Thursday night, CNN anchor Erin Burnett issued an apology for the mistake she made during a broadcast earlier in the week. During the broadcast that’s under fire the anchor appeared to call the members of the sorority Zeta Phi Beta ‘gang member’ during footage of Baltimore Town Hall Meeting. Check out the videos after the jump.
Burnett’s Apology
Burnett had interviewed Maryland Reverend Jamal Bryant, who stressed the importance of having gang members from Bloods, Crips, and BGF at the meeting. As Burnett explained her interview with the Reverend the images featured a group of women from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. The women of this organization have been helping out in the community, cleaning up the city, hosting a meeting about youth and law enforcement and distributing supplies to the elderly.
Burnett’s apology read,
A brief note on a segment from earlier this week: We talked with Baltimore Reverend Jamal Bryant about a community town hall he was hosting on Tuesday. He stressed the importance of gang members attending. Immediately after that interview, we showed a live picture of the town hall. I noted the reverend said gang members were attending, along with other members of the community, members of the sorority Zeta Phi Beta were shown in that live picture. We’re sorry if anyone got the impression we were calling that sorority gang members; that wasn’t our intention. Zeta Phi Beta, by the way, is a 95-year old organization which right now is distributing supplies to seniors in Baltimore, cleaning up the city, and getting ready to host a meeting on youth and law enforcement.
Original Segment
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