Joe Scarborough Drops An F-Bomb On MSNBC
VIDEO: In discussing "good, decent steady" surrounding Barack ObamaDavid Axelrod, for example--Scarborough called them people who "don't go about screaming f-you at the top of their lungs."
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/10/2008 11:45:00 AM
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Joe Scarborough dropped an F-bomb on MSNBC Monday.
In discussing "good, decent steady" surrounding Barack Obama--David Axelrod, for example--Scarborough called them people who "don't go about screaming f-you at the top of their lungs."
Scarborough did not appear to realize he had actually used the word. Others on the program opined that they did not have a seven-second delay, with Scarborough taking a half-minute or so to realize he had actually used the word--Mike Barnicle's eyes grew wide in amazement--then apologizing.
"Great apologies if I said the word instead of the letter. My wife is going to kill me," he said. "Now, I am going to get some soap."
Profanity on cable is not subject to FCC penalties, and even the FCC’s authority to proscribe it on broadcast TV is up in the air as the Supreme Court ponders a ruling calling the FCC’s ability to regulate fleeting, unscripted cussing.
Warning: Offensive language
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I noticed on the "morning after" that nothing happened to Joe Scarborough at MSNBC. No fine, no suspension, no public censure, no nothing. IMHO, had ANYONE else dropped the f-bomb live, they would have been summarily dismissed and probably executed. A disciple of Rush Limbaugh, Scarborough is a rude, obnoxious, over-bearing, self-loving, on-air "face time" and microphone time dictator. As for Scarborough's future - give him his guitar and get him out.
Pat Casey - 11/11/2008 10:32:00 AM EST -
I think it was pretty funny. I don't think it is a big deal.
Mitch - 11/10/2008 7:33:00 PM EST -
really who gives a crap, it is just a word. Kids hear and say it all the time. Anybody offended by this really must have lived a sheltered life and needs to just slit their wrists now without any further delay.
Janet Jacksons Tit - 11/10/2008 6:43:00 PM EST -
No 7-second delay? Wouldn't it be in the self-interest of all "live" networks to employ this simple, inexpensive technology? Do they need an FCC rule to make them use some common sense? Will you please put that question the heads of the major cable newsers?
Adam Smith - 11/10/2008 5:10:00 PM EST
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