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alp227

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Mon Jan 6, 2014, 02:17 PM Jan 2014

Glenn Beck Defends Melissa Harris-Perry: No Apology Necessary

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry got an expected defense Monday morning from Glenn Beck, who said he did not understand why she should have felt the need to apologize for joining her guests in joking about Mitt Romney’s black grandson on her last show of the year. “She apologizes, for what?” he asked.

Beck read aloud a letter he said he attempted to send directly to Harris-Perry through his PR people, explaining that while he may not agree with many things she has said, he did not find it necessary for her to apologize for what was essentially a “break with comedians” on her show. “I disagree with her on everything,” Beck said before reading her letter, “but I don’t get the impression that she’s a bad human being.”

When he returned from vacation and saw her heartfelt apology, Beck said he thought he was going to “lose my mind.” He wrote, “Yes, it wasn’t nice. Yes, it was hurtful and divisive, if that was the intent, but it clearly was not.”

Beck added that he related to Harris-Perry’s situation, saying, “I’ve been there.” He accused conservatives of failing to see the MSNBC “for who she is, and we’re engaging now in the worst kind of political destruction… Our side sees blood in the water and is going after MSNBC.”

full: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-defends-melissa-harris-perry-no-apology-necessary/

So first, Glenn Beck speaks out against Russia's "hetero-fascist" law, then he defends MHP?

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Glenn Beck Defends Melissa Harris-Perry: No Apology Necessary (Original Post) alp227 Jan 2014 OP
Ohoh here comes the bagger boycott.lol SummerSnow Jan 2014 #1
What exactly did she say? Why should anyone have to apologize doc03 Jan 2014 #2
Awwwww yuiyoshida Jan 2014 #3
oh good grief treestar Jan 2014 #4

doc03

(35,328 posts)
2. What exactly did she say? Why should anyone have to apologize
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 03:12 PM
Jan 2014

for something they say. I sure have said a lot of stupid things in my life, people make mistakes or sometimes things
don't come out the way you thought they would.

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