Mississippi News Anchor Removed for Quoting Snoop Dogg on Air
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Barbie Bassett, a news anchor and meteorologist with Jackson-based news station WLBT, has been off the air since March 8 after using a catchphrase popularized by Snoop Dogg during a discussion on the rapper’s wine business. Bassett had previously made a controversial comment about a Black reporter’s grandmother in October and apologized for the “insensitive and hurtful” comment. WLBT has not commented on Bassett's absence from the station.
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