A Boston TV host was fired by Comcast Cable, a well-known supporter and contributor to the Republican party, after publicly protesting the New England EMMY chapter's decision to honor Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.
Nolan, the fired former host of the network's CN8 Channel, believed that it was improper for the regional EMMY organization to nominate a figure as "partisan" as O'Reilly.
UPDATE - This just in: Little added this link, from the Boston Herald, in the comments section.
Cross-posted at Mark Casey Online - More Below the Fold
The host had this to say about O'Reilly:
"He’s delusional," Nolan said of O’Reilly. "He’s a man that mangles the facts. He inflates and constantly mangles the truth, and his frequent target is the 'left-leaning' media — the ones who do report the news fairly."
Now, I realize that it's only a local EMMY honor. But that's the whole point. Why would Comcast risk their sterling reputation just to stamp out a little regional squabble?
Because they can, that's why.
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