Backlash after weatherman fired for using racial slur

2:00am PST - January 11th, 2019    martin luther king jr. day - The Guardian (AU)

Jeremy Kappell says the slur was a mispronunciation. Al Roker and Bernice King are among those calling for forgiveness Last Friday night, Jeremy Kappell, a local weatherman with WHEC-TV in Rochester, New York, added a word to the name of a downtown ice rink. …