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CNN Apologizes After Second Reporter Uses N-Word Unbleeped (VIDEO)

First Posted: 04/09/12 08:12 AM ET Updated: 04/09/12 04:10 PM ET

CNN correspondent Susan Candiotti quoted rather profane language that went unbleeped while reporting on a story from Tulsa, Okla. on Sunday.

Candiotti, who was covering a story about three African American men who were shot to death, said that police were examining a post on the suspect's Facebook page.

"It reads like this: 'Today is two years that my dad has been gone, shot by--' and please excuse the language, it's very sensitive--'shot by a f---ing [n-word]. It's hard not to go off between that and Sheran--' Sheran is [the suspect's] girlfriend, who according to family friends, committed sucide in front of the suspect in this case just last December...The Facebook posting goes on to say: 'I'm gone in the head. Dad and Sheran...I love and miss you. I think about you both every second of the day.'"

Back at "CNN Newsroom," anchor Fredricka Whitfield apologized to viewers. "Ok, Susan Candiotti in Tulsa. We apologize to our viewers for such profanities being used on our air. And we'll be right back with much more in the newsroom."

Candiotti also apologized for her language. "In quoting someone else's words, I repeated their offensive and inappropriate language. I deeply regret it," she said.

This is not the first time a CNN correspondent has quoted the n-word while reporting on a story. Last month, CNN correspondent Drew Griffin also quoted the n-word while covering a hate crime case in Mississippi. Griffin was also not bleeped out.

(H/T via The Daily Caller).

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12:06 AM on 04/10/2012
Nevermind the "N" word...How bout the big "F" word before it!!!
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sunnubian
06:33 PM on 04/09/2012
CNN should not have to apologize for the reporter stating what the person said, in fact, the news needs to stop glossing over the "N" word when it comes to hate crimes. The public needs to know exactly what type of language people like that use when talking about Black people. Same for any other racial slurs used by racists/sexist/homophobes/people who commit hate crimes.
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Lalita Amos
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11:48 PM on 04/09/2012
Ditto. I think we're leaving people with the Disney version of hate speech when we sterilize the language.
05:41 PM on 04/09/2012
It's the News coming at us raw. I'm not offended. After all, it's not like she was personally using the N word.
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Lalita Amos
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11:49 PM on 04/09/2012
Absolutely right. I think we've become a little to precious.
12:07 AM on 04/10/2012
Agree. She was reporting the news