You should read Eye Street. I read Eye Street, and it just told me that David Shuster has been “suspended indefinitely” from MSNBC for taping a pilot at CNN.
MSNBC should let Shuster out if his contract so he can go over to CNN ASAP. He should partner up with that other genius:
The great Batton Lash drew that for me last year, after the initial media glee over “teabagging” jokes. As it turns out, directly insulting wide swaths of your potential audience won’t get you fired, but flirting with the competition will. That’s a big no-no when you’re scrabbling for a distant second place.