Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, on the April 28, 2013 edition of The McLaughlin Group, slammed the host for daring to use the term "illegal alien" in discussing the new proposed immigration bill. In her first chance to criticize McLaughlin, after he used the phrase in a pre-taped piece, the long-time panelist griped: "And I would also ask you, John, let's call them undocumented immigrants. Illegal aliens, I think is a rather offensive term."
Crossposted on Newsbusters.