White Mississippi news anchor is taken off-air for using Snoop Dogg lyric trends now
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A longtime Mississippi news anchor appears to no longer be employed with the WLBT news team after quoting a Snoop Dogg lyric deemed racially insensitive during an on air broadcast.
Barbie Bassett, a popular anchor and the station's first chief meteorologist in its 50 plus year history, hasn't been seen on the NBC-affiliate station since the March 8 incident. Her bio no longer appears on the company's website.
Bassett's comment was during a segment that was talking about Snoop Dogg's wine company, Cali Wine Collection- and the launch of his Snoop Cali Blanc variety.
Before the broadcast ended, Bassett, who is white, repeated a famous Snoop slang saying, 'Fo shizzle, my [epithet].'
The racial epithet referred to is one for black people.
Morning news anchor Barbie Bassett is seen with her co-anchors during on-air broadcast. Bassett hasn't been seen on air since the March 8 incident after making the racially insensitive remark
Bassett is seen speaking to viewers on March 8 on what appears to be her final broadcast during a 'What's Happening Wednesday's' Facebook live segment
The former beauty pageant queen had been cited in October 2022 for making a racially insensitive remark to a fellow
