Saturday, August 07, 2010
Talk Show Host Apologizes
KENTUCKY...
A radio talk show host in Louisville has apologized for calling President Barack Obama a "half-breed" on the air.
Mandy Connell of WHAS apologized Thursday after making the comment Wednesday, saying "I was embarrassed for myself."
The group "The Fairness Campaign" complained about the remark, and WHAS operations director Kelly Carls said Friday the station had received some calls about it.
"Mandy made a mistake and admits it," Carls told The Associated Press. "When a person is on the air 15 hours a week, sometimes they say things in a way that they don't mean. They need to admit it, and she did."
The context of the remark came during a discussion about opportunities available in the United States. She said at the time she didn't mean the phrase to be taken "in a derogatory way."
# posted by Homer Owens @ 2:19 PM 
