CNN Errs in Reporting CNN-Letterman Bit

[malachi]

Funny story. CNN srtikes again! The great American press! What a crock of shit.

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20040401/D81M68AG0.html?PG=home&SEC=news

[DrDan]

1. "Dave, we apologize for the error,"

"Dave, we apologize for the error," she said, offering to come on his show for a Stupid Human Trick.

(wish she'd make me that offer)

[AP]

6. Their strategy to repair the damage to their last shred of credibility..

...is to offer to come on the show and do a stupid human trick? WTF? They want to laught it off?

It's not even like SHE was responsible for it.

She was handed copy from some editor who has his hand deep down the front of Bush's trousers, and she read it.

Whoever handed her the copy should be fired, and there should be an investigation by the CNN ombudsman (hah! do they even have one???) into this whole event.

[VolcanoJen]

2. That video is the damned funniest thing ever.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1323494

[Just Me]

4. I rolled in laughter!!! Now, knowing that it was REAL,...

,...is funny, funny, funny!!!!

[JHB]

3. "They never got a comment from the White House. It was a CNN mistake."

Yeah, I'll buy THAT for a dollar.

[dw]

5. Stupid human trick...

What? Is she going to do it again?

[The_Gopher]

7. but Letterman said last night that CNN admitted that the WH *did* call

he said it was a "reliable source"...i take letterman's word over CNN or the WH

[grasswire]

8. no, no...

...there's a sequel!

Weds. night Letterman reported that a call DID come from the White House to CNN. He said a high-placed source told him that the WH did phone CNN to say the video was photo-shopped.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. I heard he said he expected to be found dead...

in the front seat of a rental car. I'm wondering if he was only half joking --

[MrBenchley]

11. Atrocity in Iraq, oil prices climbing, economy in a nosedive

Glad Chimpy and the gang have their priorities straight..

[mainer]

10. The kid himself said he thought it was hilarious

I saw an interview with the kid's dad. The dad wasn't too happy about the video, but he said his kid laughed at it.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

12. I remember seeing that clip and thinking,

"Oh man, that kid's gonna get the shit beaten out of him."

[muchacho]

13. FOX2

First Blitzer smears Richard Clark and now THIS?

Freakin CNN is trying to become FOX2!!!