The top 5 media disasters in April—caught on tape!
April Fools’ Day is just the first of the month. Apparently, no one told these guys.
April’s victims include a sleepy vice president, a clueless politician, and one two three ridiculous CEOs. Here we go, in descending order:
5. Joe Biden nods off—during an important speech.
During arguably the most important speech President Obama has given on entitlement reform, Vice President Joe Biden appeared to fall asleep. As a result, many headlines about Obama’s speech included mention of Biden’s ill-timed snooze, once again robbing the president of his ideal headline.
It’s not the first time Biden has done that—it happened during the signing ceremony for health care reform, as well.
4. Sen. Jon Kyl’s offers lame excuse.
Anyone can get a statistic wrong. So, when Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) mistakenly said that 90 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services were abortion-related (it’s actually 3 percent), all he had to do is apologize.
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