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MSNBC panelists make fun of Romney's black grandchild (1 Viewer)

Melissa Harris-Perry apologized Tuesday for a controversial segment on her show about Mitt Romney's adopted grandson, Kieran, who is black.

The MSNBC host came under fire after joking about a photo of the Romney family that showed Romney holding his newest grandson on his knee. During her show Sunday, Harris-Perry had shown the photo and asked her panel for caption ideas. The roundtable joked about the baby being the only black person in the picture.

Harris-Perry tweeted Tuesday, using the hashtag "#MHPapology":

"I am sorry. Without reservation or qualification. I apologize to the Romney family. I work by guiding principle that those who offend do not have the right to tell those they hurt that they [are] wrong for hurting. Therefore, while I meant no offense, I want to immediately apologize to the Romney family for hurting them. As black child born into large white Mormon family I feel familiarity w/ Romney family pic & never meant to suggest otherwise. I apologize to all families built on loving transracial adoptions who feel I degraded their lives or choices."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/melissa-harris-perry-apology-romney-grandchild_n_4523545.html?ir=Media

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
NCC, if there's a "side" I'm on yours. But what the hell? This is ####### awful. Please stop with the "you guys are awfuller" stuff. It's a dumb-assed, circular argument that does no one any good.
Supposedly there was a day when he wasn't a liberal muppet, but NCC is pretty much schtick now.

 
Melissa Harris-Perry apologized Tuesday for a controversial segment on her show about Mitt Romney's adopted grandson, Kieran, who is black.

The MSNBC host came under fire after joking about a photo of the Romney family that showed Romney holding his newest grandson on his knee. During her show Sunday, Harris-Perry had shown the photo and asked her panel for caption ideas. The roundtable joked about the baby being the only black person in the picture.

Harris-Perry tweeted Tuesday, using the hashtag "#MHPapology":

"I am sorry. Without reservation or qualification. I apologize to the Romney family. I work by guiding principle that those who offend do not have the right to tell those they hurt that they [are] wrong for hurting. Therefore, while I meant no offense, I want to immediately apologize to the Romney family for hurting them. As black child born into large white Mormon family I feel familiarity w/ Romney family pic & never meant to suggest otherwise. I apologize to all families built on loving transracial adoptions who feel I degraded their lives or choices."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/melissa-harris-perry-apology-romney-grandchild_n_4523545.html?ir=Media
#MHPapology :lmao:

Someone's a little full of herself.

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
NCC, if there's a "side" I'm on yours. But what the hell? This is ####### awful. Please stop with the "you guys are awfuller" stuff. It's a dumb-assed, circular argument that does no one any good.
Supposedly there was a day when he wasn't a liberal muppet, but NCC is pretty much schtick now.
You calling someone a political muppet is HIGH comedy. :lmao:

 
THe Palin mouth-####ting story is way better. And obviously right on the money in it's gravity, appropriateness, and comedy. It was like a perfect moment in a medium that is pretty much useless at this point for anybody who is interested in living.

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
NCC, if there's a "side" I'm on yours. But what the hell? This is ####### awful. Please stop with the "you guys are awfuller" stuff. It's a dumb-assed, circular argument that does no one any good.
Supposedly there was a day when he wasn't a liberal muppet, but NCC is pretty much schtick now.
You calling someone a political muppet is HIGH comedy. :lmao:
Main difference is that it's widely acknowledged that I'm a political muppet. There are actually people that take NCC seriously, like all of you other muppets standing in for him.

 
Bottom line is these round tables on cable network news stations, should leave comedy to the professionals like jon mx. ;)

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
NCC, if there's a "side" I'm on yours. But what the hell? This is ####### awful. Please stop with the "you guys are awfuller" stuff. It's a dumb-assed, circular argument that does no one any good.
Supposedly there was a day when he wasn't a liberal muppet, but NCC is pretty much schtick now.
You calling someone a political muppet is HIGH comedy. :lmao:
Main difference is that it's widely acknowledged that I'm a political muppet. There are actually people that take NCC seriously, like all of you other muppets standing in for him.
Homer J is a cartoon, not a muppet

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
NCC, if there's a "side" I'm on yours. But what the hell? This is ####### awful. Please stop with the "you guys are awfuller" stuff. It's a dumb-assed, circular argument that does no one any good.
Supposedly there was a day when he wasn't a liberal muppet, but NCC is pretty much schtick now.
You calling someone a political muppet is HIGH comedy. :lmao:
Main difference is that it's widely acknowledged that I'm a political muppet. There are actually people that take NCC seriously, like all of you other muppets standing in for him.
Homer J is a cartoon, not a muppet
Well DrJ being wrong is nothing new.

