-the-reclaim-the-dream-rally-honoring-martin-luther-king-jr/

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:32pm

      Really??? Ed is married???
      Is it a transgender thing he got with??

      Seriously,, Ed only played football to get into the showers with the guys..

      I thought everyone knew ed was a mo…

      MAULEMALL  
    • independentvoteril
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 5:03pm

      I use to listen to Ed about 6 years ago.. he was on AirAmerica he was NOTHING like he is now.. he was more of a moderate in most things.. He even had to resend his first statement about illegals being good for the country when people in the community pointed out the facts to him..about how those that hire illegals put them out of businesses because the illegals work cheaper, therefore if they didn’t hire illegals they would go broke.. he even at one time back e-verify.. don’t know what the heck happened to him must be hitting the bottle to live with that PROGRESSIVE wife of his.. now he’s just a poor unhappy man.. maybe he should consider a new wife..LOL..

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    • Trance
      Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:42pm

      I think I know why he converted to a liberal. You have to be a liberal to listen to his tripe, so he wouldn’t have an audience as a conservative talk show host.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 22, 2010 at 5:56am

      Snow, keep missing you – been baking and not reading and writing.

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    • suttonea76
      Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:29am

      His wife converted him to stupidism….errr….liberalism? Your man card is revoked sir and you need to stop wearing your wife‘s heels to work regardless if we can’t see them behind the desk you sit at. What man on this planet has ever changed their views to liberalism and succeeded as a pundit to go along with it….none! Reagan was a liberal and became a conservative…then became president, Liebermann rebuked the title of Democrat for Independant, and so on and so on. The only thing I have in my house that‘s liberal is toilet paper since it’s full of crap every day.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 7:57pm

      I seem to remember hearing Ed years ago, and thought nothing about it. In the last couple of years
      when I catch him on radio when traveling, I can’t believe what a PIG he is……….so mean, hateful and combative about everything. No pleasure listening to this garbage, so I’d never watch anything with him on TV. And you can take this to the bank. Guess his wifie convinced him to get notice. Well, reading
      this article gets very, very bad notice Ed. Change your ways or go draw unemployment.

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