Via the Free Beacon; Sharpton Mourns Late Journalist, Picks Wrong Picture
"MSNBC host has historical issues with facts, names, spelling"
"MSNBC PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton mourned the passing of journalist Cokie Roberts on Tuesday by sending out a tweet with pictures of the still-living journalist Christiane Amanpour.
"Sharpton tweeted, "Saddened to hear of the passing of legendary journalist Cookie [sic] Roberts. Here is a Easter Sunday special we did in 2011. May she Rest In Peace," along with several pictures of Amanpour. Aside from the obvious misidentification of the deceased, Sharpton misspelled Roberts's name.
"Critics were quick to point out Sharpton's errors, and he deleted the tweet." . . .
. . . "Throughout his many years as a TV anchor, Sharpton has produced a
long and fabled history of gaffes and mistakes."
Nic Rowan is media analyst at the Washington Free Beacon. His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, First Things, and The New Criterion.
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