The Sniveling Apologizers at MSNBC Don't Represent Progressives

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The Sniveling Apologizers at MSNBC Don't Represent Progressives
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by Cenk Uygur | February 3, 2014 - 10:47am

First, let me be clear that this is not intended for the hosts on MSNBC. It's management that's the issue. The way Phil Griffin has his hosts trot out for one apology after another is revolting. At least, he included himself in the genuflecting to the right-wing last time around. The whole display is pathetic.

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First of all, the last two apologies were not at all necessary. Melissa Harris Perry called Mitt Romney's black grandson gorgeous (go back and check the tape). Yes, it would have been nice if someone on the set said, "God bless their hearts for being open minded in adopting someone outside of their race." This is about as minor an infraction as I could imagine. Instead we got a tearful apology that was hard to watch and hard to stomach.

Now, there was a tweet sent out about how some right-wingers might not like a biracial ad by Cheerios. Gee, I wonder why they might think that. Maybe it's because some right-wingers already had hateful things to say about that ad (yes, they don't represent all conservatives, but once again, this is the most minor infraction in television history). The MSNBC employee didn't make up that reaction -- it already existed online. How many times has Bill O'Reilly characterized all liberals as saying something based on what some readers in the Daily Kos or The Huffington Post comments section said? Only about a million times.

Maybe that person at MSNBC who sent the tweet got the idea from a recent ad that caused outrage on Fox News because it included a Muslim woman and her husband who is in the U.S. military. They said this ad was only blocks from the site of 9/11! That is 100 percent bigoted response from the right-wing to an ad that involves two people from different backgrounds. Bingo.

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1. I don't usually agree with Cenk, but I agree 100% with him on this.

The most detrimental result of Phil Griffin forcing apologies and firings of MSNBC personnel, is making it appear as if Progressives are weak, timid, and afraid of their own shadows. From what I've experienced, nothing can be further from the truth.

If anyone should apologize and be fired, it's Phil Griffin for backstabbing Progressives and progress at MSNBC.