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Posted on 01/17/2005 11:51:15 AM PST by Ellesu
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A weekend television weatherman was fired after he made an on-air racial slur about Martin Luther King Jr., station officials said.
Rob Blair of KTNV-TV was delivering the extended forecast Saturday morning when he said: "For tomorrow, 60 degrees, Martin Luther Coon King Jr. Day, gonna see some temperatures in the mid-60s."
Jim Prather, vice president and general manager of the ABC affiliate, said Blair stumbled but the excuse was not enough to save his job.
"This kind of incident is not acceptable under any circumstances, and I'm truly sorry that this event occurred," Prather told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Blair apologized during the station's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Saturday newscasts.
"On a weather report earlier this morning, I made an accidental slip of the tongue when talking about the Martin Luther King holiday, and what I said was interpreted by many viewers as highly offensive. For that I offer my deepest apology. I in no way intended to offend anyone. I'm very sorry."
Blair worked at the station for about three months. He declined comment Monday when contacted by The Associated Press through a friend.
He will never work again.
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LMFAO!
Hell of a slip. That's almost as bad as making a commemorative plaque to James Earl Ray for helping the civil rights movement.
Funny how it didn't hurt Cruz Bust-your-money and he said the famous 'n' word.
I bet he'd like to have a "do over."
There is an old album by Ice-T. It's called "Freedom of speech... Just watch what you say"
Simply amazing, it's 60 degrees in Las Vegas.
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Rob Blair is too stupid to be a TV weatherman. That's really dumb.
About as dumb as referring to Barak Obama as, "Osama Bin Laden"...
Whew. Thank God he didn't refer to New York as Hymie-town, or he'd have gotten the death penalty.
And last I checked Robert Byrd is still the "distinguished" senator from West Virginia.
Maybe he meant to say "Martin Luther Cool King Day". :)
Dumbest weatherman ever, and that's saying something.
How many cartoonists were fired for Rice and Powell cartoons?
"curb job"?
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