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CNN Apologizes to Obama for bin Laden Gaffe

HeadlineJan 04, 2007

In other news, the television network CNN has apologized to Illinois Democrat Senator Barack Obama over a graphic that mistakenly listed Osama bin Laden’s first name as “Obama.” The mistake came in a preview for a segment on bin Laden that read: “Where’s Obama?” The incident is one of several that have raised questions about the media’s coverage of Obama as he mulls a possible presidential campaign. Pundits have begun highlighting Obama’s middle name “Hussein” as a potential political liability. And last month on CNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield compared Obama’s style of dress to that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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