On June 13 , 2015 , Whitfield described the gunman who attacked police in Dallas , Texas , as " courageous and brave " on air , when she thought he might be part of a coordinated terrorist attack . The next day she claimed she misspoke , but no formal apology for the statement was made . The following day , she issued a formal on-air apology , saying she terribly misused those words and was sincerely sorry
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