'F' is for flub: MSNBC apologizes after airing Zimmerman trial F-bombs; Returns viewers to another F-bomb

People watching coverage of the George Zimmerman trial on MSNBC got a morning jolt:

seven second delay enforced. Zimmerman lawyer drops the F bomb WATCH: MSNBC Makes A Big Gaffe http://t.co/u8EoOvCLZW via @HuffPostMedia

— wea64 (@triplec64) June 24, 2013

The Zimmerman trial opened with the prosecutor dropping F-bombs in his opening statement, and viewers of MSNBC heard two of them before Chuck Todd abruptly broke into coverage to make an announcement:

https://twitter.com/RebeccaShap/status/349159353074475009

As it turned out, the seven second delay didn’t help much:

OMG… MSNBC… That's fantastic! F-bomb x 3! And one AFTER they turned on the 7 second delay!

— Papa Kosh (@Papa_Kosh) June 24, 2013

Yes, after the apology and initiation of a seven second delay so any subsequent offending language could be bleeped out, MSNBC returned to coverage. At that point viewers were hit with another F-bomb:

#msnbc makes big deal about a 7 second delay – then the prosecutor drops another F-bomb. Somebody has to teach the interns how things work!

— Tim Ashwell (@TAshwell) June 24, 2013

https://twitter.com/DetroitMark/status/349160114160291840

On Twitter, Chuck Todd offered a second apology:

A second apology for the 7-second delay not working the first time. I'm assured we've sorted this out.

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 24, 2013

Fortunately for MSNBC, given its ratings, the number of people who might have been offended was kept to a minimum.