KTLA, a major local TV station, faced backlash after its verified account mistakenly tweeted the N-word. The controversial post quickly went viral before it was deleted. In subsequent posts, KTLA clarified that the slur was shared due to a technical error while updating language filters on its social media accounts. The station expressed deep regret over the incident. Despite this explanation, many respondents to the apology were skeptical about the accidental nature of the post, suggesting underlying issues that may not have been addressed.
KTLA experienced a technical error while adding language filters to our social media accounts, resulting in an offensive word being accidentally shared. We are appalled and apologize that this occurred.
Screenshots of the since-deleted post appear to show KTLA shared the N-word in a single-word post.
A large number of those who replied to the apology were skeptical that the station tweeted the slur by accident.
According to the entertainment industry outlet TheWrap, KTLA's explanation for how the word was shared online holds that they were trying to ban the word via a filter but inadvertently tweeted it instead.
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