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  • Oklahoma anchor apologizes to black co-host after comparing him to gorilla on air

    08/28/2019 7:30:07 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 23 replies
    Cox Media via WPXI ^ | August 28, 2019 | Kelcie Willis
    OKLAHOMA CITY - A local news anchor issued a tearful on-air apology to her co-host after she compared him to a gorilla on television. USA Today reported that KOCO morning show host Alex Housden, who is white, made the racist comparison of co-anchor Jason Hackett, who is black, to a gorilla in a segment about one of the animals at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The Washington Post reported that Housden was specifically reporting on Fin, the zoo's baby western lowland gorilla, who was seen taking selfies during an Instagram takeover by one of his caretakers. "As you can see, Fin...