JOINING US FOR FOX 18 NEWS AT
9.
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JAMES: ANHEUSER-BUSCH IS
CUTTING TIES WITH THE IOWA
STATE FAN -- WHOSE BEER MONEY
SIGN RAISED MORE THAN
ONE-MILLION DOLLARS FOR A
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. BUT A
LOCAL BREWER SAYS -- HE HAS
THE FAN'S
BACK. THAT IS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
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CARSON KING CAUGHT THE EYE
OF ANHEUSER-BUSCH -- AFTER HIS
BEER MONEY SIGN WENT VIRAL.
THE COMPANY AGREED TO MATCH
KING'S DONATIONS TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA STEAD
FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
BUT NOW BUSCH IS CUTTING
TIES... AFTER A DES
MOINES REGISTER REPORTER
UNEARTHED OFFENSIVE TWEETS
KING POSTED áEIGHT-YEARS AGO
WHEN HE WAS 16. THAT GAVE A
GENESEO BREWING COMPANY
EMPLOYEE AN IDEA FOR HIS NEW
BEER. FOX 18'S GRACE RUNKEL
TELLS US THE REASON
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(GLENN COLE) "When you're
alone
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in a brewery you kind of get
thinking about things."
GENESEO BREWING COMPANY BREWER
GLENN COLE COULDN'T STOP
THINKING ABOUT CARSON KING AS
HE WAS GETTING READY TO KEG
HIS LATEST BREW.(COLE) "It
just kind of stuck with me all
night." 24-YEAR-OLD KING HAD
JUST ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR
OFFENSIVE TWEETS HE POSTED
EIGHT YEARS AGO.(CARSON KING)
"I am embarrassed and stunned
to reflect on what I thought
was funny when I was a 16-
year-old kid and I want to
sincerely apologize."(COLE)
"It just seemed like a really
unfair deal of really
demonizing somebody that was
doing such a good thing." SO
HE'S DEDICATING HIS NEW BEER
TO KING ... CALLING IT IOWA
LEGEND.(COLE) "The style is a
zwicquell or a kellerbier,
which is an unfiltered young
lager."FOR EVERY PINT SOLD ...
THE BREWERY IS DONATING ONE
DOLLAR TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
IOWA STEAD FAMILY CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.COLE'S POST ABOUT THE
BEER ON FACEBOOK HAS NEARLY 14-
THOUSAND SHARES. KING'S SEEN
IT TOO.(COLE) "He's reached
out. He's said thanks and he's
anxious to try the beer." COLE
SAYS HE HOPES THIS HELPS
PEOPLE APPRECIATE KING'S GOOD
DEED ... WITHOUT ONLY FOCUSING
ON HIS PAST MISTAKES.(COLE)
"You can still look at that
person eight years back, but
look at how they've progressed
in that eight years. don't
just pick out that one
statement."GRACE RUNKEL FOX 18
NEWS.
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JAMES: IOWA GOVERNOR KIM
REYNOLDS HAS DECLARED THIS
SATURDAY-- "CARSON KING DAY".
REYNOLDS SAYS -- KING'S
