CNN apologizes for gaffe…
The AP has the story of CNN apologizing for confusing Obama with Osama.
The blunder came Monday evening on Wolf Blitzer’s news show “The Situation Room.” Both Soledad O’Brien and Blitzer offered separate apologies during CNN’s morning show Tuesday.
CNN called it a “bad typographical error” by its graphics department.
“We want to apologize for that bad typo,” Blitzer said. “We also want to apologize personally to Sen. Barack Obama. I’m going to be making a call to him later this morning to offer my personal apology.”
I suppose this wouldn’t be quite as big a deal if CNN’s Jeff Greenfield hadn’t first stubbed his toe with a poor attempt at humor. Now people will be saying that CNN has it in for Obama. They’ll be wrong of course. It was just a typo. Typos happen. Just ask MSNBC and Niger Innes..
A Rose by any other name .
Comment by mike — January 2, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
Re: the misspelling of the first name of Niger Innes. As the linked article suggests, could you imagine the outrage if it was a democrat that was the victim here? We would still be talking about it, 11 months later! But this incident was totally swept under the rug.
It’s not the “sin” that is committed, it’s the perp and the victim that seems to matter. It’s really not fair, but that’s how our media and societal “leaders” operate.
Comment by Missy — January 2, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
If it was Fox News, the blue blogs would be all over the “vast right wing conspiracy” angle.
Comment by TBDave — January 2, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
I doubt if anyone will point out that Sen Edward Kennedy when speaking of Obama called him Osama.
Comment by malone — January 2, 2007 @ 6:56 pm
Well, the graphics department DID accidentially give Bush Jr. the red X, so I guess now their gaffes are “fair and balanced,” huh? :)
Comment by Charles — January 3, 2007 @ 1:47 am
Wasn’t that Cheney, Charles. But like you said, it would still be fair and balanced.
Comment by erljr — January 3, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
Come on people, Cnn is the GOLD STANDARD. They don’t make mistakes and there is no liberal bias whatsoever. The talent there is unsurpassed. Blitzer, Cafferty, Roberts, King, Malveaux, Amanpour, Crowley, Chetry, Cooper and the two O’Brien’s. Has anyone ever witnessed these fine untouchables making any sort of comment that would lead you to believe that they might have a slight leftward tilt? I just can’t imagine it.
Comment by california dreamin — December 6, 2007 @ 7:57 pm