(Alternative title: Keith was set-up, Rachel should watch her back.)
Despite having the highest-rated show on his network, Phil Donahue got sacked by MSNBC because of his liberal philosophy. MSNBC replaced him with a right-wing bigot, Michael Savage.
Well, MSNBC apparently didn't deliberately acknowledge that was the reason, but internal documents (below the flip) leaked to the press confirmed what was obvious to all. The official reason given by the network is lost to time.
The network seems unwilling to make that mistake a second time, so a cause was invented. The networks goal is just as clear now as it was when Donahue was fired, if there is any doubt it is put to rest with the reality that conservative commentators are permitted to make political contributions, but their progressive counterparts are fired suspended indefinitely, without pay, for the same behavior.
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