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CNN mistakenly uses photo of dead judge in report on Paul Manafort case

CNN was caught accidentally using a photo of a judge who’s been dead for more than a decade to illustrate a Thursday afternoon report about the sentencing of Paul Manafort.

The cable network displayed a picture of the late Chief Judge Edward Becker of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia over the name of federal Judge T.S. Ellis III, according to the Law and Crime website.

Ellis presided over Manafort’s trial and was preparing to hand down his punishment for bank and tax fraud. Becker died of prostate cancer in 2006 at age 73.

The goof occurred during “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Law and Crime said.

A Google search of Ellis’ name automatically displays Becker’s photo in the website’s “knowledge panel,” above an excerpt of Ellis’ Wikipedia entry.

But a search of Google Images turns up accurate photos published by USA Today, the New York Times and other news outlets.





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