CNN got a little egg on their face yesterday after they showed a picture of the wrong Blumenthal in covering Sen. Chris Dodd’s retirement announcement.

From TVNewser

During a report today about future Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal, CNN’s “American Morning” accidentally used b-roll of political journalist and former Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal. 15 minutes later, John Roberts admitted the mix-up and said, “Our apologies to all, and in the immortal words of Monty Python, ‘Those responsible for this egregious error have been sacked.’ No, they haven’t really, but they know they made a mistake.”

Screenshots of the report and the correction:

Whoops	There we go

Despite the slip-up I will give props to John Roberts for making an on the air correction during the segment.  While it wasn’t a major error it is good to see someone fess up right away for the goof.  Something that tends to be missing in the media most of the time.

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