CBS Airs Hoax Cover of Bush Memoir
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Shown here is the image of a fake cover for former President George W. Bush's recent book. (YouTube)
CBS News aired a fake cover of former President George W. Bush's memoir over the weekend, after a staffer apparently got duped by a hoax image floating around the Internet.
The image of the faux cover, along with that of several other genuine book covers, was flashed on screen for a fraction of a second during the introduction to a feature package Sunday about how book covers are designed.
The title of the Bush book read: "Desision Points ... How I Managed to Go Eight Years Without Making One Good Decision."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Save for the title and subtitle, the cover image looked similar to that of the real book, "Decision Points."
CBS issued a statement acknowledging it made a "mistake," saying nobody could see it "because you'd have to freeze the frame to notice it."
"Clearly we have to be more careful when downloading material," CBS said, calling the incident a "cautionary tale" about the risks of Internet content.