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On 18 November 2013 British television host [[Martin Bashir]] discredited a comparison made by U.S. politician [[Sarah Palin]] between the United States' debt to China and slavery by referring to Derby's dose.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurweb.com/2013/11/martin-bashir-slays-sarah-palin-over-slavery-quip-then-gives-epic-apology/|title=Martin Bashir slays Sarah Palin over slavery quip, then gives epic apology}}</ref><ref name="mediaite">{{cite web |last1=Christopher |first1=Tommy |title=Martin Bashir Says Someone Should Sh*t in Sarah Palin’s Mouth |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-says-someone-should-sht-in-sarah-palins-mouth/ |website=Mediaite |language=en|date=November 15, 2013}}</ref> In pointing out how cruel and barbaric slavery was, Bashir used Derby's dose as an example; at the end of the segment, he finished by saying that "if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, [Palin] would be the outstanding candidate".<ref name="mediaite"/> He was criticized for this comment, and ultimately resigned.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Bill |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC Over Palin Comments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/business/media/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc-over-palin-comments.html |website=The New York Times |date=4 December 2013}}</ref>
However, historian Douglas Hall points out that "Derby's dose" was so-called because it was often administered by one of his slaves called Derby. In this form of punishment, Derby would defecate into the offending slave's mouth, whereupon Thistlewood would force the slave's mouth shut in the aftermath of it being administered.<ref>Douglas Hall, ''In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-86'', Macmillan, 1999, p. 73.</ref>
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