MSNBC host Al Sharpton deleted a tweet commemorating Cokie Roberts after her death, in which he misidentified her in photos he attached and misspelled her name.
“Saddened to hear the passing of legendary journalist Cookie Roberts,” Sharpton said in a Tuesday tweet. “Here is a Easter Sunday special we did in 2011. May she Rest In Peace.”
Sharpton, 64, attached four photos to the deleted tweet, which included still-living CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour instead of Roberts.
Al Sharpton just deleted this tweet in which he said he was “saddened to hear of the passing of legendary journalist Cookie Roberts” while sharing images of Christiane Amanpour pic.twitter.com/MZbgtxy7cy
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) September 17, 2019
Roberts, a renowned journalist and political commentator, died Tuesday at 75.
Sharpton posted another tweet with corrected spelling and different pictures that featured Roberts.
Saddened to hear of the passing of legendary journalist #CokieRoberts. Here is a Easter Sunday special we did in 2011. May she Rest In Peacehttps://t.co/F7lYf5RoiM pic.twitter.com/HDDkgJNshZ
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) September 17, 2019
