Twin Cities morning anchor Bill Hudson, of CBS affiliate WCCO, does not fancy himself a bigot. Though viewers might after he, in reading a story about Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park (which is 42% white, 22% black, 22% Hispanic), replaced the word “neighborhood” with “neiggerhood,” or, as for what it sounded like to viewers, “niggerhood.”

Hudson has profusely apologized for the on-air stumble, both on a subsequent broadcast and on the station’s website.

“It’s just a very, very unfortunate incident. One I feel very sadly about. That’s the unfortunate part of live television,” he says. Some have excused the incident.

Others, not so much.

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