CNN Apologizes After Airing Song With Audible 'Nigga'

[babylonsister]

BIG oopsie!

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/cnn-apologizes-after-airing-song-with-audible-nigga-video.php?ref=fpb

CNN Apologizes After Airing Song With Audible 'Nigga' (VIDEO)
Rachel Slajda | May 26, 2010, 11:55AM

Video at link~

CNN, during a segment this morning about a 103-year-old African-American woman, mistakenly aired a portion of a song that includes the word "nigga." Realizing the mistake, the anchor apologized soon after.

The segment was about Gladys Flamer, a woman from Pennsylvania who is still driving at 103 years of age. After telling the story, anchor Kyra Phillips said, "Miss Flamer, this shoutout's for you."

The audio cut to "Fantastic Voyage" by Coolio -- specifically, a part of the song with the words "punk ass nigga" -- over footage of the woman climbing into her car.

The chorus of that song begins, "Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage"

About 25 minutes later, Phillips acknowledged the mistake and apologized.

"We aired some music just a few minutes ago and, obviously for those of you who heard it, it was the wrong music that aired. It was a terrible mistake and we're working very hard to make up for it," she said.

[boobooday]

1. Ugh

That's awful. What the hell were they thinking?

[Renew Deal]

2. Oops!

:tv:

[The Straight Story]

3. Our local rap stations should be apologizing every 3 minutes

:rofl:

[Rebubula]

11. Agreed...

...I wish that I had a dollar for everytime I heard that word coming from other cars - or the mouths of teenagers.

[notadmblnd]

4. Don't cha know, all blacks love rap/hiphop

:sarcasm: Especially, the black people that have lived over a century.

[SidDithers]

5. They should have just used the original...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YjmXSyHa8

Edit: you just don't see many Pirates in music videos these days :)

Sid

[AndyA]

6. Why would they even have music like that at CNN?

Did they play the completely wrong music, or just the wrong part of the song?

[Coventina]

7. I just recently realized that word was in that song. I'd listened to it for years,

but I guess never really LISTENED to it.

I can see how such a thing could happen.

[MrScorpio]

8. They couldn't find a clean edit?

Jeez

[GodlessBiker]

9. The Man tries to be cool and fucks up.

[EFerrari]

10. LOL

[aikoaiko]

12. that's a great chorus though....

I'm sure they intended this part to play:

Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage
Slide, slide slippity slide
I'm hittin switches on the block in a 65
Come along and ride on fantastic voyage
Slide slide hoo ride, ain't no valley low enough or mountain high