Mark Halperin, editor-at-large at Time, and also an MSNBC political analyst, made an inappropriate on-air remark about President Obama during Morning Joe, after talking about the president’s conduct during a press conference.
“I thought he was being a d%$k yesterday,” Halperin said.
He immediately apologized on air, and hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski looked taken aback.
MSNBC later released a statement:
“”Mark Halperin’s comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable. We apologize to the President, The White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air. Therefore, Mark will be suspended indefinitely from his role as an analyst.” {Full story}