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
NCC, if there's a "side" I'm on yours. But what the hell? This is ####### awful. Please stop with the "you guys are awfuller" stuff. It's a dumb-assed, circular argument that does no one any good.
Supposedly there was a day when he wasn't a liberal muppet, but NCC is pretty much schtick now.
You calling someone a political muppet is HIGH comedy. :lmao:
Main difference is that it's widely acknowledged that I'm a political muppet. There are actually people that take NCC seriously, like all of you other muppets standing in for him.
Homer J is a cartoon, not a muppet
Well DrJ being wrong is nothing new.
All of this attention, I'd say you have a thing for me.

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
1. Making fun of someone's children.

2. Making fun of someone's children's race.

Same? Or different?
Look you guys go ahead and pretend Fox is some paragon of journalistic integrity that never crossed a line and enjoy yourselves. I'm done.
Straw man much?

 
Here's the clip:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/msnbc-panel-makes-bad-jokes-at-the-expense-of-romneys-mixed

It reads bad but honestly the video doesn't seem to be so offensive:
Thanks for posting that.

The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired. The hostess did nothing especially wrong IMO- whoever sang "One of these things" was tasteless, but not especially offensive.
If hosts at MSNBC were fired for making fun of the Republican party they wouldn't have any hosts left.

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
1. Making fun of someone's children.

2. Making fun of someone's children's race.

Same? Or different?
Look you guys go ahead and pretend Fox is some paragon of journalistic integrity that never crossed a line and enjoy yourselves. I'm done.
Straw man much?
Congratulations on your 2013 FBG World of Warcraft 2nd place finish btw. :thumbup:

 
Here's the clip:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/msnbc-panel-makes-bad-jokes-at-the-expense-of-romneys-mixed

It reads bad but honestly the video doesn't seem to be so offensive:
Thanks for posting that.

The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired. The hostess did nothing especially wrong IMO- whoever sang "One of these things" was tasteless, but not especially offensive.
Do people not know Melissa Perry (MHP)?

She's a teacher at Xavier University in New Orleans, is married to a former mayoral candidate and a guy who runs a housing non-profit (a good one in my books btw). Among other things she and her husband bought a historic house and let it collapse into ruin without fixing it up. I know people who know her - but unlike her husband she is not originally from here, she's from the northeast I believe.

Somehow msnbc gave her a show. Not surprising all this, she says ridiculous, unjournalistic stuff all the time.... and that's because msnbc puts non-journalists on the air.

 
MSNBC copying Fox shtick and just as stupid.
Examples of Fox doing anything similar to this?
Really? Are you people serious? Yes Fox has never made fun of anyone's kids. They never do anything racially insensitive. They are so awesome and just misunderstood. You guys kill me.
Examples please? You're starting to sound like jon_mx with the whole "THE OTHER GUYS DO IT TOO" schtick.

Anyway, just give me some examples please.

 
The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired.
No, he should not be fired. Enough with this firing anybody who says something that people find offensive. It's not like Scott Pelley dropped these lines on a serious nightly news segment. It's a freaking light-hearted segment where they ask comedians and the political pundit C crew to crack jokes about photos. The guy shouldn't be fired for doing exactly what he was asked to do.

 
Here's the clip:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/msnbc-panel-makes-bad-jokes-at-the-expense-of-romneys-mixed

It reads bad but honestly the video doesn't seem to be so offensive:
Thanks for posting that.

The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired. The hostess did nothing especially wrong IMO- whoever sang "One of these things" was tasteless, but not especially offensive.
Do people not know Melissa Perry (MHP)?

She's a teacher at Xavier University in New Orleans, is married to a former mayoral candidate and a guy who runs a housing non-profit (a good one in my books btw). Among other things she and her husband bought a historic house and let it collapse into ruin without fixing it up. I know people who know her - but unlike her husband she is not originally from here, she's from the northeast I believe.

