Kansas City TV station sends ill-advised tweet during Royals’ World Series loss

We all cope with disappointment in our own ways, so some people in the Kansas City area might double down on sadness by switching their TVs from the Kansas City Royals’ Game 1 World Series loss to a news update about a dead body.

But that’s probably not the best way to advertise your newscast.

KCTV learned that Tuesday night, when it sent out the ill-advised tweet below.

Oh, sweet RT @KCTV5: Need a break from the game? Watch our 10 p.m. news for the latest on a body found in the Little Blue River & more.

— Gabe Lacques (@GabeLacques) October 22, 2014

The tweet was understandably deleted by the station, but preserved in manual retweet form by Gabe Lacques. The Royals were pretty cold tonight, but a dead body? KCTV soon recognized its tweet was distasteful, then apologized and tried again.

We worded that previous tweet horribly and we are very sorry. It has been deleted.

— KCTV5 – Kansas City (@KCTV5) October 22, 2014

Need a break from the game? Watch our 10 p.m. news for the latest on this nice stretch of weather! http://t.co/23M4vI7v4k

— KCTV5 – Kansas City (@KCTV5) October 22, 2014

The Royals and KCTV do have this much in common — they’d be happy with a do-over.

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