ATLANTA, GA - Primetime CNN anchor John King made a major error on his broadcast Friday, mistakenly devoting three whole minutes of airtime to covering the campaign of  Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX).  Though King eventually apologized, CNN nonetheless suspended the anchor without pay for the duration of the election season as a penalty for covering the third place libertarian congressman's long-shot presidential bid.
    King began the broadcast focusing on the soft support for top-tier candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry when he suggested, unfathomably, that some Republican voters might be giving Ron Paul a second look.
    "The show was humming along until John cut away to some Ron Paul campaign footage," explained CNN contributor and guest on King's Friday show, Mary Matalin.  "It could've been a mistake, but he just kept talking about Ron Paul and then asked me if I thought Paul had a shot in New Hampshire.  I almost threw up in my mouth."