An under-fire Danish tv station issued an apology on Twitter over the weekend for airing offensive feedback that likened gamers of Morocco’s nationwide soccer workforce and their households to a household of primates.
TV 2 NEWS host, Christian Hogh Andersen, tried to transition from a narrative that includes photos of Moroccan gamers hugging their moms and celebrating after profitable matches on the World Cup in Qatar to the subsequent news phase about animals and the way they assemble to maintain heat, by holding up an image of monkeys.
“In continuation of the discuss Moroccans (gamers) and their households in Qatar, we even have an animal household gathering to maintain heat,” he stated.
The station expressed its deep remorse over the incident. “We’re extraordinarily sorry for the feedback that drew hyperlinks with the consecutive phase about animals. We sincerely apologize for it,” stated the tweet.
TV 2 additionally issued a press release on its official web site whereas acknowledging Andersen had drawn a hyperlink between household bonding to animals. “This will be perceived as a racist remark, and each TV 2 and Christian Hogh Andersen want to provide a profound apology for it,” it stated.
TV 2 News’ editor-in-chief, Anne Mette Svane, admitted that the feedback have been “both wrong and offensive.” She elaborated, “Although it was not the intention of the host, it’s a comment that each our host and TV 2 disassociate from. This was a transparent mistake and we apologize for it.”
Andersen additionally maintained that it was by no means his intention to attract a very unsuitable comparability, which he unintentionally did, and realized it was fully unsuitable and offensive. He supplied an unconditional apology for his feedback.
