They really do not have a clue! Ah, nothing like an inadvertent zinger. CNN’s Chris Cuomo has been covering the papal conclave.
This is where like 50 media outlets cram to cover #conclave pic.twitter.com/tIgLXblBS0
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) March 11, 2013
Along with many other members of the media from across the globe.
The Mass that will precede the conclave is open to the public. Press access necessarily limited, since 5,600 journalists here so far.
— Greg Erlandson (@GregErlandson) March 11, 2013
Cuomo explains his “no clue” tweet.
@RLuquis29 I hear u…the job is to balance the need to report with reporting only what you need to know. We are trying to get it right 🙂
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) March 11, 2013
@MariaPerron1 I have been reading/hearing similar things, but only the cards know and they ain't talkin'. Makes it tough to cover! exciting!
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) March 11, 2013
It’s especially tough to cover when one knows nothing about it, as prescient Twitter users already predicted.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/statuses/300977774959669248
Lacking papal equivalent of Almanac of American Politics, Twitter journos forced to admit they know fuck all about most things.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 11, 2013
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I expect the U.S. media to cover Roman Catholicism about as well as it does the American South.
— Andrew Exum (@ExumAM) February 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/fpmoles/status/309159830730440706
This Twitter user summed it up in her response to Mr. Cuomo.
@ChrisCuomo The media is so clueless when it comes to things like this they are probably getting their info on Google as we speak!
— ???Jo Ann M. (@JoAnn0924) March 11, 2013
Heh. Don’t forget the Google glasses!