Because they're advertising on the show of Chris Matthews who makes fag jokes. Matthews had a heck of a time last week making gay jokes with his pal, Imus. But, Matthews and MSNBC don't think they have to apologize for making derogatory jokes like that:
In response to the uproar over Matthews' gay-bashing comments, and the fact that they were broadcast live on MSNBC, MSNBC responded with a simple "apology" that they broadcast the remarks. There was no apology from MSNBC about Matthews, about his comments, nor was there an apology from Matthews himself. In fact, three days later, Matthews gave a speech on his TV show about how famous people should NOT apologize for controversial things they say publicly, calling into question whether Matthews was now repudiating MSNBC's weak non-apology and whether Matthews was implying that he was not sorry for his gay-bashing joke.MSNBC never apologized for Matthews' role in the fag jokes. Media Matters posted their purported apology which was nothing more than boilerplate language:
"Imus" is produced by WFAN radio and is simulcast by MSNBC. The views expressed on the program are not those of MSNBC. Having said that, it was unfortunate that these remarks were telecast on MSNBC. We sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by these remarks.That's classic...it's not our fault, sorry you were offended that our "talent" mocks the gays.
So, now we know that Chris Matthews thinks fag jokes are okay. Ask his advertisers how they feel about that.
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