today's rant: rick sanchez & juan williams, originally 10/23/10

If you work in the media industry and state an opinion that is something completely stupid, offensive, and/or paranoid, should you be fired?  Short answer:  no.  Long answer:  I don’t think it should be the producers and administrators to decide.  It should be decided by the viewers/readers/consumers.  It’s a simple process.  If you don’t like what you’re watching, don’t watch it again.  If you don’t like what you read, stop reading it.  If you don’t like what you’re listening to, listen to something else.  Let the ratings drop.  THEN, companies like CNN and NPR have a legitimate reason for firing the stupid SOB.