An Oregon TV station issues an apology after a Thursday segment in their broadcast showed a racist image from the 1950s.
The station KGW asks its viewers to share Throwback Thursday, photos on the company, social media platforms, the statement said. Throwback Thursday refers to when social media users post old pictures of themselves or other people from ranging from a few years ago to decades.
An image that was chosen by the station that appeared during the segment on Feb. 15 showed children throwing balls at a sign that had a racial slur.
“Despite our rigorous policy of thoroughly screening all content for standards and accuracy before broadcast, we acknowledge our failure to uphold our own standards in this instance,” KGW said in a statement Friday . “We understand the profound hurt this image inflicted upon our viewers and staff, particularly members of our Black community. To those who were exposed to the image and were hurt by it, we offer our sincerest apologies.”
In the statement KGW also said it has reevaluated its policies when airing submitted content from social media and taking additional steps to prevent this issue from happening in the future.