DAILYCALLER (Paris Apodaca) - CNN Host Eats Humble Pie After Appearing To Think Parody Post Was Legit
‘we should not have done that’
CNN issued an on-air correction Thursday morning after featuring a satirical quote from a parody social media account the day before. “CNN This Morning” host Audie Cornish admitted to the mistake about 24 hours after her show’s previous episode showed part of a Tuesday X post from Jack Kimble, an account on the platform parodying a U.S. congressman. The quote was shown alongside statements from spokespersons for top Senate Republicans and conservative commentator Scott Jennings. “Yesterday on the show, we displayed quotes from some Republicans about [Republican Kentucky] Senator Mitch McConnell’s stay in the Hospital,” Cornish said. “One of them was mistakenly taken from a parody account on Twitter.” “Obviously, we…Open