MSNBC Cut From Rachel Maddow Gay Marriage To Gay Lock up Raw-WTH?
by Mark Joyella |
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow extended her live program Friday night to cover the historic vote in New York on same sex marriage, but ultimately bailed before Governor Andrew Cuomo made held a news conference to talk about it (Fox News was also in tape–only CNN carried Cuomo’s remarks live). As Maddow told viewers as she wrapped the network’s live coverage, “we’ll resume with our normally scheduled programming right…(and she was clipped).” So what was in store for viewers who may have sought out MSNBC on a Friday evening in the summer because they cared about the vote in New York? Lockup, which featured an investigation into gay prison sex. I kid you not.
After a commercial between Maddow and Lockup, the show’s announcer said “homosexuals can live freely in prison, as long as they adhere to parts of the (prison) code: mind your own business, and never show weakness.” Media critics (including this one) were quick to call MSNBC out, withThe New York Times‘ Jeremy Peters saying via Twitter the network won the “tasteless award of the night,” and The St. Pete Times‘ Eric Deggans tweeting “hey MSNBC! All goodwill from having compelling Rachel Maddow anchor #ssm vote is gone now that you’re airing Lock Up Raw on gay prison sex.”
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