CNN’s Christiane Amanpour also took to Twitter to squee.
Darius, 6 and his Mum — our Mandela Moment, Cape town 2006. Moved to honour the Great Man today in Jo'burg Stadium pic.twitter.com/3pdpV4lIz9
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) December 10, 2013
With my colleagues @andersoncooper @RobynCurnowCNN @ChrisCuomo this morning at Jo'burg stadium for Mandela memorial pic.twitter.com/alGd37rMov
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) December 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/410333654477729792
Heh. Judge for yourself:
Spoke this morning with British PM @David_Cameron at Mandela memorial at Jo’burg stadium. pic.twitter.com/n7blNSy9Uq
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) December 10, 2013
Oh dear.
Her fashion choice aside, it was her words that sparked deserved mockery:
'Shaking that hand is respect for Nelson Mandela,' says Mensa member Chris Cuomo. Amanpour appears about to burst into a song and dance bit.
— Joseph Curl ❎ (@josephcurl) December 10, 2013
Christiane Amanpour is absolutely giddy. 'Mandela is the heir to Lincoln,' she just said. No wonder she doesn't have a Sunday show anymore.
— Joseph Curl ❎ (@josephcurl) December 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/mamadoxie/status/410416998976212992
https://twitter.com/Gunservatively/status/410374778797973504
Wow, @camanpour so excited about Obama meeting #Castro at #Mandela she forgot millions of regime's victims. http://t.co/DgcLyJoiYs
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) December 10, 2013
Of course, that isn’t shocking. Amanpour totally hearts Castro:
https://twitter.com/Chris_Mayer/status/410291782946000896
Unreal.
These Twitter users are not fans of Amanpour’s Mandela memorial coverage:
@Necolejo thanks! Amanpour was driving me to the brink. This is much better!
— Jessica (@JessicaGoldstei) December 10, 2013
Amanpour just expressed surprise that people were not trampling over the fences. They were behaving. The good little Africans.
— OhMyHappiness (@ohmyhappiness) December 10, 2013
this cnn cvg is kind of terrible….christiane amanpour said that maybe mandela's casket would turn up at the stadium as a "surprise"
— Marissa (@arieswriter) December 10, 2013
Absurd.
Why did CNN stick viewers with Amanpour?
Ah, now it makes sense: CNN hawking an Amanpour special on Sunday. Worse, CNN now stuck in SAfrica for 90 minutes even though event is over.
— Joseph Curl ❎ (@josephcurl) December 10, 2013
CNN fail.
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