CNN's Cuomo Stumbles, Labels French Islamist 'African-American'

Matthew Balan | January 9, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

CNN's Chris Cuomo made a "colorful" gaffe on the 9 January 2015 edition of @ This Hour, as he reported live from Paris, France. Minutes after police stormed both sites where Islamists had barricaded themselves, Cuomo labeled one of the dead French terrorists "African-American." Anderson Cooper quickly corrected his colleague: "Not American – the man of African descent." Cuomo replied, "Right – African descent. Thank you. Sorry, Anderson."

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