CNN misidentifies Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as a Republican during his apology for racist yearbook photo

Source: Washington Examiner | February 2, 2019 | Allison Elyse Gualtieri

Cable channel CNN misidentified Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, embroiled in a scandal surrounding a decades-old racist photo, as a Republican.

The Democrat apologized Friday night for a photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page that depicts him wearing either blackface or a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.

But during “Anderson Cooper 360,” a chyron — the text that appears at the bottom of the screen — identifies Northam with “(R)” after his name.

The incorrect party label appears for less than 15 seconds over the apology video Northam posted to Twitter. Host Anderson Cooper had previously correctly identified Northam as a Democrat while introducing the clip of Northam’s apology, which had been posted to Twitter on Friday night.

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