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NBC shows Megyn Kelly no mercy over blackface comments
CNN ^ | October 24, 2018 | Brian Stelter

Posted on 10/24/2018 7:58:29 AM PDT by C19fan

wo years of pent-up bitterness and backbiting about Megyn Kelly have finally come to a head at NBC News.

Her offensive remarks about blackface Halloween costumes have stoked disappointment and resentment within NBC, according to multiple sources at the network. Kelly started her show on Wednesday by apologizing for comments made the previous day. Her audience gave her a standing ovation, but disappointment inside NBC News runs deep and isn't likely to fade anytime soon.

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


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blackface; halloween; megynkelly; nbc; race
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Well, she was discussing wearing it, and asking why that would be so bad, and saying that it was common in her childhood. To which I say, where the hell was she from, because I grew up in the south and I’m quite a bit older than she is, and no one in their right mind would have done that in my world.


21 posted on 10/24/2018 8:14:46 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: TigerClaws

I went out as Aunt Jemima, with a burnt-cork blackface, to trick or treat in mid-1940s Chicgo. Our north-side neighborhood had few, if any, black residents. Never had an unpleasant incident. I meant no offense toward blacks. Aunt Jemima was just a character we knew from our pancake mix boxes.


22 posted on 10/24/2018 8:15:11 AM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: C19fan

What is a NBC and CNN? Never heard of them. /sarc


23 posted on 10/24/2018 8:15:57 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other Democrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: C19fan

lol..what she said was perfectly innocent. But live by being pc then die by being pc.


24 posted on 10/24/2018 8:17:36 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: C19fan

I suspect that what she meant by black face is that as kids we used to use black facepaint, and our fathers and grandfathers in their time as children on Halloween, used soot to make black beard growth on their faces when outfitting themselves to be bums.

Kinds of homemade Halloween costumes I remember:

Bum Dad’s old clothes
Ghost Old white sheet
Fairy lots of tinfoil

Some kids wore plastic molded masks and sparkle outfits that they bought in a box at the grocery store, usually of whatever characters they liked. The only one I can remember is Micky Mouse.


25 posted on 10/24/2018 8:18:09 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists fascists today plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives soon)
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To: dp0622

I agree without reservation.

But, it’s time BLACKS and all the feel good white liberals GET OVER being offended by every utterance, facial expression, tone, mask, sign, slight etc based upon racial grounds!

Once again, our media is the ENEMY. They perpetuate this stuff for ratings which means MONEY! The GOOD of the COUNTRY be damned!


26 posted on 10/24/2018 8:19:58 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: C19fan

27 posted on 10/24/2018 8:22:02 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: laplata

Yes, another 8-digit payout in the works.


28 posted on 10/24/2018 8:22:52 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: C19fan

Karma keeps whacking MeAgain whenever, she opens her vile mouth!


29 posted on 10/24/2018 8:24:08 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (8% of the world population is Non-Latino White. (About 600 million). Whites are the true minority!)
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To: C19fan

Snowflakes! Snowflakes!

Everyone is a snowflake.


30 posted on 10/24/2018 8:24:08 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: C19fan

The funniest “Jeeves and Wooster” ever was when The Drones wore blackface to put on a banjolele minstrel show (they only knew two songs).


31 posted on 10/24/2018 8:28:32 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: C19fan

What does Ted Danson think?


32 posted on 10/24/2018 8:33:17 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: C19fan

I guess they can't show this clip from the movie "The Jazz Singer" anymore now, either.

       "Mammy" - Al Jolson

33 posted on 10/24/2018 8:34:23 AM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Skywise

Michael Jackson was black?


34 posted on 10/24/2018 8:36:41 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I think that was Brokaw’s speech impediment showing.


35 posted on 10/24/2018 8:42:33 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: C19fan

Stetler is nothing but a hideous @ssclown.


36 posted on 10/24/2018 8:45:45 AM PDT by Conserv (Did)
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To: C19fan

Halloween used to be fun.

I always had the most fun dressing up as something I’m not.

When are the witches you cast spells against Kavanaugh going to be offended by all the little witches running around next week?


37 posted on 10/24/2018 8:45:54 AM PDT by No Socialist
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

They are desperate to get rid of her and her expense... She played NBC for a big payday and it never paid out for them.... I agree talking about blackface is hardly a major crime, but there are definitely those at the Peacock who want her gone and will invent any excuse to make it happen.


38 posted on 10/24/2018 8:48:06 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: C19fan

I can’t help but wonder if NBC TOLD her to ask that question so they’d have grounds to fire her, finally.


39 posted on 10/24/2018 8:57:52 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan
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To: HamiltonJay

definitely those at the Peacock
= = =

Peacock has same 6 colors as the sad flag.

Different order though; and the Peacock was first.


40 posted on 10/24/2018 8:58:08 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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