Somehow msnbc gave her a show. Not surprising all this, she says ridiculous, unjournalistic stuff all the time.... and that's because msnbc puts non-journalists on the air.
She's seemed pleasant enough the few times I've watched her.

 
The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired.
No, he should not be fired. Enough with this firing anybody who says something that people find offensive. It's not like Scott Pelley dropped these lines on a serious nightly news segment. It's a freaking light-hearted segment where they ask comedians and the political pundit C crew to crack jokes about photos. The guy shouldn't be fired for doing exactly what he was asked to do.
His comment was what made the whole segment racially intolerant. Yeah, I'd fire him.

 
Here's the clip:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/msnbc-panel-makes-bad-jokes-at-the-expense-of-romneys-mixed

It reads bad but honestly the video doesn't seem to be so offensive:
Thanks for posting that.The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired. The hostess did nothing especially wrong IMO- whoever sang "One of these things" was tasteless, but not especially offensive.
If hosts at MSNBC were fired for making fun of the Republican party they wouldn't have any hosts left.
I had no idea the offending panelists were black. Obviously that makes this completely non-offensive and ok. However if any honkies joined in shaming the black baby that would be completely wrong and offensive.Rewatched. The only obvious honkey kept her trap shut. Couldn't tell if the guy to her right was a white-Hispanic so his comments could be perfectly fine or monstrously racist. We'd need bloodwork to tell.

 
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Here's the clip:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/msnbc-panel-makes-bad-jokes-at-the-expense-of-romneys-mixed

It reads bad but honestly the video doesn't seem to be so offensive:
Thanks for posting that.The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired. The hostess did nothing especially wrong IMO- whoever sang "One of these things" was tasteless, but not especially offensive.
If hosts at MSNBC were fired for making fun of the Republican party they wouldn't have any hosts left.
I had no idea the offending panelists were black. Obviously that makes this completely non-offensive and ok. However if any honkies joined in shaming the black baby that would be completely wrong and offensive.
Context matters.

 
Looks like she brought up the fact that the kid is African American solely for the lame/innocuous North West marriage joke. The panelists jumped in before she could get to the joke because they're paid to interject. Now they have to go through the charade of regret to appease the people who pretend to be offended. Next week: Jimmy Kimmel makes an off-color taco bell comparison and fake outrage ensues on an all-new The Internet is (not really) Offended!

 
Melissa Harris-Perry apologized Tuesday for a controversial segment on her show about Mitt Romney's adopted grandson, Kieran, who is black.

The MSNBC host came under fire after joking about a photo of the Romney family that showed Romney holding his newest grandson on his knee. During her show Sunday, Harris-Perry had shown the photo and asked her panel for caption ideas. The roundtable joked about the baby being the only black person in the picture.

Harris-Perry tweeted Tuesday, using the hashtag "#MHPapology":

"I am sorry. Without reservation or qualification. I apologize to the Romney family. I work by guiding principle that those who offend do not have the right to tell those they hurt that they [are] wrong for hurting. Therefore, while I meant no offense, I want to immediately apologize to the Romney family for hurting them. As black child born into large white Mormon family I feel familiarity w/ Romney family pic & never meant to suggest otherwise. I apologize to all families built on loving transracial adoptions who feel I degraded their lives or choices."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/melissa-harris-perry-apology-romney-grandchild_n_4523545.html?ir=Media
At least she wanted to "immediately" apologize, and not deflect blame and responsibility the day before. Good for her.
 
The real lesson here is that folks who follow politics are not funny and have no idea what constitutes comedy. Stewart/Colbert should hold a workshop for these guys.

 
Looks like she brought up the fact that the kid is African American solely for the lame/innocuous North West marriage joke. The panelists jumped in before she could get to the joke because they're paid to interject. Now they have to go through the charade of regret to appease the people who pretend to be offended. Next week: Jimmy Kimmel makes an off-color taco bell comparison and fake outrage ensues on an all-new The Internet is (not really) Offended!
Liberals defending racial hate speech is rather becoming.

 
Here's the clip:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/msnbc-panel-makes-bad-jokes-at-the-expense-of-romneys-mixed

It reads bad but honestly the video doesn't seem to be so offensive:
Thanks for posting that.

The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired. The hostess did nothing especially wrong IMO- whoever sang "One of these things" was tasteless, but not especially offensive.
Do people not know Melissa Perry (MHP)?

