Michele Bachmann and NBC Apology

UPDATE: NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Fallon song choice

GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night," her spokeswoman said late Wednesday.

The Minnesota congresswoman received a personal letter from NBC's vice president for late night programming, Doug Vaughan, a day after she appeared on the show. As Bachmann walked onstage, the show's band had played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song entitled "Lyin' Ass B----."

Vaughan wrote that the incident was "not only unfortunate but also unacceptable," Bachmann spokeswoman Alice Stewart told The Associated Press. She said Vaughn offered his sincerest apologies and said the band had been "severely reprimanded."

...One of Bachmann's congressional colleagues, New York Democrat Nita Lowey, had called on NBC to apologize for its "insulting and inappropriate" treatment of its guest.

I wonder what "severely reprimanded" means.

Probably something like, "Guys? Try not to do that again, OK?"

Whatever, all the apologists on the Left claiming Bachmann was wrong to make an issue of the incident look pretty stupid.

At least Democrat Nita Lowey had the decency to call on NBC to apologize. It really was a no-brainer.

As Doug Vaughan wrote, the song choice was "not only unfortunate but also unacceptable."

It was also unfortunate and unacceptable that it took NBC so long to apologize to Bachmann.

I suppose the network was getting a lot of negative feedback and was shamed into action.

A forced apology is better than none I guess.

Or, maybe someone at NBC genuinely has a sense of decency and knows the difference between right and wrong.
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Michele Bachmann plans to speak with Jimmy Fallon today about the "Lyin' Ass Bitch" insult she received when she was a guest on Monday's Late Night.

She believes an apology from NBC is in order.

Here's video:



I agree with Bachmann.

I don't know why NBC is dragging its feet on this.

If the victim of the attack had been a liberal female, or any other female, an apology would have been issued immediately.

Apparently, NBC doesn't follow the rules of the "new civility" when it comes to conservative women.

Do you think David Gregory, political civility crusader, will make this an issue on Meet the Press?