From BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski:
John Berman, host of This Hour somehow used the phrase ?any way you slice it? three times in 10 seconds while discussing the Oklahoma beheading.
Here is exactly what he said:
“It’s a sick fascination any way you slice it. There’s a woman dead any way you slice it. And this man faces the death penalty, likely, any way you slice it. A lot going on here.”
From Bustle:
Berman, who hosts the CNN program The Hour, was just ending his segment on the beheading at a food processing plant in Moore, Oklahoma, which killed one woman and injured another worker. While wrapping up the serious broadcast, Berman used the unfortunate phrase.
Was it intentional? Not likely. His apologies were profuse (see below) and appear to be genuine. Word choice is crucial. Maybe a script of some sort in future?
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