CNN’s ‘Newsroom,’ MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Pile on O’Reilly

Published: September 25, 2007, 6:26 pm

Tags: race issues, racism, bill o amp 039 reilly, don lemon, joe scarborough, mika brzezinski, rick sanchez, willie geist, cnn, msnbc

Less than a half-hour after Kiran Chetry and Roland Martin speculated whether O'Reilly's recent comments on race would be the next "Imus Moment," the cast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" mocked the Fox News host. Co-host Mika Brzezinski put on her best Meryl Streep imitation after a clip of O'Reilly's comments were played. "Oh, my God.... Wow... That's attractive," and also made an audible Al Gore-style sigh. Guest host Willie Geist went further. "Also, using the term 'blacks.' I don't think anybody's said that since like 1973." Come again? Brzezinski, Geist, and host Joe Scarborough discussed O'Reilly at the top of the 8 am Eastern hour on Tuesday's "Morning Joe." While the cast played the O'Reilly clip for the first time, a caption spun O'Reilly's words: "O'Reilly Shocked That Harlem Restaurant is Normal' (see above picture). The three were so "overwhelmed" by the clip that they played it again.

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