CNN Admits: We Shouldn't Have Used Alleged Stripper Biter As Spitzer Commentator

[babylonsister]

:rofl: You CANNOT make this stuff up!


CNN Admits: We Shouldn't Have Used Alleged Stripper Biter As Spitzer Commentator

AP | David Bauder | March 11, 2008 11:18 PM



NEW YORK — CNN said it shouldn't have used a former U.S. attorney who quit his job after allegedly biting a stripper as an analyst about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal.

No mention of Kendall Coffey's past was made when anchor Tony Harris interviewed him Tuesday on the legal questions surrounding Spitzer's case. Coffey quit his job in May 1996 after being accused of biting a topless dancer on the arm during a visit to an adult club after losing a big drug case.

Coffey talked on CNN about what kind of charges the New York governor could face. Spitzer is accused of having a high-priced call girl visit his hotel room during a visit to Washington last month.

While Coffey's past is known to CNN's booking department, it wasn't to the person who set up Harris' segment. CNN spokesman Nigel Pritchard blamed a "miscommunication."

"Coffey has been a guest on CNN in the past but was probably not the right one for this story," Pritchard said.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/cnn-admits-we-shouldnt-_n_91069.html

[VP505]

1. Prosecutor Coffey took a bite out of stripper?

WOW!:wow:

[gatorboy]

5. He was dong his McGruff the Crime Dog impression.

[TwilightGardener]

2. He must have left "Notorious Stripper-Biter" off his resume.

[Wickerman]

3. Marv Albert covers the news?

oh, nevermind...

:rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. lol!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[madfloridian]

4. Kendall Coffey was working for the FL Democrats pro bono in suing Dean.

I thought that was ironic.