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MSNBC Apologizes for Controversial Tweet About Conservatives and Cheerios
media bistro ^ | January 30, 2014 | Jordan Chariton

Posted on 01/30/2014 10:53:19 AM PST by MeshugeMikey

MSNBC’s official Twitter account deleted a tweet last night that suggested conservatives wouldn’t like a new Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial family set to air during the Super Bowl.

“Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family,” read the tweet, which linked to an MSNBC.com story on the new ad.

Earlier, this account tweeted an offensive line about the new Cheerios ad. We deeply regret it. It does not reflect the position of msnbc.

(Excerpt) Read more at mediabistro.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apologg; cheerios; conservatives; msnbc
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PUHLEASE!
1 posted on 01/30/2014 10:53:19 AM PST by MeshugeMikey
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To: MeshugeMikey
Earlier, this account tweeted an offensive line about the new Cheerios ad. We deeply regret it. It does not reflect the position of msnbc.

Good thing my BS meter goes to 11; pmsnbc just pegged it!

2 posted on 01/30/2014 10:55:18 AM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Typical liberal nonsense. Spit out something defamatory about conservatives, wait for the backlash, and then apologize. The Left will love it because it takes a shot at conservatives plus they love people who apologize. And since the message it out and Americans for the most part have a short attention span, the damage has been done.


3 posted on 01/30/2014 10:55:37 AM PST by CatOwner
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“Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family,” read the tweet, which linked to an MSNBC.com story on the new ad.

Hmm must be those same "Right Wingers" who mocked Mitt Romney for taking a photo with his black grandson....


4 posted on 01/30/2014 10:55:48 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: MeshugeMikey

MSNBC must be filled with mental ward rejects—too crazy for the nut house.

They don’t know that Conservatives/Republicans were the ones that were for Civil Rights.

The Left are the ones that want to keep other races down and on welfare.


5 posted on 01/30/2014 10:57:31 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: MeshugeMikey

It is exactly what they think, they just got caught saying it publicly.


6 posted on 01/30/2014 10:57:41 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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I am surprised one of the MSNBC pukes didn’t make a connection with Oreo’s for a puke liberal laugh.


7 posted on 01/30/2014 10:57:45 AM PST by Gaffer
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In the Orwellian world in which MSNBC runs, conservatives are always racists. The two terms are synonymous. Thus, if you see a mixed-race family, conservatives, a fortiori, hate it.
8 posted on 01/30/2014 10:59:24 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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“It does not reflect the position of msnbc.”

It represents EXACTLY the position of msnbc!


9 posted on 01/30/2014 10:59:25 AM PST by Castigar
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Well. We all know she went back on the air and ‘cried’ about how bad she felt. So it is okay that they go back to a clean, even slate and slur Conservatives. It is the right thing to do. /s


10 posted on 01/30/2014 11:00:03 AM PST by Gaffer
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Why, MSNBC, do you apologize for your sincerely held beliefs?


11 posted on 01/30/2014 11:00:27 AM PST by YHAOS
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Cheerio’s is getting so much free advertising. They should design a new Cheerio, half chocolate, half vanilla. It would be a blast.


12 posted on 01/30/2014 11:01:15 AM PST by lee martell
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To: MeshugeMikey

Dont worry, “Faux News” is the real enemy.


13 posted on 01/30/2014 11:01:20 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: YHAOS

They’re that desperate to hold on to any viewership?


14 posted on 01/30/2014 11:01:40 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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We deeply regret it. It does not reflect the position of msnbc.


15 posted on 01/30/2014 11:01:42 AM PST by McGruff (I'm a conservative. Not necessarily a republican.)
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Hey, pMSNBC, project much?


16 posted on 01/30/2014 11:01:55 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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To: MeshugeMikey

This kind of stuff happens every other day.

A cynical person would have concluded that the company developing this strategy to boost their viewership.


17 posted on 01/30/2014 11:02:15 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: henkster

It does not reflect the position of msnbc.


That line made me LOL..what exactly is the position of MSNBC..the Hitler position..the Mao Position


18 posted on 01/30/2014 11:02:30 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Gaffer

Didn’t you know? Oreo is already black slang for somebody black on the outside white on the inside. I know, it’s silly.


19 posted on 01/30/2014 11:03:33 AM PST by lee martell
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We deeply regret it. It does not reflect the position of msnbc.

I will believe it when someone drawing a salary gets fired.

20 posted on 01/30/2014 11:03:34 AM PST by verga (Poor spiritual health often leads to poor physical and mental health)
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