Mississippi News Anchor Removed from Air for Using Snoop Dogg Lyric

Mississippi news anchor Barbie Bassett has not been seen on-air since March 8 at the WLBT news station after quoting a Snoop Dogg lyric deemed racially insensitive during an on-air broadcast. This comes after she was cited in October 2022 for making a racially insensitive remark to a fellow co-anchor that she later apologized for. The station's vice president and general manager issued a statement, but Bassett has not made a public statement on the matter since the incident.