MSNBC Has 'Indefinitely' Suspended Mark Halperin For His 'Dick' Remark About Obama
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark...c-obama-dick-morning-joe-2011-6#ixzz1QlsOCjfH
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark...c-obama-dick-morning-joe-2011-6#ixzz1QlsOCjfH
That was fast.
This morning on Morning Joe Mark Halperin, under the impression Morning Joe was on a 7 second delay, said he thought President Obama was a 'dick' in his press conference yesterday.
He quickly apologized once it became clear the remark had aired, ad did the entire Morning Joe crew.
Apparently that was not enough.
MSNBC has since suspended Halperin. Their statement:
Mark Halperin?s comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable. We apologize to the President, The White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air. Therefore, Mark will be suspended indefinitely from his role as an analyst.
Statement from Halperin [via]:
I completely agree with everything in MSNBC?s statement about my remark. I believe that the step they are taking in response is totally appropriate. Again, I want to offer a heartfelt and profound apology to the President, to my MSNBC colleagues, and to the viewers. My remark was unacceptable, and I deeply regret it.
Halperin joins a growing list of MSNBC figures who had been suspended in recent months. IN may they suspended Ed Schultz for calling Laura Ingraham a slut on his non-MSNBC radio. And last fall (in a sign of bigger trouble to come) they suspended Keith Olbermann for making campaign contributions.
What's surprising about this announcement is that its "indefinite." Of course, Olbermann's suspension was also "indefinite" and in reality he was off air for less than a week, so time will tell how serious the now Comcast-owned MSNBC is about this.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark...c-obama-dick-morning-joe-2011-6#ixzz1Qlsdu1ul
This morning on Morning Joe Mark Halperin, under the impression Morning Joe was on a 7 second delay, said he thought President Obama was a 'dick' in his press conference yesterday.
He quickly apologized once it became clear the remark had aired, ad did the entire Morning Joe crew.
Apparently that was not enough.
MSNBC has since suspended Halperin. Their statement:
Mark Halperin?s comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable. We apologize to the President, The White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air. Therefore, Mark will be suspended indefinitely from his role as an analyst.
Statement from Halperin [via]:
I completely agree with everything in MSNBC?s statement about my remark. I believe that the step they are taking in response is totally appropriate. Again, I want to offer a heartfelt and profound apology to the President, to my MSNBC colleagues, and to the viewers. My remark was unacceptable, and I deeply regret it.
Halperin joins a growing list of MSNBC figures who had been suspended in recent months. IN may they suspended Ed Schultz for calling Laura Ingraham a slut on his non-MSNBC radio. And last fall (in a sign of bigger trouble to come) they suspended Keith Olbermann for making campaign contributions.
What's surprising about this announcement is that its "indefinite." Of course, Olbermann's suspension was also "indefinite" and in reality he was off air for less than a week, so time will tell how serious the now Comcast-owned MSNBC is about this.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark...c-obama-dick-morning-joe-2011-6#ixzz1Qlsdu1ul
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