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NBC Deletes Oprah Tweet: 'Not Meant to Be Political Statement'

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By Mark Swanson | Monday, 08 January 2018 12:08 PM EST

NBC on Monday deleted its controversial Oprah-president tweet, blaming a third party and saying it wasn't "meant to be a political statement."

Yesterday a tweet about the Golden Globes and Oprah Winfrey was sent by a third party agency for NBC Entertainment in real time during the broadcast. It is in reference to a joke made during the monologue and not meant to be a political statement. We have since removed the tweet.
— NBC (@nbc) January 8, 2018

NBC rankled conservatives and Donald Trump Jr. over a tweet calling Oprah Winfrey "our next president" during Sunday night's broadcast of the Golden Globes.

Winfrey accepted the lifetime achievement award and gave an acceptance speech that sounded a lot like an unofficial kickoff to a presidential bid in 2020 and has touched off an "Oprah for president" fervor.

Trump Jr. earlier Monday tweeted that it was proof of NBC's — and all media's — bias against his father, President Donald Trump.

In case anyone had any doubts about where the media stands this should take care of it. The bias against @realDonaldTrump is now so obvious they have simply given up hiding it.

Can you trust anything they say at this point?

Americans see the truth in job #s & in their wallets! https://t.co/uu4KbW82UO
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 8, 2018

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