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CNBC Apologizes for Airing Song With N-Word (Video)

Hollywood Reporter - 17 Dec 2013 21:24
The business channel accidentally teased a story about Starbucks with some offensive rap lyrics. Choosing the music to accompany a news report can be a tricky task, as CBS This Morning discovered last week, when it played Toto's "Africa" over footage of the South African memorial for Nelson Mandela. CNBC made a similar, yet possibly worse, blunder when it teased a story about Starbucks with a rap song that included the N-word. Indeed, the offending word played before the business channel cut to ...
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