Megyn Kelly’s on air ‘blackface’ apology gets varying treatment by network newscasts

After issuing an initial apology via email to her colleagues at NBC News followed by a stilted statement on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018’s edition of “Megyn Kelly Today,” Megyn Kelly and her comments found themselves in the headlines on that day’s evening newscasts.

Watch #MegynKelly apologize for ‘blackface’ comments’ https://t.co/TAN6jd5nLw

— TVNewsMix (@TVNewsMix) October 24, 2018

‘NBC Nightly News,’ anchoring from outside of Time Warner Center, one of the sites of Wednesday’s bomb scares, featured the story prominently, including a full package.

'Nightly News' ventures out for bombing coverage as other networks stay in studio https://t.co/sQFX8r6nP9 pic.twitter.com/lNrI5wN6xr

— NewscastStudio (@newscaststudio) October 25, 2018

‘Nightly News’ ventures out for bombing coverage as other networks stay in studio

‘ABC World News Tonight‘ also covered the story with a package.

‘CBS Evening News‘ didn’t offer formal coverage of the apology, but did include clips from it in its ‘headlines’ segment at the start of the newscast.

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