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Problem:This post was updated. 
  
 MSNBC apologized Thursday for what it called an “outrageous” tweet that demeaned Republicans, and the network fired the person who was responsible. 
  
 Phil Griffin, president of the cable network, read the apology on the air. Earlier in the day, the Republican National Committee said it would boycott the cable network and ban its staff from appearing on its shows. 
  
 Here is Griffin’s statement: 
  
 The tweet last night was outrageous and unacceptable. We immediately acknowledged that it was offensive and wrong, apologized and deleted it. We have dismissed the person responsible for the tweet. I personally apologize to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended. At MSNBC, we believe in passionate, strong debate about the issues, and we invite voices from all sides to participate. That will never change. 
  
 Priebus had called the tweet “offensive” because it had suggested the GOP would “hate” a Cheerios ad that featured a biracial family. The full deleted tweet, which included a link to the commercial, read: 
  
 Maybe the rightwing will hate it but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family 
  
 RNC Communication Director Sean Spicer said Priebus and Griffin spoke by telephone, and the party chairman accepted the apology. 
  
 “We will aggressively monitor the network to see whether their pattern of unacceptable behavior actually changes,” Spicer said. “We don’t expect their liberal bias to change, but we will call them out when political commentary devolves into personal and belittling attacks.” 
  
 The Cheerios commercial features the same biracial family General Mills used in an ad last May. That ad sparked backlash, leading General Mills to disable comments for that video on YouTube. Here is the new Cheerios ad: 
  
 In a letter he sent to Griffin, Priebus said “petty and demeaning attacks have become a pattern” at the network. For the past year, the RNC has tried to become more inclusive and rebrand its image — especially among women and minorities. 
  
 “We can have our political disagreements with MSNBC, but using biracial families to launch petty and ridiculous political attacks is low, even by MSNBC’s standards. It only coarsens our political discourse,” Priebus said Thursday. 
  
 This was not the first time the RNC issued this type of ban. In August 2013, the committee voted not to allow CNN and NBC to sponsor Republican primary debates in 2016 if the networks aired programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton. CNN and NBC canceled those film projects. 
  
 Here are MSNBC’s apology tweets that were posted Wednesday night. 
  
 Earlier, this account tweeted an offensive line about the new Cheerios ad. We deeply regret it. It does not reflect the position of msnbc. — msnbc (@msnbc) January 30, 2014 ||||| Following the Republican National Committee’s announcement of a boycott of MSNBC in response to a tweet that suggested “the rightwing” would “hate” a commercial featuring a bi-racial couple, the network’s president Phil Griffin issued an apology. 
  
  
  
 The Cycle host Ari Melber read the statement on-air this afternoon: 
  
 “The tweet last night was outrageous and unacceptable. We immediately acknowledged it was offensive and wrong, apologized and deleted it. We have dismissed the person responsible for the tweet. I personally apologize to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended. At MSNBC, we believe in passionate, strong debate about the issues, and we invite voices from all sides to participate. That will never change. Signed, Phil Griffin.” 
  
 The original tweet read: 
  
 Several hours later, after public outcry, the network posted an apology tweet and then a deletion: 
  
 Earlier, this account tweeted an offensive line about the new Cheerios ad. We deeply regret it. It does not reflect the position of msnbc. — msnbc (@msnbc) January 30, 2014 
  
 We are deleting the earlier offensive tweet. It does not reflect msnbc's position and we apologize. — msnbc (@msnbc) January 30, 2014 
  
 Watch the apology below: 
  
 UPDATE: Tonight, Fox’s Sean Hannity will have the first interview with RNC Chair Reince Priebus following the Twitter controversy at 10pm 
  
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Solution:
Republicans scored an apology today from MSNBC over a tweet that the network later called "unacceptable," reports USA Today. The since-deleted tweet went out last night, with a link to a Cheerios ad featuring a biracial family. "Maybe the rightwing will hate it but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/ biracial family." Complaints started pouring in immediately, and the Republican National Committee said it would boycott the network and bar its staff from appearing there. A statement today from MSNBC chief Phil Griffin called the tweet "outrageous and unacceptable" and said the staffer responsible had been fired, reports Mediaite. "I personally apologized to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended," he said, referring to RNC chief Reince Priebus. An RNC spokesperson said Priebus accepted the apology, adding, “We don’t expect their liberal bias to change, but we will call them out when political commentary devolves into personal and belittling attacks.”