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MSNBC host Martin Bashir apologized Monday during his show 'Bashir Live' for remarks he recently made about Sarah Palin, including the suggestion that she should eat feces. MSNBC'S Bashir apologizes to Sarah Palin

MSNBC host Martin Bashir apologized Monday for remarks he recently made about Sarah Palin, including the suggestion that she should eat feces.

"Last Friday, on this broadcast, I made some comments which were deeply offensive and directed at Governor Sarah Palin," he said during his show on Monday." I wanted to take this opportunity to say sorry to Mrs. Palin and to also offer an unreserved apology to her friends and family, her supporters, our viewers, and anyone who may have heard what I said."

"My words were wholly unacceptable," he continued. "They were neither accurate, nor fair. They were unworthy of anyone who would claim to have an interest in politics, and they have brought shame upon my friends and colleagues at this network, none of whom were responsible for the things that I said. And at a place where we try every day to elevate political discourse and to focus on issues that matter to all of us."

On his show Friday, Bashir called the former Alaska Gov. as "a world class idiot" because she made a comparison to slavery while discussing U.S. debt to China. He then read an excerpt from the diary of a former plantation manger who wrote of forcing one slave to "S-H-I-T" in another slave's mouth.

Bashir concluded, "When Mrs. Palin invoked slavery, she doesn’t just prove her rank ignorance. She confirms that if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, then she would be the outstanding candidate."

In his apology on Monday, Bashir said, "Upon reflection, I so wish that I had been more thoughtful, more considerate, more compassionate, but I was not and what I said is now a matter of public record."

"But if I could add something to the public record, it would be this: that I deeply regret what I said, and that I have learned a sober lesson in these last few days," he added. "That the politics of vitriol and destruction is a miserable place to be, and a miserable person to become. And I promise that I will take the opportunity to learn from this experience."