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Thread ID: 16337 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2005-01-18
2005-01-18 00:55 | User Profile
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"KTNV-TV, Channel 13, fired weekend weather anchor Rob Blair on Sunday, a day after he made an on-air racial slur about Martin Luther King Jr.
Jim Prather, vice president and general manager of KTNV, said Blair "stumbled" during a weather update at 7:55 a.m. Saturday but added that "this kind of incident is not acceptable under any circumstances, and I'm truly sorry that this event occurred."
Blair was delivering the extended forecast when he said, "For tomorrow, 60 degrees, Martin Luther Coon King Jr. Day, gonna see some temperatures in the mid-60s."
[url]http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-17-Mon-2005/news/25678882.html[/url]
About 20 minutes later, Blair told viewers at the ABC affiliate, "Apparently I accidentally said Martin Luther Kong Jr., which I apologize about -- slip of the tongue."
2005-01-18 07:29 | User Profile
Not just a job, but a career down the drain for a little slip...
If he were black, he could have been caught on camera grumbling "whites are such f** idiots" and kept his job, let alone his career.
2005-01-18 19:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Happy Hacker]Not just a job, but a career down the drain for a little slip...
If he were black, he could have been caught on camera grumbling "whites are such f** idiots" and kept his job, let alone his career.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy made a career out of doing just that. They were considered "cutting edge," "daring" and "groundbreaking."
I assume this sort of thing is still going on -- just as lucratively -- but since I don't watch televitzim or negro "comedy" movies, I've been spared the sight of such hypocritical filth.
2005-01-19 00:41 | User Profile
[QUOTE=arkady]Indeed, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy made a career out of doing just that. They were considered "cutting edge," "daring" and "groundbreaking."[/QUOTE]
Fast-forward to 2005: Richard Pryor is corroding away due to MS, and the last time Eddie Murphy made headlines was when he was caught soliciting a transsexual.