Fox News Suspends Col. Peters And Stacey Dash For Inappropriate Remarks

12/15/15
 
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from Media Matters,
12/7/15:

Fox News suspended two contributors for “comments on different programs that were completely inappropriate and unacceptable for our air.”

During a December 7 appearance on Fox Business, Fox News strategic analyst Ralph Peters said of President Obama after his Oval Office address last night: “I mean this guy is such a total pussy, it’s stunning.” Host Stuart Varney told Peters he can’t “use language like that on the program,” and Peters replied that he was sorry.

While co-hosting Outnumbered, contributor Stacey Dash reacted to Obama’s remarks by stating: “I felt like he could give a shit — excuse me, like he could care less.”

CNN’s Brian Stelter reported today that the two commentators “were suspended on Monday for using profanities while criticizing President Obama on Monday”:

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