Roker, who is black, said Wednesday on Twitter that Kappell flubbed a line and should be given the chance to apologize on WHEC. He was not fired.Īn online “I Stand Behind Jeremy Kappell” petition seeking his reinstatement has been started online. ESPN’s Mike Greenberg in 2010 reportedly made a similar slip-up pronouncing MLK’s name and apologized for slurring his words. Draymond Green Memphis weatherman being investigated for racist Draymond tweet originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Joey Sulipeck, a meteorologist for FOX13 in Memphis, is being investigated. HOUSTON Houston police are searching for a man recorded on video hurling antisemitic, racist slurs at an interracial couple, as they walked their dogs Tuesday in southwest Houston.
A chief meteorologist has lost his job after he appeared to make a racist comment about. Kappel’s defenders argue that mortifying bloopers are common on live TV news. Entertainment TV & Radio Current Affairs US weatherman fired over alleged racist slur during broadcast. Her office did not respond to request for an interview Wednesday. Warren has since been the target of critics on social media who accuse her of pouncing on the incident too quickly. Warren argued a larger issue was that the station apologized only after a backlash on social media.
The station fired Kappell on Sunday, the same day Mayor Lovely Warren and city officials in a statement called for Kappell’s ouster. Meteorologist Jeremy Kappell is receiving some mercy for accidentally using a racial slur on live television. Kappell “clearly voiced a racially derogatory term,” on Friday night’s broadcast, said the statement from Hubbard Television Group President Robert Hubbard and station general manager Richard Reingold. Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage, DandC via Twitter.
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“We believe we have done what is right for our station and our community, and will continue to take a strong stand for our personal and professional values.” “Since our decision to terminate his employment, this station has been caught in the middle of a vitriolic political debate,” the station and its parent company said in a statement Tuesday night.
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Better yet say the full “Doctor Martin Luther King Junior” all 9 syllables 20 times fast… - Jeremy Kappell January 9, 2019 New York weatherman fired over racial slur in forecast January 8, 2019, 5:54 AM NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York television meteorologist was fired after saying what many heard as a racial slur on.
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