Sideshow: Anchor suspended for Chelsea remark

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, February, 2008 | by Tirdad Derakhshani Inquirer Staff Writer

MSNBC anchor  David Shuster  has been temporarily suspended after making a tasteless remark Thursday about  Chelsea Clinton 's role in  Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaign. "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?" Shuster said. A Clinton rep yesterday called the comment "beneath contempt" and suggested that Clinton might not take part in any debate televised on MSNBC.

During his suspension, Shuster is banned from any NBC newscast except to offer an apology, which he has done. An MSNBC spokesman said the network offered "sincere regrets to the Clintons about the remarks." Shuster told the Associated Press he had tried to reach Clinton to apologize. Taking some rehab time Pat O'Brien  has "entered a rehabilitation facility for...