CNN journalist in Paris apologizes for Kyra Phillips comment…
Thailand’s The Nation (not to be confused with the U.S. The Nation) reports that a CNN journalist apologized at a reception for the French Foreign Minister for remarks made by CNN’s Kyra Phillips… (via TVNewser)
A CNN journalist in Paris on Wednesday described as “regrettable” a comparison made by the US chain’s anchor between jobs protests in Paris and the Tiananmen Square uprising in Beijing.
“Unfortunately I have to say that this reference to Tiananmen was regrettable,” said Chris Burns during a reception with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy.
This reminds me of the start of the Iraq War when “Shock and Awe” began and Brian Williams on MSNBC said it was like the bombing of Dresden in World War II. I heard him say it and thought “Uh oh…”. Sure enough, Williams got chewed out (though not by name) by Donald Rumsfeld in a Pentagon briefing the next day when Rumsfeld complained about the Dresden comparison…
