Inside Cable News

January 9, 2008

The Hazards of Live…er..TV Advertising…

NewsBusters chronicles a slip up in a Nancy Grace TV ad that put Mitch McConnell on the screen instead of Larry Craig. (via TVNewser)

Amazingly, the esteemed Senator from Kentucky was sandwiched between shots of convicted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, OJ Simpson, and other high-profile crime figures of 2007.

NewsBusters has been informed that after a number of CNN producers were sent our article on this subject, a senior CNN official contacted McConnell’s office to apologize for the incident.

Filed under: Cable News, Headline News - Spud

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