CNN Anchor Sorry For ‘Joking’ About Palin Brawl On Air

FILE - This Sept. 27, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows CNN anchor Carol Costello, at a party launching her colleague, Erin Burnett's show "Erin Burnett Outfront," in New York. Atlanta police are i... FILE - This Sept. 27, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows CNN anchor Carol Costello, at a party launching her colleague, Erin Burnett's show "Erin Burnett Outfront," in New York. Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Police tell WSB-TV that Carol Costello was talking on the phone while walking when two teenagers ran up from behind and grabbed the phone. Costello said in a post on her Facebook page that she struggled with one suspect as she tried to keep her phone, but he pulled out a chunk of her hair and she let go. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, file) MORE LESS
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CNN anchor Carol Costello apologized on Thursday for comments she made about the released police tapes of Bristol Palin’s interview following a bloody brawl that took place on Sept. 6.

Costello issued an apology in a statement to Politico.

“Over the past few days I have been roundly criticized for joking about a brawl involving the Palin family. In retrospect, I deserve such criticism and would like to apologize,” Costello said in the statement.

During a broadcast on Tuesday, Costello had commented on the audio recording of Bristol Palin.

“This is quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we’ve ever come across,” Costello said. “Well, come across in a long time anyway.”

Bristol Palin published a post on her blog on Thursday about the CNN anchor’s treatment of her police interview.

“I’m not ever going to listen to the audio and relive those moments,” Bristol wrote. “But how can a reporter call this the best audio she’s ever come across?”

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