Fox News suspended two of its contributors on Monday after both used profanity when talking about President Obama on the air.
During an appearance on the Fox News show Outnumbered, Stacey Dash, the actress best known for playing Dionne in the 1995 movie Clueless, said after watching the president's speech on terrorism Sunday night, she "did not feel any better. I didn't feel any passion from him. I felt like he could give a s—t — excuse me, like he could care less." On Fox Business, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters told host Stuart Varney the president was "afraid" to combat terrorism, and called him a "total p—y." Varney responded by telling Peters he could tell he was "super angry," but reminded his guest he "can't use language like that on the program."
Bill Shine, senior executive vice president of programming, said in a statement the comments were "completely inappropriate and unacceptable for our air," and added that both Fox Business and Fox News "do not condone the use of such language." The suspensions will last two weeks.
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