“It is our job to recognize the divide between our beliefs and our actions and dedicate ourselves to change our actions so our intent is never called into question,” she said. In a statement posted to Facebook Thursday afternoon, as reported in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Mayor Warren quoted Martin Luther King Jr and urged empathy and forgiveness. Greenberg and the San Antonio weatherman Mike Hernandez, who both publicly apologized, were not.
One of them, a weatherman with KTNV in Las Vegas, was fired in 2005. Kappell has shared on his social media channels three other instances of on-air talent making the same mistake with Martin Luther King Jr’s name in the past, including Mike Greenberg, co-host of ESPN’s Mike & Mike.
It is shocking to me the way dealt with this situation. Mark Taylor, a local news co-host with NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio, shared Roker’s sentiment.
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Kappell also expressed disappointment in WHEC for letting him go, a decision that has come under fire this week as several television journalists defended Kappell’s explanation of events.Īl Roker tweeted Wednesday that he thought Kappell “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”. I would never want to tarnish the reputation of such a great man, Dr Martin Luther King Jr.” And if you did feel that it hurt you in any way, I sincerely apologize. “That was not a word that I said, I promise you that. I had no idea how it came across to many people,” continued Kappell. “In my mind I knew I had mispronounced but. “Unfortunately I spoke a little too fast when I was referencing Dr Martin Luther King Jr So fast to the point where I jumbled a couple of words.” “If you watch me regularly you know that I contain a lot of information in my weather forecasts, which forces me to speak fast,” Kappell said. “And yes, he did apologize.”Įarlier this week, Kappell, accompanied by his wife, posted a video to Facebook explaining the slur as a “simple misunderstanding” borne out of speaking too much, too quickly. “Obviously, an apology is warranted,” she said. While she said there needed to be repercussions for using a racial slur, “I don’t think it should go as far, in this particular instance, as firing an individual.” Instead, she suggested other options such as demotion, another assignment off-air, or implicit bias training. “I believe that when these racial slurs occur, unless there’s a situation where it’s continual, that people need an opportunity to be rehabilitated,” said Dr Bernice King, the civil rights leader’s youngest child, in a video posted on TMZ. He ended the video with a request for viewers to “please, hold back your judgment.Snowballing online outrage has produced a statement in Kappell’s defense from Today show co-host Al Roker, an appearance on the Today show, and on Thursday afternoon, a statement urging caution from Martin Luther King Jr’s daughter. Martin Luther King Jr.,” he said, “so fast to the point where I jumbled a couple of words.” “Unfortunately I spoke a little too fast when I was referencing Dr. Kappell has apologized and explained himself multiple times this week, most expansively during a four-minute video on Facebook in which he speaks to the camera with his wife by his side. “Anyone who has done live tv and screwed up (google any number of ones I’ve done) understands,” he tweeted.
Roker, who is black, said on Twitter on Wednesday 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. Kappel’s defenders argue that mortifying bloopers are common on live TV news. Her office did not respond to request for an interview Wednesday.
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