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MSNBC Deletes Racially Charged Tweet

Jan 30, 2014  •  Post A Comment

MSNBC has deleted a tweet that ventures into racially sensitive territory after receiving complaints from conservatives, TheWrap.com reports.

The tweet, posted Wednesday, refers to an upcoming Super Bowl ad for Cheerios, and says: “Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family."

"Conservatives took offense, and many began tweeting pictures of their multiracial families. ‘Self-unaware overload,’ wrote Twitchy founder Michelle Malkin," TheWrap reports. "MSNBC quickly backtracked and deleted the offending tweet. The social media account apologized, tweeting that it didn’t reflect the network’s position."

@msnbc tweeted this apology: “We are deleting the earlier offensive tweet. It does not reflect msnbc’s position and we apologize."

MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe later tweeted about the controversy, writing: “The Cheerios tweet from @msnbc was dumb, offensive and we’ve taken it down. That’s not who we are at msnbc.”

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One Comment

  1. Please do not speak for me. I am of the RIGHT and love the fact and always have that biracial family’s exist here in America it is proof we HAVE come a long way. But this takes away the division created by you and your racial agenda.

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