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  • Melissa Harris-Perry’s “Humiliating” Holder Request

    Melissa Harris-Perry put Attorney General Eric Holder through a long interview on Sunday.

    As a reporter, Melissa Harris-Perry covered all the big topics like gun control, voting rights, etc.

    Through the interview, Holder remained a professional.

    However, as the interview ended, Melissa Harris-Perry pulled a strange move.

    The MSNBC reporter out of left field revealed that, at her show’s office, the folks like to refer to him as “The Duck”.

    Holder looked at Melissa Harris-Perry very confused-like for an awkward moment before asking, “The Duck?”

    Melissa Harris-Perry explained, “We say you have a very placid, even way of presenting, but you are just working for justice underneath.”

    She then asked, “Would you quack for us?”

    Eric Holder declined, of course.

    But, he said he agreed with Melissa Harris-Perry’s analogy.

    He said, “On the surface, I’d like to think that’s the way I appear to be.”

    Then he added, “But you’re absolutely right, those little duck feet are moving as fast as they can underneath and things are going as fast as they can behind the scenes.”

    Well, Eric Holder took Melissa Harris-Perry’s comments in stride, but not everyone was impressed with the way the interview ended. Some found it absurd and even distasteful.

    Fox News’ Megyn Kelly was floored.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2HvC0ARg5c

    Kelly called it a “terrible question”. She said the “duck” part of the interview was embarrassing and that Melissa Harris-Perry might as well have “proclaim[ed] her undying love for Eric Holder.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbX5oJTRCQg

    To this she added, “How humiliating for her!”

    What do you think of the situation?

    The interview ended strangely, indeed. But, was it embarrassing or humiliating for Melissa Harris-Perry? Or, all in good fun and a humanizing moment for Eric Holder?

  • Sarah Palin Blasts Melissa Harris-Perry on Facebook

    It’s been over a week now that Melissa Harris-Perry made what some are calling inappropriate remarks about Mitt Romney and his family, however it seems the backlash is only increasing instead of going away.

    From CNN commentators, to celebrities like Alec Baldwin, a lot of folks continue to chime in about Harris-Perry’s comments, and some have demanded that she lose her job. However, probably her biggest critic is Sarah Palin, as the ex-Alaskan governor took to her Facebook page to detail her frustration with MSNBC and the mainstream media.

    “Holy unbelievable,” she writes. “The hypocritical leftist lamestream media should be shamed by every caring, child-loving American. It has once again reached a new low. See the article linked below. One just can’t win in their petty little games. Good thing most Americans don’t play those little games! It’s a beautiful thing the Romney family has done by embracing ‘the spirit of adoption,’ What on earth is more beautiful? Shame on MSNBC for mocking this.”

    Post by Sarah Palin.

    However, some are calling Palin’s comments hypocritical and other’s say she’s being selective in her outrage, because she was very vocal about the whole “Duck Dynasty,” Phil Robertson situation. Because when Robertson spoke about the African-American and gay community last month, and was vilified by a large number of people, Palin said he should be able to speak his mind under the right of free speech. However, she didn’t use that same reasoning when talking about Harris-Perry.

    And what did Romney have to say about the MSNBC host making jokes about his adopted grandchild and saying she’d wish he would marry North West, Kayne West and Kim Kardashian’s baby? He chose to accept her apology, and didn’t say much else.

    “I recognize that people make mistakes,” he said during a Fox News program. “And the folks at MSNBC made a big mistake, and they’ve apologized for it. And that’s all you can ask for.”

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  • Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Teary Apology to Romney

    After making a few wise cracks about Mitt Romney’s African-American grandchild last week, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry gave a teary apology to him and his family. She chose to acknowledge the wrongdoing at the beginning of her weekly show, right before getting into the other news stories of the day.

    “Whatever the intent was, the reality that the segment proceeded in a way that was offensive, and showing the photo in that context, that segment, was poor judgment,” she noted. “So without reservation or qualification, I apologize to the Romney family.”

    In addition, she explained that she invited a “panel of comedians” to make snarky comments about certain photos taken last year.The annual segment is called “Our Look Back in Laughter.” However, some of the jokes went too far, said Harris-Perry, namely when she allowed her guests to speak about Romney’s children and his family, which is a definite no-no when cracking jokes about a public figure.

    “[Children] should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly,” she said. “So without reservation or qualification, I apologize to the Romney family.”

    And since Harris-Perry’s show often discusses issues of race and diversity, she felt it extremely necessary to apologize for being somewhat hypocritical. She even thanked some of her critics for pointing out her mistake.

    “On this program we are dedicated to advocating for a wide diversity of families,” she said. “It is one of our core principles and I am reminded 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.”

    Harris-Perry received tons of backlash after last week’s now infamous segment, which comes on the heels of former MSNBC host Martin Bashir resigning after he said Sarah Palin should get the same “Derby’s Dose” punishment that slaves used to receive.

