MSNBC Suspends Mark Halperin After He Calls the President a "Dick" on Morning Joe

MSNBC has suspended Mark Halperin indefinitely for calling President Obama a "dick" on the air. Halperin, Time magazineapos;s editor at large, thought he was on a seven-second tape delay when he let the facetious comment loose, shocking hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. Halperin apologized live on the air after realizing his comments had hit the airwaves.

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[ACORNSUCKS]

For once, the truth on that station.

[Striker3564]

what happened to freedom of speech?! We could talk all kinds of crap about president bush, but oh... when we say something about obama we're public enemy #1!

[TheRollingCubes]

I don't care about his opinion, but he was acting like a typical YouTube commentor.  Like all the five-year-olds below me. Can we at least have a little respect?

[SeeGraeginatorRun]

@yungblackcat I agree!

[yungblackcat]

seriously? that was just his opinion. Thats in the first ammendment freedom of speech. everything elese is allowed on tv like people calling other people B***, hoes and cussing.

[PartyMonster1978]

Obama is a dick

[falcondriver100]

@ddlynn100 No sir, everything I said is a FACT that NOBODY can deny! Take a look at the video's on my channel for the PROOF! I know truth & facts really, really SUCK for you leftists. Ain't it a bitch?

No, I'm talking about Dubya's term. Democrats were calling for war on Iraq in 1997, 98 & 99. Deal with it! LMAO!

Strange you didn't mention anything bout Clinton being a hillbilly & ALSO falling asleep during important meetings & speeches, not to mention sticking cigars in interns cunts. Haha!

[ddlynn100]

@falcondriver100 Thank God you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, however to the issue at hand Halpren was wrong, as wrong as he would have been to laugh about Bush's syntax ability (or lack there of), or Reagan penchant for jelly beans and not ending families sleeping in cars, his falling asleep during important meetings and govt cheese. Fact two your historical recollection is curious you are combining two different Bushs' and wars with the same point. Now I'm confused.

[peterfinnfilms]

@Striker3564

The reason they were talking about him thinking there was a seven second delay was so that MSNBC might be able to bleep the word. It's not that it was about the president, it's that "dick" is considered foul language.

[KILLERONROAD]

@vamoalla9 That's a completely different scenario. He wasn't talking directly to the president like the bitch at Macy's he was saying his own opinion to the public. It's like me calling you a dick on Twitter, and loosing my job. Hell, I think the president's a dick, does that mean I should get fired? I didn't call any customers dicks. I could call them dicks to my fellow workers because the dude was being a dick and not get fired. You're taking it way out of proportion.