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For the second time in less than two weeks, a local television newsperson has used a racial slur while talking about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, news anchor Kevin Steincross of CNN affiliate KTVI in St. Louis was on the air and said a tribute at St. Louis University would honor Martin Luther coon Jr., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Around 9 a.m., Steincross went on the air to apologize. We have heard from a viewer stanley cups uk about a mistake I made in our 5 a.m. newscast, he said in the apology . In our story about the stanley cup tribute to Dr. King, I unfortunately mispronounced his name. Please know I have total respect for Dr. King, what he meant and continues to mean to our country. This was not intentional in any way, and I sincerely apologize. A representative for station owner Tribune Broadcasting said Steincross made an unfortunate mistake and the station will not take disciplinary measures against him, according to the Post-Dispatch . The Fox2 management team spoke to Kevin following the mistake and we believe that it was truly inadvertent and does not reflect Ke stanley cup usa vin s core beliefs, a Tribune spokesperson said a written statement. Kevin is extremely upset by the mistake and regrets it deeply. The St. Louis chapter of the NAACP tweeted Thursday that Steincross needs to lose his job.The incident wa