Detroit station joins CNN in Nelson Mandela chyron fail

CNN might have screwed up the year Nelson Mandela passed away (Hint: It was 2013), but the network wasn’t the only one struggling to convey the news. WDIV in Detroit had the name right, but the face?

@awfulannouncing Yeah…that's not Nelson Mandela. pic.twitter.com/mEb0ml0kAo

— Jeremy Klumpp (@Klumpp13) December 6, 2013

LOL RT @sbnation: Umm… that's… not Nelson Mandela. http://t.co/M3j0QI8Y8T (pic via @klumpp13) pic.twitter.com/VZfxt9FgoJ

— olliander (@ollieblog) December 6, 2013

Oops. RT @Klumpp13: @awfulannouncing Yeah…that's not Nelson Mandela. pic.twitter.com/aJMZbePF1g”

— Steve Campbell (@ReformedWriter) December 6, 2013

True story: During a 1990 visit to New York, Mandela declared, “I am a Yankee.”