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Bachmann Gets Her Apology From NBC

VP calls Fallon incident 'unacceptable'

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 24, 2011 8:14 AM CST

(Newser) – Apparently outrage from Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michele Bachmann herself did the trick: NBC’s vice president sent a personal letter to Bachmann apologizing for the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon walk-on song incident, the AP reports. The VP called it “not only unfortunate but also unacceptable,” and said Fallon’s band, The Roots, has been “severely reprimanded.” Fallon himself, who first apologized via tweet, also told Bachmann he was sorry when they spoke yesterday; Bachmann’s rep says the host was unaware of the plan to play the “disrespectful” song.

Michele Bachmann prior to the start of the Republican presidential debate on national security November 22, 2011 at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall in Washington, DC.
Michele Bachmann prior to the start of the Republican presidential debate on national security November 22, 2011 at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
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brucke
Nov 26, 2011 10:40 AM CST
I can't say I've ever met Michelle Bachmann. She seems a nice lady but comments she has made do not seem worthy of a Presidential candidate. However to play a song called Lyin Ass Bitch to greet your guest as they appear on set is disgracefully ill-mannered and nasty.
Dale
Nov 25, 2011 6:40 AM CST
The public has come to expect this behavior from the far left fringe controlling the historically mainstream media. I am extremely surprised, NBC even responded to the issue.  The late night TV comedians are still trying to catch up to a classy  guy like Johnny Carson. They will never make it with the crap they are dishing out now.
cma6
Nov 24, 2011 3:51 PM CST
"Jimmy Fallon and Questlove apologize to Michele Bachmann." http://www.prefixmag.com/news/jimmy-fallon-apologizes-to-michele-bachmann-ground/58975/ Imagine what would have happened if the Team Obama media jackals NBC had tried that on Michele Obama. The vile NBC sllimeballs have had to grovel to MB. NBC has become the sewer pit of the nation. Congresswoman Bachmann is the most principled, courageous Constitutional Conservative on the national scene: the little lady with the spine of titanium.

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