Gaffetastic! Stephanopoulos Mistakes Bill Russell For Morgan Freeman
Oops!
ABC’s George Stephanopulos made a memorable gaffe during his coverage of President Obama’s second inauguration on Monday.
Spotting an elderly black man in the crowd, Stephanopulos said, “that’s Morgan Freeman, I think.” It turned out that it was basketball legend Bill Russell. Whoops! Stephanopoulos quickly apologized.
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David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.