When MSNBC’s Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a slut a few months ago, the liberal outrage and stories on this website about it were…. hard to locate.

The photo inspired me

As much as I can’t stand the man, his apology is a proper one, even if it is only being made for commercial reasons.

He said he used the wrong words and apologized for it.

A non-apology is where they apologize for your reaction: “I’m sorry that people were upset by my words”.

“I sincerely apologise to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices” and then insinuates that the real problem is that he caused “a stir”. He didn’t once apologise for the pain and suffering caused by his actions or the fact that he was completely wrong and mis-represented her. He’s only apologising for using the word “slut” to describe but not for actually inferring that she is a slut. An apology is what you give when you make a mistake and you are sorry for it and that is completely absent here. Looks like a non-apology to me man.

It’s not really a proper apology since he says he’s apologizing for his choice of words and for singling her out as an individual – which means he stands by the claim he was making: that contraceptive tablets exist solely to allow women to be promiscuous and that any organization providing/paying for contraceptive tablets is promoting sexual immorality.

Which is still utterly repugnant. Especially since he was making his remarks as a rebuttal to people pointing out contraceptive tablets are, for many women, an absolute necessity to regulate otherwise cripplingly painful symptoms.

Well said

Tsk. Rushing to judgement there Joseph. Will they find a box big enough, I’m wondering…

You can’t really get rid of them anymore. Glenn Beck started up his own internet television station and reportedly has a couple hundred thousand paying subscribers.

@Kevin … You are jesting !! He is the most popular talk show host on-air . The Americans love him . It was a bad choice of words but he was right to speak out about it if he wanted to . She was using 3000 dollars worth of contraception a year and she was the one who promoted that and seeking it for free . That is almost 60 dollars a week !!!
She must be a busy girl and im not knocking her for that , pardon the pun .

Conservative Americans like him allright I wouldn’t say all Americans like him.He was dropped from a group buying an NFL team a while ago because of how divisive he is.By the way Sandra Fluke was raising the case of a friend of hers who suffers from ovarian cysts for which she needs contraceptive pills to help.Costs her 3 grand a year.Seems excessive to me!

@Niall: Is that taking into account the ridiculously high costs of American medicine?

Er lads, no offence but you appear to have no idea how much contraception can cost..
http://m.plannedparenthood.org/mt/www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/birth-control-pill-4228.htm
As you can see from this link it can cost $15-50 per month. Factor in price changes at drugstores / clinics, routine check ups for contraception..

You could say “well put her on the $15 a month one” but it doesn’t work like that, a woman needs to be prescribed the correct method for her individual needs.

You should see how much the pill can cost here.. I remember getting a nasty shock when I was given a prescription years back, IR£30 per month!
No idea how much the injections cost, the coil is about €200-300 to have it fitted..

$3000 a year is not a crazy amount..

Insurance are happy to pay for it… Do you know how much birthing a baby cost the US healthcare system

In cracking form today Niall. Naughty…

He is free to say what he likes.
And everyone else is free to call him a total slimeball for what he says.
Advertisers are free to pull their contracts if they think being associated with an slimeball will cost them money.
No one has been censored.

Free speech doesn’t mean everyone has to agree with what you say and no one is allowed question it.

The hypocrisy of the left is that they themselves often use the most vulgar, sexist and sometimes downright misogynistic words to attack women like Sarah Palin.

No one is censoring him, they’re criticising him for a horrible, basless slander he bestowed on a young woman who didn’t deserve it.

@ Evert: That just sounds like a typically Rush Limbaugh style uninformed opinion. Nothing to do with “left wing censorship” – it has to do with people being outraged that an ignorant, unintelligent human specimen can get away with verbally abusing a young adult instead of having the intelligence, decorum, ability or verbal understanding to attempt to put together a proper argument to show his opposition to her view point.

Ironically, its the same thing you done in you’re argument by accusing people who want a bit of decency in how people in the public sphere, and even more so people with widespread influence, as being “”tolerant” left wingers”. Very Rush Limbaugh of you ;)

First off, in this particular event there’s an actual element of slander involved – which ISN’T protected by free speech.

Secondly, it seems it’s you yourself who are advocating censorship. After all, all anyone has done is express an opinion about Limbaugh’s comments and offered his sponsors the opportunity to consider if they wish to be associated with them. Nobody has said that he shouldn’t be free to speak his mind in a free and open society.

In contrast, you don’t want people to speak their minds and you don’t want companies to make their own decisions about how they do their business. Your position, if reflected in society generally, would be a stranglehold not on democracy but unacceptable infringement by government on the freedoms of business owners.

Liberal media bias….blah blah blah…..censorship….blah blah blah…..freedom of speech…..blah blah blah…..right wingers talk such shite.