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CNN N-Word Gaffe Leaves Ratings-Challenged Network Redfaced

The sinking ship that is CNN is at the center another humiliating debacle. The network has apologized after it broadcast the N-word during a tory about a 103-year-old Black woman who still gets behind the wheel to get around her Pennsylvania hometown. And you thought the time they fell for the 140-year-old hot dog hoax was embarrassing!For […]

The sinking ship that is CNN is at the center another humiliating debacle.

The network has apologized after it broadcast the N-word during a tory about a 103-year-old Black woman who still gets behind the wheel to get around her Pennsylvania hometown.

And you thought the time they fell for the 140-year-old hot dog hoax was embarrassing!

For reasons that made sense at the time, the network opted to use the mid-90s Coolio track “Fantastic Voyage” to accompany the piece. The lyrics in the song include the words: ‘Ain’t no punk-ass n***gas set tripping.”

Anchor Kyra Phillips apologised for the use of the song and the racial slur later in the broadcast.

“We aired some music just a few minutes ago, and obviously for those of you that heard it, it was the wrong music that aired. We apologise for that. It was a terrible mistake. And we’re working very hard to make up for it.”