Oof. This probably isn’t what CNN had in mind for its Boston bombing memorial coverage:
Silence during @CNN coverage of Boston Marathon ceremony…at least until random f-bomb from someone too close to mic @awfulannouncing
— Kevin Schmit (@kevin_schmit) April 15, 2014
FAIL: Someone on cnn just dropped an f bomb during the bagpipes. They didn't realize their mic was on.
— Brian Buchanan (@The937Nerd) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/456144318886338560
Viewers assumed a CNN camera guy was the one who said it.
CNN employee curses during #bostonstrong memorial. someone's fired. https://t.co/UuE3IUQBh1
— Alex Pearlman (@alexpearlman) April 15, 2014
You can also view video here. Deadspin’s Timothy Burke has confirmed that that same feed was broadcast on several local Boston TV stations. Let’s just say this wasn’t CNN’s finest moment.
Anyone else hear that F-bomb on CNN just now?
— KWAPT (@KWAPT) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/skittlehappy/status/456153481468850176
Oh yes. Most definitely:
Whoops. F-bomb on CNN
— Derrick Rose (@DRoseTV) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/DTbeEZ/status/456144129257250818
Uh oh, one of the cameramen on CNN just said fuck.
— Arielle Myers (@DarkFett) April 15, 2014
Definitely caught that f-bomb on @CNN a little bit ago. Went something like "He's in every shot.. FUCK!" #GottaLoveLiveTelevision
— Aviator2K88 (@Aviator2K88) April 15, 2014
@CNN #BostonStrong (audible during 1-year coverage) "…probably in every camera shot, I was like, 'FUCK' (inaudible)…" Great coverage CNN
— K. Matthew Thomas (@KMatthewThomas) April 15, 2014
I just heard the word "Fuck" on CNN…@CNN
"I didn't know I was going to get stranded out there, I was like FUCK…"— David Muchnikoff (@DavidMuchnikoff) April 15, 2014
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Someone just said "fuck' during CNN's coverage of the #BostonStrong memorial. I think it was the sound man.
— Alex Pearlman (@alexpearlman) April 15, 2014
Some off-camera audio guy at CNN just said "f***" during the Boston memorial live broadcast. Excellent work.
— Monica MacKay (@mjcharleston) April 15, 2014
Somebody dropped the f bomb on cnn. Sound team epic fail!! #cnn #smh
— Edwin Briscoe (@briscoevision) April 15, 2014
Just heard an F Bomb get dropped on CNN during a tribute ceremony. Someone's fired.
— MYYRA (@myyramusic) April 15, 2014
Someone just dropped an f bomb on #CNN Haaaaa #realnews
— Ginger Rivera (@MrsGingerRivera) April 15, 2014
Someone on #CNN just dropped an F bomb during Boston strong tribute. Terrible and unprofessional
— Jennifer Ducie (@duciej13) April 15, 2014
After working in TV news, nothing surprises me about the f-bomb on CNN just now during Boston ceremony.
— Cicely81 (@cicely81) April 15, 2014
Someone standing right next to the CNN camera just dropped an F bomb during the Boston ceremony. Classy.
— Jennifer Pignolet (@JenPignolet) April 15, 2014
Some off-camera audio guy at CNN just said "f***" during the Boston memorial live broadcast. Excellent work.
— Monica MacKay (@mjcharleston) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/hrdnoclfe82/status/456144490483290114
https://twitter.com/idahorich/status/456144327681380354
@CNN Will someone answer me? Why did a camera man use the F WORD on TV?
— Ourelian Haley, AAS (@ourelian) April 15, 2014
Leave it to @CNN to mar its classy live #BostonStrong coverage with an open mic and an f-bomb from one of the photogs.
— NorthEastRadio Watch (@NERadioWatch) April 15, 2014
@cnn You need to apologize for that "F-Bomb" made by the cameraman about trying to get a shot during the Boston Marathon memorial.
— Real Talk Memphis (@RealTalkMemphis) April 15, 2014
#cnn are they gonna apologize for the F bomb that was just heard over the air during the tribute?
— ShoNuff3000 (@evilchrisj) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/stephfrankie/status/456148103611949056
Burke sums it up pretty well here:
It’s only marginally CNN’s fault, of course; yes, they were slow on silencing whatever mic channel that was, but this is mostly the fault of the jackass blabbering during what was supposed to be a moment of quiet contemplation amidst bagpipes. But still, yikes.
Yikes, indeed.
https://twitter.com/MatthewBernaldo/status/456144768133627905
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