Sunday, June 23, 2013

World Leaders' Worst Gaffes



World Leaders' Worst Gaffes: When Censorship Backfires (PHOTOS, VIDEO) -- Amanda Pike, The Center for Investigative Reporting/Huffington Post

Whether it’s throwing up on the Japanese prime minister or forgetting how many states are in the union, presidents often make embarrassing mistakes and suffer public ridicule.

But sometimes, attempts to suppress the story end up causing much more humiliation than the original incident. That’s when a cover-up can turn even the most dignified leader into an international laughingstock.

The editors of the I Files, The Center for Investigative Reporting’s investigative YouTube channel, have compiled a list of the ten worst gaffes by heads of state from around the world in which the urge to suppress only magnified the original faux pas and elevated it to international infamy.

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My Comment: The Huffington Post has no gafffes from the current President?!?!?!? Fear not .... here are a few.

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