St. Louis News Station Apologizes For Using ‘Colored’ To Describe Black Homeowners During Broadcast

Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated March 7, 2024

A local television station in St.Louis is apologizing after using an outdated racial term during a recent broadcast. 

On February 26, KMOV-TV anchor Cory Stark was setting up a story about Black homeowners and appraisals when he used the word “colored” to refer to them.

Stark apologized the day after the on-air incident according to NBC News reports. “Last night at this

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