Sinclair Anchor Apologizes for Terrorist Quote

0:00It's March 31st. Birmingham News Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. ABC-3340 Evening Anchor, a Shanty Ford spark major backlash last week by closing her broadcasts with a quote from the founder of the, Muslim Brotherhood, a group the U.S. labels a terrorist organization, the station, a Sinclair subsidiary, quickly faced heat after the Thursday sign off. Ford, who joined from California in September 2025, read the line about becoming quieter to hear more, but it turns out the editorial. Team picked it, not her. Viewers flooded in with angry emails, in Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville blasted it on X as pure insanity from a radical terrorist outfit. Amplifying the outrage. On Monday, news director Jeff Cox went on air with an apology, stressing Ford had no hand in choosing the quote, and the team handled it internally too. Titan editorial standards. Cox thanked folks for the feedback, while Ford anchored the 6 p.m. show that night without touching the issue,

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