Comcast fires on-air personality for criticizing Bill O'Reilly

[Pab Sungenis]

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/05/22/tmz_tyler_in_rehab_center/

(Article is second item on page.)

CN8 host Barry Nolan, who publicly complained a few weeks ago about Bill O'Reilly receiving an award from the Boston chapter of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has been fired by the Comcast network. "Their take is that I was insubordinate," Nolan told us yesterday. "They wanted me to sit down and shut up." The host of "Backstage With Barry Nolan" had argued that O'Reilly, the volatile Fox News host and former Channel 7 anchor, was unworthy of the Governor's Award. (Past recipients include the likes of Mike Wallace, Ken Burns, and Natalie Jacobson.) "The idea of honoring someone who does their job with constant factual errors, name-calling, and mangling of the truth . . . It's ridiculous," said Nolan, who's married to Garland Waller, a veteran TV producer who teaches at Boston University.

[bananas]

1. who's that in your sigline?

she has a nice smile.

[Pab Sungenis]

2. Condi Rice

with a wig like "Kelly," who recorded "Shoes."

[bananas]

10. I don't know who Kelly is

but admit it - she is glowing with love in that picture, whoever she is.

[Vickers]

3. I think that's Condi Spears.

Hope this helps.

:P

[bananas]

8. Thanks! I didn't recognize either of them! nt

[Sanity Claws]

6. I hope you didn't throw up

after seeing the response.
It's okay -- we all make mistakes.:hug:

[bananas]

9. She does have a nice smile, when she isn't scowling!

Love is the answer - not hate!
We need to show Condi our love!

[B3Nut]

12. And she's a very good pianist as well

She could get a good gig if she wanted to. Condi baffles me a bit...she can be evil, vituperative, and viscious...yet is capable of sensitive artistic expression.

It's sad, really. I hope she sees the light and comes back to the side of humanity, for her own sake.

TP

[Vickers]

4. "someone who does their job with constant factual errors, name-calling, and mangling of the truth"

A more succinct description of Dildo Reilly is difficult to imagine.

[Forkboy]

5. Nolan was on Greater Boston the other night talking about this.

He was a funny guy about it and he admitted he knew his actions may end up hurting him, but he did it anyways, bless his soul.

Thanks for trying Barry!

[ellenfl]

7. comcast has a network? eom

[Echo In Light]

11. Yesterday's thread on this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3324769&mesg_id=3324769