MSNBC Fires Employee Responsible for Cheerios Tweet

For the record as a Rightwinger I love these Cheerios ads and I think the little girl in them is the most adorable.  However, I don’t buy for a second that anybody has been fired at MSNBC.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the sole purpose of MSNBC is to keep black folks voting Democrat by painting all Republicans as racist.  This tweet was the latest manifestation of that systematic policy.   

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"The tweet was outrageous and unacceptable," says MSNBC president Phil Griffin.

MSNBC has fired the employee who sent out a controversial Tweet involving a Cheerios commercial that features a biracial family.

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, MSNBC president Phil Griffin called the Tweet "outrageous and unacceptable."

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"We immediately acknowledged that it was offensive and wrong, apologized, and deleted it," the statement continued. "We have dismissed the person responsible for the tweet. I personally apologize to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended. At MSNBC we believe in passionate, strong debate about the issues and we invite voices from all sides to participate. That will never change."

MSNBC anchor Ari Melber read Griffin's statement at the end of the network's 3 p.m. hour. 

The tweet prompted Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus to call for a Republican boycott of the network. 

The full tweet, sent at 8:06 p.m. from the MSNBC Twitter account, read: "Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/biracial family."