Kurtz on Beck's apology for mocking Malia Obama: “Now about that racist thing ...” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 05/28/10 4:38 PM EDT A May 28 post on Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz's Twitter feed: Previously: Glenn Beck smears Obama's 11-year-old daughter Beck: Obama has “exposed himself as a guy” with “a deep seated hatred for white people” Beck “stand[s] by” Fox & Friends remarks that “I think the president is a racist” Beck caps off week of race-baiting by calling Obama a “racist” Contradicting Fox VP, Murdoch agrees with Beck: Obama is a racist Ailes defends Beck as “accurate,” adds “he did say one unfortunate thing which he apologized for, but that happens” Hannity latest Fox News employee to defend Beck's claim that Obama is “racist”