Where’s Obama bin Laden?
It looks like CNN’s wacky hijinks with Barack Obama’s name have caught up with the network at last: Alex Blagg at VH1’s Best Week Ever blog quips: With a name that resembles “Black Osama” closely enough for the mistake below to already have been made (not even on Fox News, mind you), Barack ...
It looks like CNN's wacky hijinks with Barack Obama's name have caught up with the network at last:
It looks like CNN’s wacky hijinks with Barack Obama’s name have caught up with the network at last:
Alex Blagg at VH1’s Best Week Ever blog quips:
With a name that resembles “Black Osama” closely enough for the mistake below to already have been made (not even on Fox News, mind you), Barack Obama has about as much of a chance at getting elected president in the US today as a guy named Islam Hitlor would have had in Israel in the 50’s.
As for CNN, it’s time to blame the tech guys:
CNN blamed the mistake on a typo by the graphics department and [Situation Room host] Blitzer apologised to Obama during his program the following day.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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