She's a teacher at Xavier University in New Orleans, is married to a former mayoral candidate and a guy who runs a housing non-profit (a good one in my books btw). Among other things she and her husband bought a historic house and let it collapse into ruin without fixing it up. I know people who know her - but unlike her husband she is not originally from here, she's from the northeast I believe.

Somehow msnbc gave her a show. Not surprising all this, she says ridiculous, unjournalistic stuff all the time.... and that's because msnbc puts non-journalists on the air.
Um, no. From Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Harris-Perry

Currently she is Professor of Political Science at Tulane University.

 
These shows are all about making fun of people who are different. They will all inevitably step over the line.

Anyone capable of watching this tripe on a regular basis likely revels in this kind of distasteful belittling. It's a way of rationalizing their worldview via desensitizing their ability to see those that disagree as human. The fact that it's so popular is disheartening.

 
I cant get enough of this chick:

Sarah Palin was more pointed on her Facebook page.

“Holy unbelievable. The hypocritical leftist lamestream media should be shamed by every caring, child-loving American

 
The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired.
No, he should not be fired. Enough with this firing anybody who says something that people find offensive. It's not like Scott Pelley dropped these lines on a serious nightly news segment. It's a freaking light-hearted segment where they ask comedians and the political pundit C crew to crack jokes about photos. The guy shouldn't be fired for doing exactly what he was asked to do.
His comment was what made the whole segment racially intolerant. Yeah, I'd fire him.
His comment was keeping in the spirit of the "Republicans are racists" view that a slew of MSNBC hosts have used a million times. As someone pointed out earlier, if suggesting that Republicans are racists is a fireable offense, then all of the current MSNBC hosts would have to be fired. Far easier to just fire a peon, though, and pretend his comments were so much worse than numerous other comments in the same vain.
 
The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired.
No, he should not be fired. Enough with this firing anybody who says something that people find offensive. It's not like Scott Pelley dropped these lines on a serious nightly news segment. It's a freaking light-hearted segment where they ask comedians and the political pundit C crew to crack jokes about photos. The guy shouldn't be fired for doing exactly what he was asked to do.
His comment was what made the whole segment racially intolerant. Yeah, I'd fire him.
His comment was keeping in the spirit of the "Republicans are racists" view that a slew of MSNBC hosts have used a million times. As someone pointed out earlier, if suggesting that Republicans are racists is a fireable offense, then all of the current MSNBC hosts would have to be fired. Far easier to just fire a peon, though, and pretend his comments were so much worse than numerous other comments in the same vain.
Guys he can't be fired until they are sure he is pure white. He could be part Hispanic which means he can't be racist. It's science guys.

 
The real lesson here is that folks who follow politics are not funny and have no idea what constitutes comedy. Stewart/Colbert should hold a workshop for these guys.
I thought the real lesson was "don't adopt black kids"?
Or that making all the boys in your family wear blue and all the girls wear pink is just freaking weird looking.
Wait, why is the black grandson in pink?!?
because he can pull it off better than whitey

 
The one guy makes an offensive comment about the Republican party. He ought to be fired.
No, he should not be fired. Enough with this firing anybody who says something that people find offensive. It's not like Scott Pelley dropped these lines on a serious nightly news segment. It's a freaking light-hearted segment where they ask comedians and the political pundit C crew to crack jokes about photos. The guy shouldn't be fired for doing exactly what he was asked to do.
His comment was what made the whole segment racially intolerant. Yeah, I'd fire him.
His comment was keeping in the spirit of the "Republicans are racists" view that a slew of MSNBC hosts have used a million times. As someone pointed out earlier, if suggesting that Republicans are racists is a fireable offense, then all of the current MSNBC hosts would have to be fired. Far easier to just fire a peon, though, and pretend his comments were so much worse than numerous other comments in the same vain.
In fairness, the lack of diversity in the Republican party is almost a comedy bit in itself.

 
The real lesson here is that folks who follow politics are not funny and have no idea what constitutes comedy. Stewart/Colbert should hold a workshop for these guys.
I thought the real lesson was "don't adopt black kids"?
Or that making all the boys in your family wear blue and all the girls wear pink is just freaking weird looking.
Wait, why is the black grandson in pink?!?
What? Black people can't be gay now?

 

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