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MSNBC President Smacked Around By RNC Chair Reince Priebus

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"On Thursday, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus demanded that GOP politicians and committee staffers boycott MSNBC after the network sent out a tweet accusing the "rightwing" of being offended by a commercial featuring a biracial family. On Thursday night, Priebus joined Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity where he lauded MSNBC President Phil Griffin for quickly responding to the controversy. He warned, however, that the network was "on probation."

"In their professed world of tolerance, they're sure hitting on all eight cylinders of intolerance," Priebus said of MSNBC. He reveled that he called Griffin personally and left a message asking for an apology and asking for a corrective action."

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