Um, that’s the wrong type of ‘heroine’

By NewscastStudio • June 25, 2015

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Sometimes one letter can mean a big difference.

Take the OTS that WWTV-TV, the CBS affiliate in Traverse City, Mich., aired recently.

Under a photo of handcuffs and white powder, was the title: “Heroine Arrest.”

By adding that “e” to end of the word, the station shifted from describing a dangerous drug to a female hero.