We’ve seen this film sooner than, and rather lately…

Noticed it with Martin Bashir in mid-November. Saw it with Alec Baldwin that month as well. Saw it with Melissa Harris-Perry in December.

The script goes one thing like this: MSNBC host makes a provocative remark that goes viral. In Bashir’s case, it’s going on the air and calling for someone to defecate in a former VP candidate’s mouth, and a female one at that. In Baldwin’s case, which was done spontaneously in a fit of rage on a New york boulevard—it’s shouting a homosexual slur at a photographer. And most not too long ago, in Harris-Perry’s case, it’s mocking the Romney domestic for adopting a black child.

In every of these circumstances, there have been varying levels of apology from each and every of the aforementioned, however little or no in the form of punishment from administration.

Bashir was come what may by no means suspended, as an alternative resigning on his personal. 1st earl baldwin of bewdley was once fired (some argue extra because of horrible ratings and poor work ethic on the exhibit). But like Bashir, Harris-Perry wasn’t suspended, both. Each and Every still have one thing in well-liked, alternatively:

No apology to Sarah Palin, the gay group, or the Romney domestic, respectively, for any of these incidents from MSNBC President Phil Griffin.

So right here we are again…you can almost set your watch to it. This time, it’s MSNBC’s faceless Twitter account drawing consideration to the community in the type of a now-infamous Tweet, basically calling “the rightwing” racists for not embracing a biracial Cheerios advert set to air right through the Tremendous Bowl. Who precisely the appropriate wing is…that’s someone’s guess. So let’s just name outline them as the 61 million people who voted for the Mitt Romney within the last election, with 67 million votes going to the President. That’s a ton of racists for a country that after gave Mr. Obama a 70 p.c approval score in 2009.

In line with the swift reaction social media now offers, MSNBC speedy realized that calling half the united states of america bigots wasn’t such a hot thought. To treatment the situation, it tried to put the genie back in the jar (by using deleting mentioned Tweet) and, as they’ve grow to be so finished at (as a result of apply makes good) apologized for the observation. In fact, the apology didn’t come from Griffin or any explicit particular person, however from Richard Wolfe, govt editor of MSNBC.com.

But the RNC—whose party is bludgeoned on MSNBC each day—isn’t having it and is instructing its members to boycott the network. Talk about a susceptible hand. It would be one factor if any remotely essential Republican had appeared on the community in the past two years, but outside of Chris Christie—who (and this is only a feeling) almost certainly gained’t be going back on the air there within the subsequent century or so—it’s almost not possible to name one prominent member of the birthday celebration who has dared to head near the likes of Matthews, Maddow, Al or Ed since the 2012 campaign.

Having said that, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus commanding his troops to steer clear of MSNBC is like telling the gay community to steer clear of Sochi when planning a vacation: It’s already going down and will likely continue so long as the celebration and network co-exist.

However Priebus is actually proper in disturbing Griffin apologize for his community’s newest “lack of judgment,” which is how the fifty seven-12 months-old govt described the movements of Bashir, Baldwin and Harris-Perry throughout a contemporary interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

“We quickly took duty for them and took motion,” he defined. “They have been unlucky, however I’m not going to allow these specific moments of lack of judgment to define us.”

We’ve viewed this film again and again sooner than.

Will Griffin—for as soon as—take actual duty and say he’s sorry?

And while he’s at it, can be dangle the one who wrote the Tweet accountable for his or her moves?

As they are saying, there is no such factor as bad publicity apart from to your personal obituary.

But when Griffin keeps allowing this conduct to outline his community, the only obituary somebody will likely be speaking about would be the one regarding his career.

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