Alec Baldwin tweets support message for Martin Bashir

Alec Baldwin defended Martin Bashir on Twitter late Wednesday and had some harsh words for MSNBC after the journalist’s resignation.

“I wish @MartinBashir the best of luck,” Alec Baldwin wrote.

“Some of these cable venues really are Off-Off Television.”

“And their need for a reliable, even forced, homogeneity is more apparent than ever.”

Alec Baldwin, whose own MSNBC show Up Late was canceled two weeks ago after the actor was caught on camera using a gay slur, said  Martin Bashir’s career shouldn’t have been ruined by one transgression.

“Broadcasters on certain networks are called upon to offer analysis of events and public policy, day in, day out, often with tremendous aggression and scalding language,”  Alec Baldwin wrote.

“If, over the course of hundreds of hours on air, they commit a foul… then it’s like high-sticking in hockey or a late hit in the NFL. Throw a flag. But to end someone’s job?”

Martin Bashir resigned from the network Wednesday following flap over comments he made on air criticizing former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.