Schultz Apologizes To Ingraham: "This Is The Lowest Of The Low For Me"

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Ed Schultz gave a 4-minute long apology for calling fellow radio talk show host Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut" during his program. Schultz says he is indefinitely suspended from his show for the time being.

"On my radio show yesterday, I used vile and inappropriate language when talking about talk show host Laura Ingraham. I am deeply sorry, and I apologize. It was wrong, uncalled for and I recognize the severity of what I said. I apologize to you, Laura and ask for your forgiveness. It doesn't matter what the circumstances were. It doesn't matter that it was on radio and I was ad libbing. none of that matters. none of that matters. What matters is what I said was terribly vile and not of the standards that I or any other person should adhere to. I want all of you to know tonight that I did call Laura Ingraham today and did not make contact with her and I will apologize to her as i did in the message that I left her today. I also met with management here at MSNBC, and understanding the severity of the situation and what I said on the radio and how it reflected terribly on this company, I have offered to take myself off the air for an indefinite period of time with no pay. I want to apologize to Laura Ingraham. I want to apologize to my family, my wife. I have embarrassed my family. I have embarrassed this company. And I have been in this business since 1978, and I have made a lot of mistakes. This is the lowest of low for me. I stand before you tonight in front of this camera in this studio in an environment that I absolutely love. I love working here. I love communicating with all of you on the radio and the communication that I have with you when i go out and do town hall meetings and meet the people that actually watch. I std before you tonight to take full responsibility for what I said and how I said it, and I am deeply sorry," Schultz said on his MSNBC show this evening.

After Schultz delivered his statement the show cut to a commercial break. When the show returned after the pause MSNBC morning personality Thomas Roberts was now hosting.

 

First Olbermann, now Schultz. Serial meltdown going on at MSNBC?

 

I don't know why "slut" is a word that is taboo.

Celebrities are called "media whores" all the time... the difference between a slut and a whore is that one is paid.

I think that Schultz is a moron, but I think that all the outrage over calling someone a right-wing slut or a political slut is ridiculous IMO.

Ed O.

 

I use "bastard", too.

Should men be in arms when "bastard" is used?

Or "motherfucker"?

They are entirely inappropriate terms 99% of the time, but I fail to see why women, in particular, should be upset at the use of such a term.

Ed O.

 

A woman can be a bastard, too.

It's not using the word, per se, it's applying the word to the woman. It shows no respect, and it's a lot more demeaning than Ed O's examples.

 

It depends on how one defines "bastard". Historically, with names being passed from male to male, only a man's legitimacy mattered very much. I don't think that "his bastard" is ever referring to a female.

In any case, "son of a bitch". There we go. Only applicable to men, and yet there's no outcry over its use, I don't think.

So if he called Lada Gaga "a whore--a media whore" ... he would be under this much fire?

To me, sex isn't a huge deal. There's no reason that women associated with sex should be more up in arms than those associated with violence or dishonesty... there's an inconsistency to me in both disputing that a woman's purity is special and becoming offended when the absence of it is used as a slur.

Ed O.