“D-Day, Which Will Live In Infamy”: June's Local TV News Screwups

Timothy BurkeTimothy Burke|published: Thu 11th July, 12:00 2013

June was relatively quiet for local TV news apologies, at least compared with the previous disastrous month. Still, there's plenty of war-related doozies as well as the usual collection of misidentified criminals, innocent businesses targeted as dangerous or fake, and pit bull panic.

After three months, here's our tally of the stations making the most mistakes and then apologizing for them. Spun more positively, here are the stations most efficient at recognizing and subsequently making amends for their errors:


WAFF Huntsville, AL: 3WHNS Greenville, SC: 3WNEP Scranton, PA: 3KGET Bakersfield, CA: 2KMIZ Columbia, MO: 2WSB Atlanta, GA: 2WSVN Miami, FL: 2WWBT Richmond, VA: 2

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