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MSNBC Slaps Tape Delay on Scarborough

Parenting groups applaud response to Morning Joe's F-bomb

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(Newser) – MSNBC is putting a 7-second muzzle on Joe Scarborough, after the Morning Joe host accidentally uttered the F-word during Monday’s show. Though cable networks are immune from FCC decency rules, MSNBC confirmed that it was instituting the delay to prevent a repeat incident and noted it had done the same thing for Don Imus when his gums flapped a little to wide.

The Parents Television Council applauded the move. “Millions of families are grateful for MSNBC’s decision to try to prevent inappropriate language from airing,” said a spokesman, who added that “NBC should follow suit with the Today Show and its other live programming.” Jane Fonda let slip a different not-so-nice epithet in an interview on that show this year.

This March 30, 2006 file photo shows MSNBC on air personality Joe Scarborough in New York.
This March 30, 2006 file photo shows MSNBC on air personality Joe Scarborough in New York.   (AP Photo/MSNBC, Carig Blankenhorn,File)
Former Congressman Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's
Former Congressman Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," speaks during a taping of "Meet the Press" at NBC October 19, 2008 in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
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