A Los Angeles TV station, KTLA, is under fire after tweeting the N-word on Friday, causing anger among viewers. They later explained it was a “technical error” and apologized. The offensive tweet was shared widely online before the station managed to remove it, per the New York Post.
The station quickly issued an apology.
They penned in a tweet, “KTLA experienced a technical error while adding language filters to our social media accounts, resulting in an offensive word being accidentally shared. We are appalled and apologize that this occurred.”
The news channel was talking about a feature on X that lets users “mute” specific words, preventing them from seeing tweets with those words. The station explained that the social media coordinator intended to add the N-word to the muted list but mistakenly posted it publicly instead.
The outlet said in a statement to The Post, “KTLA is investigating the exact cause of this incident, and we deeply regret what happened. We again apologize to KTLA’s audience and the greater Los Angeles community.”
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