Caption: Lorrie Sullenberger (L) and pilot Chesley 'Sully' CNN Heroes : An
In a technical goof that was captured on tape and quickly found its way onto
dozens of websites, CNN Monday night carried 16 seconds of President Bush
rehearsing his speech to the nation on immigration, then looking bewildered
when studio technicians apparently interrupted him. Moments later, anchor Wolf
Blitzer appeared on camera, blaming the gaffe on "the network pool." Likewise,
the Associated Press this morning (Tuesday) reported that a few seconds of the
president practicing the speech was also carried by many NBC affiliates on the
West Coast that were airing early evening newscasts. The network later cited "a
miscommunicated cue from our pool." The Washington Post's Tom Shales,
who observed that most of the president's planned remarks had been leaked to
the press earlier in the day, commented, "Perhaps we should be grateful for the
mistake, since it was the only thing lending an element of surprise to the
occasion."
16/05/2006
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