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ADAM: THIS SEEMS LIKE JUST ABOUT
EVERYONE IS WEIGHING IN ON THE
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING DUCT
DYNASTY PATRIARCHATE PHIL
ROBERTS.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE SHARKS
WHEN THE POLITICIANS ENTER THE
ROUND.
CREDITING MICHELE WITH
INCREASING TOURISM AND LOUISIANA
.
CRACK CARROLL IS BACK AFTER A
CUSTOMER OUTCRY, AND EVEN
CHARLIE SHEEN OFFERED HIS
OPPNION WITH AN ELEGANT HOME ON
TWITTER.
IT HAS TO BE TEMPTING FOR A AND
DDT RAKING IN THOSE DOLLARS, BUT
DOES THIS MEAN IT IS TIME FOR
THE TWO SIDES TO PART WAYS?
WE WILL BREAKDOWN IN TODAY'S
MONEY TALKER.
LET ME START WITH YOU.
YOU ARE A MARKET ANALYST.
THIS IS THAT TO BE THE MOST
GENIUS' STRATEGY.
>> THERE IS NO WAY THIS JUST
HAPPENED TO.
>> IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER IT
IS A CONSPIRACY OR NOT.
YOU LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS THAT
MAY HAPPEN, AND YOU KNEW WHAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHO WATCHED
THE SHOW.
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK DO NOT WATCH
THIS SHOW.
THEY KNEW THIS GUY WAS GOING TO
SAY --
>> NO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
AFTER HE MADE THE DECISION TO
SAY THAT THERE WAS A CONFERENCE
THAT HAPPENED AT A&E WHERE THAT
PR PEOPLE SIT DOWN AND LOOKED AT
THE OPTIONS.
THIS IS GOLD MINE.
WASH OUR HANDS OF IT AND
EVERYONE WILL COME TO THE
DEFENSE OF THESE GUYS.
ADAM: YOU THINK THEY TOLD HIM TO
SAY IT.
>> I THINK THEY MAY HAVE OF
WANTED HIM TO SAY SOMETHING A
LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROVERSIAL.
LET'S GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH GQ
WHERE HE SAID A WHOLE HOST OF
THINGS THAT I CANNOT REPEAT ON
THIS NEWS PROGRAM, THINGS THAT
WERE VERY INFLAMMATORY.
AND THEN THEY DID NOT FIRE HIM,
THEY PUT HIM ON HIATUS KNOWING
THAT THEY HAVE THIS SEASON IN
THE CAN.
WHAT THEY DID WAS GET NOT JUST
THEIR OWN VIEWERS TO COME TO THE
DEFENSE OF PHIL ROBERTSON, BUT
ALL OF US WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
WATCHING BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT
IT.
ADAM: GO AHEAD.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE
ESSENTIALLY STUCK THERE FINGER
IN THE EYE OF EVERYDAY AMERICAN,
SECULAR PERSON, BLACK PERSON.
THIS GUY IS JUST A PILE.
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
ADAM: THERE IS LOT OF FILES
STUFF ON TELEVISION.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
THEY GET TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS
-OT GOOD.
THE END OF THE DAY EVERYONE
KNOWS THE REALITY TELEVISION, I
HAVE A B.S.
THEY TELL THESE PEOPLE WHAT TO
SAY.
THERE IS NOTHING REAL.
THESE ARE REAL BELIEFS BECAUSE
OF HIS RELIGION AND THE BIBLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE
BIBLE.
I CAN SAY YOU SHOULD STILL IN
YOUR CHILDREN TO DEATH BECAUSE
THAT IS IN THE BIBLE.
WHEN I GET MY OWN SHOW?
AND NOT THINK SO.
ADAM: WE WILL TALK AFTER THIS.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DEEPLY
ROOTED RELIIIOUS BELIEFS THAT
ARE NOT UNLIKE THAT OF PHIL
ROBERTSON, BUT THERE ARE THOSE
WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS.
ADAM: NO ONE IS DENYING HIS
ABILITY TO HAVE RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
HOLD ON.
NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO A
TELEVISION SHOW.
LET ME GO.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS
INCREDIBLE MARKETING, BUT WHAT
IS THIS SHOW DOING ON A&E?
I'M SORRY.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME, SO I
KNEW.
THIS SHOW IS DOING THE SAME
THING THAT THE OTHERS ARE.
I MEAN, EIGHT USED TO BE ART AND
ENTERTAINMENT.
MAKING MONEY.
THAT IS THE WORD THING ABOUT
THIS.
THEY DID NOT HIDE THESE GUYS IN
A BOX.
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING
INTO.
ADAM: THESE GUYS ARE NOT EVEN
TRUE TO WHO THEY WERE FIVE YEARS
AGO.
IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT FAMILY.
>> THIS IS ENTIRELY ORCHESTRATED
.
YOU LIKE AND A PICTTRE FROM FIVE
OR SIX YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE
ALL CLEAN SHAVEN GUYS.
THERE ARE NOT THESE LONG, YOUR
GUYS.
ADAM: RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS
VIEWPOINTS.
THAT IS NOT REAL, AND THAT IS
THE PROBLEM.
WHY NOT DO A SHOW --
>> ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS WRITE
THERE HANDS OF THIS.
NO, MY GOD, THIS IS HORRIBLE.
AS SEASON IN THE KANTOR RAKING
THE MONEY.
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SSPPORT OUR
BUYING MERCHANDISE.
THEY GET TO COLLECT ALL THE
MONEY AND NOT HAVE THIS COURAGE
OF HAVING SUPPORTED THIS.
IT.
>> THERE ARE THINGS I FIND
DISAPPOINTING AS AN ATTORNEY.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSING HIS
RIGHT TO A FREE SPEECH AND HIS
EMPLOYMENT WITH A&E.
WE KNOW -- TEESEVEN THERE ARE
PARTS OF MY CONTRACT THAT SAY IF
I DO OR SAY CERTAIN THINGS --
>> THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT
THE GOVERNOR WAS TALKING ABOUT,
IT DOES NOT PROTECT THE PUBLIC
OUTCRY IT BUT FROM GOVERNMENT
INVOLVEMENT IN FREE-SPEECH.
THE FCC DID NOT COME TO A&E.
ADAM: A&E HOLES THE RIGHTS TO
THIS WHOLE CONCEPT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING HE HAS
HAD HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT
VIOLATED, THERE WERE VERY HAPPY
TO SEE MARGIN BASHIR ON ANOTHER
NETWORK.
>> BUT LET'S GET DOWN TO THE
HONEST THING, JUST COMMON SENSE
DECENCY AND MANAGE ON
TELEVISION.
WHAT WAS SO BAD WITH OZZIE AND
HARRIET?
>> THE RATINGS.
500 CABLE CHANNELS AND THE
INTERNET.
I MEAN, YOU NEED TO BE MORE AND
MORE OUTRAGEOUS.
ADAM: THE KEY VERY MUCH.
I THOUGHT "DUCK DYNASTY" WAS A