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NBC in Turmoil Over Romney KKK Story

As reported yesterday by Patrick Brennan, MSNBC tried to connect Mitt Romney to the KKK for saying, “keep America American.” NBC has since sprung into action as it attempts to backtrack from the story:

NBC News President Steve Capus addressed this story this morning at an editorial meeting, and stressed the need for accuracy, fairness, and caution before proceeding. Capus is reportedly furious at the way the story was handled, and MSNBC is in the process of apologizing to the Romney campaign.

At 5 PM, on Hardball, Chris Matthews apologized to the Romney campaign:

Later, Al Sharpton also apologized to Mitt Romney:
 

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   12/15/11 15:44

always closing the barn door AFTER the horse has bolted ... sharp those fellas ...

I would say it is one sign that they really, really want Romney to be the nominee ... oops, we didn't mean to hack at you this early, should have been held for the general ...

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   12/15/11 17:21

Guess they realized that if they piled on too early, Mitt might not make it to the Republican nomination like they are hoping.

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   12/15/11 22:58

Every time I turn on MSNBC these days, they are beating up on a Republican candidate. It's as if there was no "real news" in the world anymore (is something happening in Europe or congress? It only gets reported if it relates to Obama's reelection in some obvious way.)

But since no Republican primary voters take MSNBC even remotely seriously, what is the point?

Everybody already knew that MSNBC newsclowns believe all republicans are secret KKK members, right? The only surprise is that they backed down at all (Chris Matthews has routinely accused Rick Perry of "wanting to bring back Jim Crow" and that's pretty much exactly the same lie, isn't it?)

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