Iran Bans CNN for Freudian Slip

The Iranian government is so miffed with CNN’s about an on-air mistranslation that CNN journalists are now banned from working in Iran reports Reuters:

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Monday banned CNN journalists from working there after the broadcaster misquoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Iran wanted nuclear weapons, the ISNA students news agency said. CNN's simultaneous translation of Ahmadinejad's lengthy news conference on Saturday included the phrase "the use of nuclear weapons is Iran's right". In fact, what the Iranian president said was that "Iran has the right to nuclear energy," the official IRNA news agency reported. CNN later clarified in an apology on Sunday night. Iran denies any intention of seeking nuclear weapons, saying it wants atomic technology merely for the generation of electricity.

Personally, I can overlook a mistranslation here and there, but I banned CNN from my home television because Anderson Cooper creeps me right out with his crying tirades.