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News network MSNBC has instituted a seven-second delay on its program "Morning Joe" after host Joe Scarborough accidentally used an expletive.

The delay was added to the news program on Tuesday.

Scarborough slipped Monday while discussing the brusque manner of Rahm Emanuel, incoming White House chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama. Specifically, Scarborough said Obama should be surrounded by "good, decent, steady men that don't go around flipping people off, or screaming '[:0] you!' at the top of their lungs."

Once he realized his mistake, Scarborough apologized profusely.

The seven-second delay will not be used on any other MSNBC programming, network rep Jeremy Gainestold The TV Column. It was "a mutual decision," he said.

Did we mention that MSNBC is a news network?

Scarborough's show replaced that of Don Imus -- whose MSNBC program had a seven-second delay in place, Gaines acknowledged, when Imus and his producer were heard on-air referring to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "hos." Imus was sacked over that broadcast.

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