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Interestingly, yesterday -- i think it was yesterday on this network, anthony scaramucci made excuses for why trump embellishes story. he's always going to try to be close to the administration. his epic fail as a communications director is always going to be part of his legacy there. >> okay. joe, i want to get your recollection to the president's handling of the roseanne barr racist joke this week. doesn't it make it hard for the white house to defend its own handling of racism and race-related issues? >> absolutely. absolutely. what roseanne barr did was wrong. my hat is off to the abc lead...

That can hold people down. but comedy is special and different and satire is important. jerry seinfeld was talking about this in a potential oversensitivity. take a listen to this. >> you're not worried that we're becoming this very gentle respectful culture that people won't be funny anymore. >> i'm worried that every time i see a comedian apologize, just to end it just because you took what i said seriously doesn't mean i now meant it. it doesn't mean you get to decide that you're in my head and know my intent. if i'm saying something and i'm joking i'm joking. >> does that defense work and ...

Like i'm going to do my little apology it's questionable whether you really mean it. but also i have a different set of rules for a comedian than someone who would have come up to me at a bar that i don't know and tell me a horrible racist joke. >> what do you mean? >> oh, a follow up question. >> that was a good one. i was proud of my little answer i gave you. just i feel like if it's in the context of this is a comedian, then i let more slide than if it's just a stranger who walks up to me and makes a comment. i would be more likely to than they mean it than would a comedian. >> if you look ...

From out my cheek. >> quote the raven never more. >> cnn. >> got it! good! >> new york. >> that's it for me. thank you for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. up front next, should, could we see another george zimmerman trial? will the obama administration file a civil rights suit for a hate crime against man who killed trayvon martin? plus the latest from the snowden investigation. the nsa has the blue prints of the united states of manager's entire spy program. that's a huge claim. does it add up? and later, a racist joke on a news station offends an airline that crashed ...

Discussion. >> clearly she feels she did something wrong or she wouldn't have done that weird video with the tammy fay baker makeup on. it was an insincere apology. i have met her son, i don't think i met her. you can like somebody and still think what they're doing is wrong. she's also accused of allowing this type of racist joke, racial slurs. >> what else. >> and allowing pornography in the workplace. she built herself as a major leader, a brand, she's responsible for this type of behavior. sounds to me like at least she thought she needed to say an apology on a youtube video. >> bob, is sh...