This did not originate with us, and we are in the process of investigating it further. “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. Women chided for ‘upholding white supremacy’ in bizarre new ‘Karen’ filmĪn Iowa weather station stirred up a whirlwind of backlash after an offensive racial slur inexplicably appeared in one of its forecast graphics last Thursday. Star on racism from ‘Stranger Things’ fans: ‘It took a toll on me’ Sorry, Deporter-in-Chief Obama: Opposing open borders isn’t racist UPenn professor: ‘Anti-racist’ policies are wrecking American medicine

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