![]() ![]() “There can be no confusion by anyone who works at Hubbard Broadcasting or by anyone in the communities we serve, that this is unacceptable. ![]() “An utterance such as this, with no immediate apology, regardless of intent, is unacceptable and inexcusable,” Reingold and Hubbard said. I think made an unfortunate flub and should be given the chance to apologize on Anyone who has done live tv and screwed up (google any number of ones I’ve done) understands.- Al Roker January 9, 2019Īlthough Keppel is receiving an outpouring of support, the TV station who decided to let him go stands by its decision. ![]() Both men assessed the incident to be a slip-up and acknowledged how common it is as broadcasters. Please keep my family in your prayers.Posted by Jeremy Kappell on Monday, JanuOn social, a number of people have come to the weatherman’s defense including Today’s Al Roker and Craig Melvin. I wanted to take this time to explain our side of the story. Park” - in what he said was an unintentional “verbal slip.A heartfelt thanks to all those who have been supporting us. In another incident, Rochester meteorologist Jeremy Kappell was fired from an NBC station in 2019 for referring to a park named for the slain civil rights leader as “Martin Luther C–n King Jr. We apologize to our viewers.” The offensive graphic appeared Thursday in the Des Moines-based Weather Channel’s “Local on the 8s” segment. That slur came out while he was saying Martin Luther King Junior Park. Jeremy Kappell has spent most of the day doing interviews on local radio and for network news. This did not originate with us, and we are in the process of investigating it further. The story of the local meteorologist fired after uttering a racial slur during a Friday broadcast is receiving national attention. ![]() “We removed this graphic as soon as we learned of it. “A graphic during the Weather Channel cable network’s ‘Local on the 8s’ presentation in Des Moines last evening included a racial slur,” the post read. TWC has reportedly since deleted the disgusting graphic and apologized for the incident on Facebook. “TWC has computer units at cable headends to produce the local on the 8s, and a rogue cable employee must’ve messed with the files and caused it to say that.” “This came from the cable provider,” speculated one armchair local news expert. The journo postulated in a following tweet that the sordid stunt “likely originated at the cable head-end, according to a source, though the network is still trying to figure it out.” I've blurred it, but I'm pretty sure you can figure out what it said. The Weather Channel confirms this graphic accidentally made it on air in the Des Moines market on Thursday during a "Locals on the 8s" segment. An Iowa weather station is in hot water after a racial slur appeared in one of its reports. “This did not originate with us, and we are in the process of investigating it further,” a spokesperson told Keys, per a tweet. However, the Weather Channel denies that the epithet was its doing. “I’ve blurred it, but I’m pretty sure you can figure out what it said,” he wrote regarding the alarming racist image, which appeared in the Des Moines-based Weather Channel’s “Local on the 8s” segment.Īn accompanying screenshot shows the appalling graphic, which read: “Hello Des Moines, This is your weather my N-–s.” The meteorological misprint was flagged Friday in a now-viral tweet by journalist Matthew Keys. ‘Bridgerton’ star calls royals ‘terribly white,’ sparking most UK TV complaints of yearĪn Iowa weather station stirred up a whirlwind of backlash after an offensive racial slur inexplicably appeared in one of its forecast graphics last Thursday. NYC hospital ‘Karen’ denies trying to steal CitiBike from young black man NYC Hospital ‘Karen’ on leave after video shows her allegedly trying to take black man’s Citi Bike Kentucky teacher suspended after allowing student to dress as KKK Grand Wizard for extra credit ![]()
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