MSNBC suspends analyst for remark on Obama

NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC has suspended a political analyst for an off-color remark about President Barack Obama on the "Morning Joe" show on Thursday.

Mark Halperin, a Time magazine editor at large, quickly apologized on the air and in a statement.

Still, MSNBC suspended him indefinitely and Halperin said he believed the action was appropriate.

Halperin made the comment while discussing Obama's performance at a news conference a day earlier. "I thought he was a dick yesterday," Halperin said.

MSNBC said Halperin's comment was "completely inappropriate and unacceptable" and apologized to the president.