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CNBC’s Drury apologizes for “chinks” comment

November 16, 2013

Posted by Chris Roush

CNBC anchor Amanda Drury used the term “chinks the chain” when referring to Chinese policy on the air and then issued an apology on Friday, calling it a “poor choice of words.”

It’s not the first time that a CNBC person has used the term on the air this year.

In July reporter Robert Frank used the phrase “chink in the armor” during a discussion of Wendi Deng’s pending divorce from News Corp. and 21st Century Fox CEO Rupert Murdoch.

The comments then drew a critical response from the Asian American Journalists Association, which called the statements “offensive” and “inappropriate.”

And in July, CNBC’s Joe Kernen used a derogatory term about Indians on the air.

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