CNN Apologizes for Mistaken Headline {Where's Obama?}

AP via SFGate ^ | 1/2/7

[SmithL]

NEW YORK -- CNN apologized Tuesday for mistakenly promoting a story on the search for Osama bin Laden with the headline "Where's Obama?"

A spokesman for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama said the apology was accepted.

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" . . .

[sono]

The Cape Cod Orca is supplementing his income?

[Palladin]

HAHAHA!

This will be one of Obama's problems in running for prez--his name is too much like Osama's.

[Miss Didi]

Maybe that's what Hill was so cheerily chatting about with Jimmah at the funeral today.

[johnny7]

“How many we got on the payroll at CNN... ?”

[ReignOfError]

Did CNN ever apologize for the X over Cheney's face?

Yes. With an explanation that lasted a few hundred times longer than the X did.

[jesseam]

Bush did it!

[Lee'sGhost]

Just had a great idea based on the "where's Waldo" pictures they used to have. Given that Obama is self conscious about his ears, somebody should take one of those Waldo pictures but replace Waldo with Obama -- and make the ears so big you can't help but "find" Obama right off the bat.

[Reagan Man]

Well, they couldn't say, "where's Hussein?" He's DEAD! LOL

(Ref: Barack Hussein Obama).

[RobRoy]

It was just part of Roves plot. Everyone knows CNN is in his back pocket.



Oh, and to remove all doubt, /s.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I think it's a delicious irony that while trying to perpetuate a lib talking point (the whiny "Why haven't they caught Osama yet?"), they inadvertently slam their own presidential favorite.

[Palladin]

I think Barak Obama should change his name to Abe Lincoln Redux. That's who he really thinks he is.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Not so sure that they did. I think it was more like a "Well, it was a technical glitch....." sort of thing.

[ReignOfError]

This will be one of Obama's problems in running for prez--his name is too much like Osama's.

Fair or not, it'd be like a guy named Hintner running for president in 1948. Ain't gonna fly.

[grobdriver]

yeah - I can see that typo thing.
After all, the "B" and the "S" are right next to each other... on some keyboard somewhere.

[Phsstpok]

I'm betting both the X over Cheney's face and this faux headline were "mistakes" by the same tech. I also bet that if we could do the research we'd find that this person has ties to Hillary or someone like that.

I mean, what's Craig Livingstone doing these days?

[Palladin]

Yeah. Never underestimate the intelligence of the American voter.

What's in a name? A Commie by any other name would still stink.

[oldbrowser]

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.

These crack news "professionals" didn't notice until the next day?

[Elsie]

Smells like a setup to me!

[fish hawk]

He is a victim. Brain injury suffered while attending a liberal college.

[libs_kma]

They try to tweek President Bush and they tweek themselves. Gotta love it!