Many of the millions who tuned in to watch Sunday Night Football didn’t appreciate Bob Costas’s half-time lecture on gun violence, but the sportscaster’s hijack of NBC won him plenty of supporters among the gun control crowd as well. Today, though, Costas partially walked back his comments, appearing on “The Dan Patrick Show” to explain that his mistake was leaving too much open to interpretation.
Looks like Costas is trying a partial walk-back. Feelin' some heat there, Bob? http://t.co/Waf6DGNN
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) December 4, 2012
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/276082623326064640
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/276085783977402368
No He did it on Purpose. RT @USATODAY: Bob Costas says it was a "mistake" to mention gun control on air Sunday: http://t.co/8rk7F7cl
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 4, 2012
Translated: Sorry if you rednecks were offended. RT @FixAaron: Bob Costas calls Jovan Belcher commentary “a mistake” http://t.co/5FN4Mn7P
— Laura Curtis (@Laura_PH) December 4, 2012
“A discussion should ensue about the football culture, the gun culture, domestic violence … those issues should be discussed if we’re looking for some kind of elusive perspective,” said Costas, adding that he did not support a repeal of the Second Amendment. By admitting he made a “mistake” in trying to cram a gun-control sermon into a 90-second segment, though, Costas has managed to raise the hackles of his supporters as well.
Hahahah Costas makes a million liberals weep. http://t.co/RxXulJpj
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 4, 2012
Btw both @politico and @usatoday are pushing totally bogus claim that Costas today said his gun comments were a "mistake"; #journalism
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 4, 2012
Bob Costas now says it was a "mistake" to mention gun control on air Sunday. #toobad #growapair #meanwhatyousay #Costas http://t.co/h5CxhwsS
— Darrin Harvey (@DarrinHarvey) December 4, 2012
https://twitter.com/SamanthaRSelman/status/276102767142113281
Wait — so he stands by his comments on guns, and the only mistake was hijacking a football game to deliver them?
Bob Costas admits mistake in how he delivered gun commentary, but doesn't say delivering commentary was a mistake – http://t.co/oGB5Pnr8
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) December 4, 2012
https://twitter.com/rickrosa1/status/276102528456851457
It seems Costas can’t win … or can he? Despite a trending #FireCostas hashtag, Costas doesn’t seem in any danger of losing his post, and the backlash against his editorializing has brought him several follow-up opportunities to push his anti-gun views.
No "Mistake" about it Bob Costas. You purposefully exploited a Murder to further Your agenda.
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 4, 2012
Costas: “My mistake is I left it open for too much miscommunication.” Hardly. Communicated just fine. That was the problem.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) December 4, 2012
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