Posted on 01/04/2014 10:34:27 AM PST by mandaladon
MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris-Perry used the opening of her Saturday morning program to issue a personal apology for the mockery of Mitt Romney's adopted black grandson, Kieran. The appalling segment occurred last Sunday and Harris-Perry had already apologized via Twitter Tuesday. Today she claimed that she "intended to say positive and celebratory things" about the Romney family's inter-racial adoption. Whatever the intent was, the reality is that the segment proceeded in a way that was offensive. And showing the photo in that context, that segment, was poor judgment. So without reservation or qualification, I apologize to the Romney family. Adults who enter into public life, implicitly consent to having less privacy. But their families, especially their children, should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly. My intention was not malicious, but I broke the ground-rule that families are off-limits. For that I am sorry. Also, Allow me to apologize to other families formed through trans-racial adoption, because I am deeply sorry that we suggested that interracial families are in any way funny or deserving of ridicule. On this program, we are dedicated to advocating for a wide diversity of families; it is one of our core principles. And I am reminded that when we do so, it must be with the utmost respect. We’re genuinely appreciative of everyone who offered serious criticisms of last Sunday’s program, and I am reminded that our fiercest critics can sometimes be our best teachers. While her apology sounded sincere, I don't know how anyone can watch what happened last Sunday and walk away believing that her intent was to say "positive and celebratory" things about the Romney family.
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No matter how thin you slice it, it’s still baloney.
‘Takes lyin’ lessons from the master LIAR apparently.
The original segment was pure malice (the gleefulness and viciousness of the attack sets it).
Now we are too stupid to know her intent was meant to be ‘positive’.
Keep digging, Harris-Perry.
LIE.
Its what the Left does best.
This woman is filled with an Ugly Anger just waiting to come to the surface.
This display is all a phony event.
And then they are mad that they have to apologize or lose their cushy job.
It NEVER crosses their mind that they were wrong and they should re-evaluate themselves and how THEY think.
Yeah, thats right, I keep them all.
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she should have stuck to tampons as earrings. she looked less stupid.
That apology appears very niggardly to me.
Sometimes you get away with it; sometimes you don’t. I don’t get mad at moderation - it lets me know the prevailing mood.
Hee hee...I remember!!!!!
She’s a liar, like all leftists. Lenin told them it was OK to lie to advance their cause.
Yeah, but I have seen much worse that was not even touched.
And I am not mad, I got my post back in, that’s why I keep them.
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Hee hee. Stay vigilant....they can’t stay awake all 24 hours..... I get up at 3:30-4:00 AM East Coast......not many stirring at that hour.
And Adolf Hitler wanted to unite the world in”Brotherhood”!!
C'mon, does that LOOK 'positive & celebratory'? That cackle at the end of the "joke" is all you MHP.
Profanity is not a matter of “mood.” If it is seen, or complained about, it is removed. Thanks TLI, for not posting the word that got Gaffer’s comment removed in the first place.
Heckuva way to reverse last-week's apology.
Ah well. We knew you were lying then. Thanks for confirming.
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