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  • Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes for Jokes About Mitt Romney’s Grandson

    Another week brings us another TV network that people are threatening to boycott. Melissa Harris-Perry ruffled a few feathers after jokes were made about Mitt Romney’s black grandson on her show. On the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, Harris-Perry showed the family picture Romney posted to his Twitter account during the holidays. In the center of the photo, Romney is seen holding his black grandchild, which prompted Harris-Perry’s panelists to make a few jokes.

    In the Melissa Harris-Perry episode that aired on December 29, the Romney family photo was shown during a Caption That segment. “Everybody loves a baby picture,” Harris-Perry said, “and this was one that really, a lot of people had emotions about this baby picture this year. This is the Romney family. And, of course, there on Governor Romney’s knee is his adopted grandson, who is an African-American, adopted African-American child, Kieran Romney.”

    After Harris-Perry showed the picture, Pia Glenn sang “One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn’t the same.” Comedian Dean Obeidallah used the photo to make a crack about the Republican party. “I think this picture is great,” he said. “It really sums up the diversity of the Republican party, the RNC. At the convention, they find the one black person.”

    Check out the Romney family photo below.

    It didn’t take long for the complaints about the jokes to start rolling in, with many people calling the comments “disrespectful” and “racist.” Harris-Perry apologized for the comments made about Romney’s grandson during the show on Twitter yesterday. Check out the apology tweets below.

    Even though Melissa Harris-Perry apologized, this isn’t enough for some folks. Check out the tweets where people call for Harris-Perry’s head and threaten to boycott MSNBC below. Unlike the Duck Dynasty-A&E situation, no petitions have popped up yet, but maybe people are still recovering from the New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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  • Mitt Romney Ridiculed For Having Black Grandson

    MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry attracted outrage on MSNBC Sunday’s airing of “What’s So Funny About 2013?”  Harris-Perry and her guests poked fun at Mitt Romney’s black grandson pictured in a Christmas photo.  The photo features Romney and his extended family which includes baby Kieran, who was adopted by Romney’s Son Ben and his wife Andelynne.

    The panel of comedians and liberal pundits on the show took the opportunity to turn the photo into an uncouth political joke.

    Actress Pia Glenn added, “One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn’t the same,” in reference to baby Keiran. “And that little baby, front and center, would be the one,” Glenn said.

    “It really sums up the diversity of the Republican party, the RNC. At the convention, they find the one black person,” jested comedian Dean Obeidallah.

    Melissa Harris-Perry is an African-American herself and her show normally focuses on black issues. Harris-Perry added to the joke by saying that she looked forward to a wedding between North West (Kanye West’s daughter) and Kieran Romney in 2040. For many viewers the “joke” was in poor taste and not very funny. Some have even called it racist.

    Sarah Palin wrote in her Facebook page that the joke was despicable because the “media hounds” were expressing a prejudice and not an opinion. “This latest attack from the Left is despicable,” she said.  She further mocked them by calling them “yellow journalists” who needs to find a conscience.

    Glenn was defensive in her response to a critic but she later apologized through her Twitter account, “In a spontaneous reaction to a photo, my disdain for Mitt Romney’s political platform led me to inadvertently insult adoptive families … I can say all day what I ‘meant,’ but my intentions do not negate the very real pain I have caused. I sincerely apologize.”

    Obeidallah also later apologized in a statement to CNN and Harris-Perry took to Twitter to express her regret as well.

     

     

    Was this “joke”  in poor taste? 

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  • Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes To Mitt Romney

    Melissa Harris-Perry has issued an apology to the Romney family, after she and the guests on a segment of the Melissa Harris-Perry show, mocked the fact that Mitt Romney has a black grandchild.

    When introducing the “photos of the year”, Harris-Perry introduced Romney’s photo saying: “Everybody loves a baby picture, and this was one that really, a lot of people had emotions about this baby picture this year. This is the Romney family. And, of course, there on Governor Romney’s knee is his adopted grandson, who is an African-American, adopted African-American child, Kieran Romney.”

    Panelist Pia Glenn chimed in by singing: “One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn’t the same, and that little baby, front and center, would be the one.”

    Harris-Perry then added: “And isn’t he the most gorgeous. My goal is that in 2040, the biggest thing of the year will be the wedding between Kieran Romney and North West. Can you imagine Mitt Romney and Kanye West as in-laws?”

    Dean Obedeillah, another panelist, gave his two cents as well. “I think this picture is great,” Obedeillah said. “It really sums up the diversity of the Republican party, the RNC. At the convention, they find the one black person.”

    When the media, and the Romney family, heard what was said on Harris-Perry’s show, they were outraged. Harris-Perry later took to Twitter to offer an apology to the Romney family, and whoever else she, and her panel members, offended.

    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 r 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.

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