While the NY Daily News and other media outlets seem willing to apologize on behalf of Steven Colbert for the racist @Colbert Report Tweet, which has been taken down (but Twitter lasts forever) in fact, Colbert never actually offered an apology at all but instead Tweeted:
If one is willing to accept that Colbert actually had nothing to do with the racist Tweet from the show that bears his name and provides no oversight of staffers, has Colbert not created an atmosphere that inappropriate racist jokes and Tweets are supposed to be funny?
Had someone from @FOX News posted a similar racist Tweet, the Dinosaur Media political commentators and Liberal Lefty bloggers would be outraged, demanding the immediate termination of the individual but when its one of their own, its just satire and Colbert together with his staff, should all be just given a pass.
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