The David Shuster thing [View All]

[LuckyTheDog]

OK, he said a dumb thing. But I think we all know what he really meant, given the context of the conversation.

People in the media use strong, often salty language all the time. It's part of the culture. It's a business in which the "f word" is thrown around in meetings and double entendres are par for the course. The fact that he thought he could say on the air that Chelsea was being "pimped out" does not seem surprising, given the "nothing shocks me" culture of journalists.

Clearly, he was using the term for emphasis and dramatic effect and did not mean it literally. But people in the real world (outside the media club) were justifiably offended. And he did the right thing and apologized. MSNBC suspended him, which also was the proper thing to do.

As far as I am concerned, this whole thing has gone as far as it should go.