Because, let’s face it: their version is a lot more accurate. Those with delicate constitutions may wish to avert their eyes:
What the what? “@jeneps: What Obama said: “We screwed it up.” What CNN heard: “I screwed the duck.” pic.twitter.com/Z8EIN5UiWq”
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) December 21, 2013
Via @BrianFaughnan.
Moe Lane
PS: In case you’re wondering… the difference between ‘screwing the duck’ and ‘screwing the pooch’ is, I imagine, largely a difference in just how ridiculous one looks while doing it. I would not actually know, having no real-life experience in either.
Perhaps cognate with the good old British expression, “Lord love a duck”…
I would imagine the difference lays mostly the sound made by the offended victim, and the likelihood of the victim surviving.
CNN is overly focused on Duck Dynasty and homophobia, so me thinks that this was simply a Freudian slip on their part.