We sent the following to the Media Research Center earlier today:
To Whom It May Concern:
I see that the MRC has demanded apologies from MSNBC for allegedly insulting and offending conservatives. Yet the MRC routinely routinely insults people — for example, Brent Bozell calling President Obama a “skinny ghetto crackhead.”
The most recent example is Matt Philbin, managing editor of the MRC’s Culture & Media Institute. He has a history of saying sexually charged and misogynistic things about Sandra Fluke, and with Fluke’s recent announcement that she will run for Congress, Philbin has unleashed his misogyny once again. In a series of tweets, he has forward so-called Fluke campaign slogans such as “A Diaphram [sic] in every …,” “When that call comes at 3:am, She really will be awake,” “Pillow Talk Express!” and “It’s Moaning in America.” He followed those up with a tweet saying, “You should see her on the stump! And on the chair, and in the hay loft, and back behind the dumpsters and …”
Does the MRC consider such offensive comments to be acceptable behavior for its employees? If so, doesn’t that undercut your demand for apologies from MSNBC?
Despite Philbin being on record saying offensive things in the past, he has remained an MRC employee, which suggests that such misogynistic behavior is, in fact, tolerated if not encouraged at the MRC. I would like to know if that is still the MRC’s policy.
Sincerely,
Terry Krepel
Editor, ConWebWatch
We’ll let you know if the MRC responds.