CNN Apologizes To Dolly Parton’s Family For Mistakenly Airing Photo Of Impersonator

Source: deadline.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:37:34 GMT

CNN has issued an apology after mistakenly airing a photo of a Dolly Parton impersonator during coverage of the country music icon’s death. After Parton died at age 80 on Tuesday, that night’s episode of Laura Coates Live featured a photo of Las Vegas celebrity impersonator Kelly Vohnn, for which the news network has since […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Center-Left: Dolly Parton’s Streams Soar More Than 2,000 Percent After Her Death — www.rollingstone.com
Center: CNN Apologizes for Using Photo of Tribute Artist in Dolly Parton Report — www.hollywoodreporter.com
Center-Left: ‘She should have been queen of the world!’ Readers remember Dolly Parton — www.theguardian.com
Center-Right: Dolly Parton, the Last American Icon? — www.realclearpolitics.com
Right: Dolly Parton offered to try experimental drugs if ‘no hope’ for cancer battle to help others, sister says — www.foxnews.com
Right: Dolly Parton’s six-decade love story with Carl Dean began at a laundromat — www.foxnews.com
Right: Dolly Parton Was a Mother to the World — www.nationalreview.com

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