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====Martin Bashir==== Host [[Martin Bashir]] resigned after making a controversial comment about [[Sarah Palin]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christopher |first=Tommy |date=December 4, 2013 |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219154500/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc/ |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |website=[[Mediaite]]}}</ref> On November 15, 2013, Bashir criticized Palin for equating the [[National debt of the United States|federal debt]] to slavery.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff Writer--> |date=November 20, 2013 |title=MSNBC not commenting on whether further action contemplated against Bashir |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-not-commenting-on-whether-further-action-contemplated-against-bashir/2013/11/19/ee3df924-518e-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html#selection-3549.0-3549.74 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131120033018/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-not-commenting-on-whether-further-action-contemplated-against-bashir/2013/11/19/ee3df924-518e-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html |archive-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> Bashir referred to the cruel and barbaric punishment of slaves as described by [[Slavery in the United States|slave overseer]] [[Thomas Thistlewood]], specifically a punishment called "[[Derby's dose]]", which forced slaves to defecate or urinate into the mouth of another slave. Bashir then said, "When Mrs. Palin invokes slavery, she doesn't just prove her rank ignorance. She confirms if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, she would be the outstanding candidate."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Rob |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Martin Bashir says Sarah Palin is an 'idiot' and suggests someone |language=en |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-bashir-says-sarah-palin-is-an-idiot-and-suggests-someone-should-defecate-in-her-mouth-8946426.html |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006044257/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-bashir-says-sarah-palin-is-an-idiot-and-suggests-someone-should-defecate-in-her-mouth-8946426.html |archive-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Millstein | first=Seth | date=December 4, 2013 | title=MSNBC's Martin Bashir Resigns Over Sarah Palin Slavery Comments | url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/10104-msnbcs-martin-bashir-resigns-over-sarah-palin-slavery-comments | work=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] | access-date=August 25, 2017 | archive-date=July 8, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708090534/https://www.bustle.com/articles/10104-msnbcs-martin-bashir-resigns-over-sarah-palin-slavery-comments | url-status=live }}</ref>
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