My first national TV coverage

This is funny on a number of levels.

CNN, the 24-hour news channel, has a show called "CNN Newsroom" featuring Rick Sanchez. He accepts Twitter comments during the show that his producers read. They put the ones they like on the bottom of the screen during the show. The ones they REALLY like go on a screen for him to read aloud. After Dick Cheney's and Obama's speeches today about national security, I sent a tweet.

So here it is -- they showed it and had him real it aloud today ...

rhetorich@ricksanchezcnn "Keep the prisoners shackled to the walls," said Dick Chainey.

After he read it, he said "Spelled Cheney wrong, by the way."

He totally missed that it was a Tom Swifty. So I sent him this follow-up (which DIDN'T show up on air).

rhetorich@ricksanchezcnn "Dick Chainey" WASN'T misspelled. It was a Tom Swifty, like "I've struck oil,' said Tom crudely. Shackled - Chainey. Hello?

The producers, apparently STILL liking the original tweet, showed it AGAIN at the bottom of the screen a few minutes later. At least THEY got it. I'm hoping some of the viewers did, too.