BBC apologizes after reporter accidentally said Bill Clinton was released from prison instead of Bill Cosby
By: sbaker@businessinsider.com (Sinead Baker) 2 hrs ago (MSN)
Freudian slip?? LOL
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© Twitter/LAllenDoesMemes The BBC News anchor Huw Edwards corrected a reporter's statement about Bill Cosby. Twitter/LAllenDoesMemes
- A BBC reporter named Bill Clinton in her report about Bill Cosby being released from prison.
- An anchor quickly apologized and made clear that the report was not about Clinton.
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out Cosby's conviction for aggravated indecent assault.
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The BBC apologized after a reporter named former President Bill Clinton instead of Bill Cosby when reporting on Cosby's release from prison.
Cosby was released from a Pennsylvania prison on Wednesday after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out his conviction for aggravated indecent assault.
The court ruled that Cosby should never have been charged, citing the terms of a previous deal with prosecutors. That made his conviction invalid and brought about his release.
The BBC journalist Michelle Fleury accidentally named Clinton when reporting on that news. Standing outside the prison, she said: "For the last two years, this is where Bill Clinton has called home."
Watch that moment here:
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The BBC News anchor Huw Edwards later gave a clarification.
"Just to clarify, what was said there in Michelle's introduction to the story, when she mistakenly said Bill Clinton instead of Bill Cosby, we apologize for the mistake," the Mail Online reported.
"The story is of course is about Bill Cosby the entertainer."
As Insider previously reported, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said in a statement that Cosby "now goes free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime."
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Funny. I don't care who you are .
He had his tongue over his eye tooth and could not see what he was saying.
He? A guy named Michelle?
My bad. It was way early when I posted and I messed up.
SHE not he. Better?
BTW - In France, there are males named Michelle.
I suppose that's funny. Not a knee slapper by any stretch of the imagination, but a funny one liner.
Bubba Bill's sexual predator past still lives in the minds of his admirers.
I tried my best.
Easy to mistake the two. Both are sexual predators. Both are Democrats. Many claim Bill Clinton is the first black president; while Bill Cosby was the king a black comedians for some time.
Get ready for the "But Trruuummmmppppp" responses.
Lol, that’s funny.
It was an honest mistake - they look so much alike....
This is not news, which the gop is avoiding today.
Hint - The Trump Organization was indicted today.