TV Captioning Service Apologizes to Zooey Deschanel for ID'ing her as Boston Bombing Suspect
Some people wanted to blame Fox, the channel the captioning error occurred on
A TV captioning service has apologized for misidentifying "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on a Texas news broadcast.
Lawrence, Kan.-based Caption Solutions says it and its captioner "deeply regret" the mistake. Company president Kala J. Patterson says in a statement issued Tuesday they "sincerely apologize for this error."
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