UPDATE.

MSNBC reporter says she said ‘Nakers’ on air, not ‘Ni**ers’ and that it was a combination of Knicks + Lakers:

Earlier today, while reporting on the tragic news of Kobe Bryant’s passing, I unfortunately stuttered on air, combining the names of the Knicks and the Lakers to say “Nakers.” Please know I did not & would NEVER use a racist term. I apologize for the confusion this caused. — Alison Morris (@AlisonMorrisNOW) January 26, 2020

Original post.

Well, this is quite the flub.

An unidentified reporter on MSNBC just said Kobe Bryant was “perfectly cast on the Los Angeles Ni**ers, um, Los Angeles Lakers” during her coverage of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash. Did we hear that right?

So this @MSNBC reporter just referred to the Lakers as the Los Angeles Niggers on live tv when talking about Kobe. pic.twitter.com/htfPRwlgV6 — Jimmy Jump ? (@Littles1126) January 26, 2020

We’re seeing reports that it was MSNBC’s Allison Morris:

@MSNBC REPORTER ALLISON MORRIS SAID KOBE PLAYED FOR THE “LOS ANGELES NIGGERS????” PLEASE SPREAD SO SHE CAN GET FIRED #RIPKobeBryant #ripkobe pic.twitter.com/iMNfLDv1PW — R.I.P KOBE BRYANT?? (@Lilvampiree1) January 26, 2020

We’re not the only one who heard it that way:

Leave it to @MSNBC to rename the Los Angeles @Lakers to the Los Angeles Niggers. Shameful. https://t.co/hNHTImVhwi — Beth Baumann (@eb454) January 26, 2020

Over to you MSNBC.

Cancel the bitch from MSNBC “Los Angeles Niggers” really cuh????? And you talking bout Kobe like he just a regular player — AD (@iitsAD) January 26, 2020

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