By Melissa Noel ·Updated July 28, 2022
An Iowa weather station sparked a firestorm of criticism after one of its forecast graphics used an offensive racial slur last week, the New York Post reports. Journalist Matthew Keys pointed out the error in a now-viral tweet.
“I’ve blurred it, but I’m pretty sure you can figure out what it said,” he wrote about the disturbing image that aired on the Des Moines-based Weather