“CNN Unfortunate Word Choice of the Night” A Bishop or A... (HILARIOUS Flub About Gay Bishop!)

Media Research Center ^ | August 5, 2003 | Brent Baker

[PJ-Comix]

From Monday’s Late Show with David Letterman, the “CNN Unfortunate Word Choice of the Night,” taken from an actual CNN Headline News channel report. A bishop or a bitch?

With “First Look” as the graphic over video of New Hampshire priest Gene Robinson, and with “Landmark Hearing” across the bottom of the screen, the female CNN Headline News channel anchor described how an Episcopal conference “will vote on the confirmation of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire. He would become the first openly gay Episcopal bitch [slight pause] bishop.”

Now that really is an unfortunate word choice.

Letterman like that one so much he played it twice, giving me a chance to hit record on my VCR for the second airing.

[PJ-Comix]

He would become the first openly gay Episcopal bitch [slight pause] bishop.”

HILARIOUS!!! Did anybody see that flub on CNN when it originally aired?

[anniegetyourgun]

I never watch CNN in the raw....not even on Memorex.

[boris]

I once had a book on newspaper bloopers entitled Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim. It contained the headline: "Bishop Defrocks Gay Priest". Today nobody would get the humor.

--Boris

[PJ-Comix]

If anybody saw this, what was the expression on the news anchor's face when she made the flub?

[SwinneySwitch]

Obviously a homophobe and will probably be fired for it!

Reminds me of the Barney Fag flap!;^}

[PJ-Comix]

Which anchorette made the flub? Definitely a Freudian slip.

[Froggie]

That still can't top The flub by Fox's Shepard Smith regardign Jennifer Lopez!!

[RadiationRomeo]

Froggie- Now you gotta tell us! What did Shepard say about Jennifer Lobez????

[BostonianRightist]

what flub about Jennifer Lopez?

[secret garden]

He accidentally said what BJ stands for.

[freeperfromnj]

This morning the anchorette on CNN Headlines News flubbed during a report on Larry Flynt possibly filing to run for CA governor. She said "Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Kin--- and caught herself. Newsman on WABC radio this morning did the same thing - he said Larry King instead of Larry Flynt.

[Froggie]

http://media.salon.com/mov/jlo.wmv

[Enterprise]

He was talking about Jennifer Lopez. I believe he meant to say she was getting her hair blow dried, he said she was getting a "blow job." He was profoundly embarassed, and he immediately apologized.

[Guyin4Os]

o/~ goo goo ga joob Bishop Robinson, heaven has no place for priests who're gay ... hey hey hey

[Nucluside]

Go Shep!

[Spok]

CNN gets it right once in a while, even if it is by accident!

[Charles Martel]

Welcome to Freud After Dark... ;-)

For a minute there, I thought the CNN flub was going to be "Landmark Rearing"! - oh well, close enough. Heh, heh.

[Quilla]

Bookmarking your link. Thanks!

[.cnI redruM]

Yep - New Wash Times Headline:

"CNN FLogs THe Bishop."