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| Country Music Kills Muslims |
Melber introduced the segment by showing the clip of an interview in which Senator Cruz stated that his music tastes changed to country after 9/11.
It was clear from the host's face, as well as the guests, that everyone was supposed to agree that this is ridiculous and Cruz is an idiot. Taking it further, Lemieux jumped right in at 11.
Nothing says let's go kill some Muslims like country music.
Seated next to Lemieux was a clearly amused Joan Walsh, editor at large of Salon.com.
Lemieux and Walsh were in perfect agreement on the "kill some Muslims" point, as well as the idea that either visiting Lynchburg or listening to country music is an inherently "polarizing" activity.
Later in the broadcast, Melber had to apologize to his "audience" and distance the newly "let's be less loony" network from his panel's expert assessment.
MSNBC apologized for Lemieux's comment with Melber saying, “We have a programming note. A few minutes ago on this show, a guest made a comment about country music. That comment was not appropriate, and we want to be clear this network does not condone it.”
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