MSNBC yanks Baldwin show for two weeks over gay slur

Olivia Barker | USA TODAY

MSNBC has yanked Alec Baldwin's show Up Late for two weeks as a result of the uproar stemming from his use of a homophobic slur.

But GLAAD says the move is not enough. "Alec Baldwin still needs to take real action," the organization's vice president of communications, Rich Ferraro, said tonight in a statement. "MSNBC has sent a message that anti-gay slurs carry consequences, and that's an important standard to uphold at a time when LGBT people continue to face disproportionate levels of bullying and violence just because of who they are."

Earlier, a press-battered Baldwin apologized again for hurling the slur during a shouting match with a photographer Thursday outside his Manhattan apartment, reiterating on MSNBC.com some of what he'd already posted to his Twitter account: