#53: What Does Skin Color Have to Do With Anything?

Year: 2012

Network: ABC Texoma

In a surprising turn of events during a news report, ABC Texoma’s Erin Conrad made an unexpected comment that left both viewers and her co-anchors in shock, followed by a fit of laughter. Just before going live, Conrad caught a glimpse of herself on the screen and thought she wasn’t alive yet. In what she believed to be a private moment, she remarked, “I look so pale.”

To her surprise, the live show had already begun, and her candid comment went out to viewers at home in real time. The unexpected remark was met with an awkward silence from co-anchor Cathy Evans Corbett, who was momentarily taken aback. However, Corbett quickly regained her composure, and the two carried on with the broadcast.