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>> what about the timing, though? this bullying that romney apologized for yesterday was for a young man who eventually came out as a gay man. >> uh-huh. >> it seems about as suspiciously timed a story, a front page spread, as there could be. >> well, yeah, but -- >> coming a day or two after barack obama decides to take the less dramatic approach to gay marriage. >> well, the story went up on the website yesterday. as you know, as well as i do, that a story of that length and complexity doesn't get ready in a day. >> right. which, again, means that you guys have been working on it for a while...

This story any better at all would be a random cut away of italy's former bunga bunga prime minister in the stands cheering on putin. and the number one story of the week -- >> it's raining men. >> president obama this week completed a long personal evolution announcing publicly his support for gay marriage. >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the president's declaration was expedited when his vice president weighed in perhaps off script on "meet the press." >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women. >> he probably got ...

Office now is declining. and i think it's the nature and the poisonous environment, and the media scrutiny, that are just driving good people out. >> and there's no doubt that the timing of this, willie geist, the timing of this obviously is in line with barack obama coming out a couple of days ago, saying -- i'm sorry. it's a fun -- i mean, the media response to barack obama saying absolutely nothing, and the immortal words of pat buchanan celebrating a big fat nothing burger when barack obama basically said, i've got the same position on gay marriage as ron paul or ronald reagan. i'm not goi...

Homophobia. and it's a testament to the country that we are getting beyond that. we have these anti-bullying and it gets better campaigns. but the fact we still have the campaigns shows that it's still a problem. >> by the way, we're not justifying anything anybody has done. >> no. >> but you are exactly right. especially go back 10 years, 20 years. 30 years. >> and the thing is, you're right. i think when you're president, this stuff is fair game. it gets brought up, put on the front page of the paper. and i think some of the -- what's sticking out about this story is just the graphicness of ...

Journalism, to be honest with you. >> i think as a story, i don't know, though, that it's this big of a story on the front page. >> there's two more pages inside on it. >> and two more pages inside. mark mckinnon, you know, i actually tried to be the guy that talked to kids that other people weren't talking to. that said, when you're 14, 15, 16, i'm not defending romney. again, i'm just talking about journalism here. we've all done some pretty stupid things before. and i wonder whether it in the middle of a presidential campaign warrants three full pages. >> well, you know, it means that none ...