Outrage After TV Station Assures Viewers That The Ferguson Verdict Won’t Ruin “Dancing With The Stars”
And people did not take it very well.
1. An ABC Affiliate in Chattanooga, Tennessee, became the center of outrage Monday night during a press conference on the Darren Wilson grand jury verdict in Ferguson, Missouri.
2. People were not thrilled…
5. The station has tweeted multiple apologies to all viewers.
We did not mean to be insensitive with our previous tweet about DWTS vs. Ferguson. We apologize if it was perceived that way.
— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine)
7. Along with dozens of individual apologies.
@MikeSchlossberg @daveweigel sorry, mike, we're new at this.
— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine)
@michaelduterte no, please - it was a mistake, it won't happen again, we promise, gary.
— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine)
12. But as I’m sure their social media team now understands, tweeting usually only makes things worse.
@newschannelnine it's too late now. You should have apologized to everyone earlier and stopped tweeting.
— Smile because I just (@XOXRuthyXOX)
@newschannelnine because ignoring racism is as simple as deleting a racist tweet.
— Taymy Caso (@tcaso0813)
@newschannelnine A man is dead. A family is grieving. A city is burning. Nobody gives a damn tonight about "Dancing with the Stars."
— Ryan Holmes (@BlazinRy)
For a meltdown of epic proportions, watch @newschannelnine try to recover from its awful tweet. But hey, they follow back!
— Jessie Opoien (@jessieopie)
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