State's Harf: O'Reilly's Criticism Of Jen Psaki Was "Sexist, Personally Offensive"
MATT LEE, AP: Marie, very tangentially related to this, and I mean very tangentially related. Your brief foray this morning β and by brief I mean 140 characters β into media criticism, directed at my colleagues --
MARIE HARF, STATE DEPARTMENT: Not at your --
QUESTION: Colleague. Colleagues/colleague here.
MS. HARF: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Has attracted a lot of attention. And Iβm wondering if you could just briefly, without getting into any kind of a β not wanting to get into any kind of a name-calling match here --
MS. HARF: Donβt worry.
QUESTION: -- explain what it was that you were upset about.
MS. HARF: No, I appreciate the opportunity to give more than 140 characters here. I think that when the anchor of a leading cable news show uses, quite frankly, sexist, personally offensive language, that I actually donβt think they would ever use about a man against the person that shares this podium with me, I think I have an obligation, and I think itβs important to step up and say thatβs not okay. And quite frankly, I wish that more people would step up when men say those things about women in public positions and say that itβs not okay.
QUESTION: So you donβt think that the criticism would have been directed at a man who had replied β who had given similar answers from the podium?
MS. HARF: I think some of that language β weβve seen it before β was β would β I β no, I donβt think would be used against a man. Some of the language used about my colleague I donβt think would be.
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