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MSNBC Suspends Halperin for 'D**k' Remark

Commentator calls move 'totally appropriate'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 30, 2011 11:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – MSNBC has suspended Mark Halperin indefinitely after he called President Obama a “dick” on Morning Joe. “Mark Halperin's comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable. We apologize to the president, the White House, and all of our viewers,” the network said in a statement. “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.”

Halperin called the suspension “totally appropriate” in a statement of his own. “I completely agree with everything in MSNBC’s statement about my remark,” it said. “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.”

A screen grab from Halperin's apology.
A screen grab from Halperin's apology.   (MSNBC via Politico)
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awojoone1
Jul 2, 2011 8:25 AM CDT
Thats being nice to obumster he is a dick, he was afraid  he would slip and say what he really is a PRICK!!!
lowstar
Jun 30, 2011 9:31 PM CDT
Does the people bashing MSNBC realize that there's no network on television that a news analyst would go unreprimanded for calling any head of state a Dlck, let alone our own.
Dale
Jun 30, 2011 8:47 PM CDT
Telling the truth on MSNBC will not be tolerated. 

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