LAS VEGAS (AP) - A television weatherman was fired afterreferring to slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. as "Martin Luther Coon King" on the air, station officials said. Rob Blair, of KTNV-TV, was delivering the extended forecastSaturday morning when he said: "Martin Luther Coon King Jr. Day, gonna see some temperatures in the mid-60s." Jim Prather, vice president and general manager of the ABCaffiliate, said Blair stumbled when he uttered the remark, but theexcuse was not enough to save his job. "This kind of incident is not acceptable under anycircumstances, and I'm truly sorry that this event occurred,"Prather said. Blair, who worked at the station for about three months,apologized during the station's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscastsSaturday. "I in no way intended to offend anyone," he said in the apology. "I'm very sorry."
BWAH! And all I can do is laugh. I gotta respect the guy cause well, he left no doubt as to what he'd been saying behind closed doors. Geez. Ah, progress! Ass!
Later................
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