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huffingtonpost High profile news anchor David Shuster has been indefinitely suspended by MSNBC,an American cable news channel, for participating in a test of a new show for competing news channel CNN Suspension for Shuster took effect just days after the New York Observer reported that he was on a pilot show CNN taped recently. “David has been suspended indefinitely,” a network spokesman said Tuesday morning. “..Mr Shuster’s test was unacceptable..be punished appropriately…” Shuster’s contract with MSNBC is reportedly expires this year in December. CNN’s pilot episode featuree Shuster and National Public Radio’s Michael Martin. MSNBC and CNN are competing for airtime ratings having  Fox News well ahead of both, so doing a pilot episode for one while working for the other is a major problem. Shuster has been a correspondent and anchor for MSNBC since 2002, and has covered such major events as Hurricane Katrina and Presidential campaigns. He was also part of MSNBC’s daily anchor rotation. Before MSNBC, he worked at the Fox News Channel from 1996 to 2002 as a Washington, DC based correspondent. Shuster previously ran afoul of MSNBC management when, in 2008, he was suspended for two weeks after making a joke the network found “irresponsible and inappropriate.” He was allowed on air to apologize and then suspended. MSNBC News Anchor David Shuster Suspended Indefinitely is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →