Howard Kurtz: Fox & Friends’ ‘take the stairs’ Ray Rice joke an ‘unfortunate misstep’

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/blog/2014/09/14/howard-kurtz-fox-friends-take-the-stairs-ray-rice-joke-an-unfortunate-misstep/



Howard Kurtz: Fox & Friends’ ‘take the stairs’ Ray Rice joke an ‘unfortunate misstep’
Tom Boggioni
14 Sep 2014

Discussing media coverage of the Ray Rice domestic violence case, Fox News media critic Howard Kurtz dismissed criticism of colleague Brian Kilmeade’s controversial “take the stairs” joke on Fox & Friends as “an unfortunate misstep.”

Joined by USA Today’s Christine Brennan on his Media Buzz show, Kurtz asked whether “some in the media are treating it as entertainment?”

Brennan agreed and immediately called out Kilmeade’s joking comment that Rice should have “taken the stairs,” to avoid elevator cameras, asking “how do those words come out of your mouth.”

“Talking about driving ratings and clicks, I’ll have to say it, but Fox and Friends, the other day, the banter about, well, this proves he should take the stairs,” Brennan said before Kurtz interrupted her.

[a kennedy]

1. Saw that, what a putz..... unfortunate misstep indeed.... ugh...