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Was it "intolerant" for people to be outraged and demand the firing of Martin Bashir for his comments about Sarah Palin?
Was it "intolerant" of MSNBC to fire him?
To the first question, yes.
To the second question, no.
Even thought the only reason they fired him was due to that "outrage"?
No. Because they made a business decision. It was wrong for people to demand that MSNBC fire him. But I won't fault any business for making a legal business decision that is in its own interest. Lord knows MSNBC has enough trouble trying to stay profitable without losing a lot of the few viewers it has left.
A&E also bowed to angry and--in my opinion--unacceptable pressure to dump Phil Robertson. The difference was they got more pressure from the millions of fans of Duck Dynasty. And they fairly quickly made the decision that they had more to lose by losing those fans than they had to fear from GLAAD. Bashir simply didn't enjoy that kind of fan base.