During a story about the Florida gubernatorial race, an NBC affiliate in Miami aired a graphic that described the Florida GOP as the “Reprehensive” Party.
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RT @lachlan:
NBC affiliate calls the Florida GOP the "Reprehensive Party of Florida”http://t.co/eopMD0iUHX— johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) January 31, 2014
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/429321493148098560
Wonder if, in the interest of equal time, we could get @nbc6 to run a segment on the "Demagogic Party of Florida"? http://t.co/gGQywxQ3lW
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) January 31, 2014
Here’s video of the news segment. The “Reprehensive Party” graphic appears at about the 1:35 mark:
RT @justonjohnson: Here is the segment where @nbc6 calls @FloridaGOP "Reprehensive Party of Florida" Go to 1:36 mark http://t.co/3aa5RB6yjd
— Brittany (@bccover) January 31, 2014
An apology was issued and a staffer from a news service used by the station was reportedly fired:
In "Reprehensive Party of Florida" flap, NBC & news service issue apology, staffer fired http://t.co/8Ho3brqygm
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) January 31, 2014
That all sounds awfully familiar.
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