CNN app users spot Dem mayor’s corruption headline alongside photo of GOP gov

http://twitter.com/#!/ahhenson/status/449008381689593856

Multiple people have tweeted screen shots showing that CNN reported the story about Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Patrick Cannon’s arrest on corruption charges on their news app accompanied by a photo not of Cannon, but of the state’s Republican governor, Pat McCrory:

http://twitter.com/#!/Beckerz927/status/449003968090636288

Whoops!

http://twitter.com/#!/countryclubber/status/449009828812570624
http://twitter.com/#!/RickGiovannelli/status/449020785307697152
http://twitter.com/#!/matthewRvincent/status/449010380917202944

According to this tweeter, McCrory’s photo accompanying the app story about Cannon has now been removed:

http://twitter.com/#!/MollyGrantham/status/449015842210996225

We’re surprised the words “breaking news” don’t appear anywhere.

(h/t @lredelinghuys)

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/03/27/uber-fail-cnn-app-users-spot-dem-mayors-corruption-headline-alongside-photo-of-republican-governor/