Then, that went away in favor of a small chyron with Northam’s name, job title, and what was supposed to be a (D) label for Democrat, but it instead read (R) for Republican for a whole nine seconds before it was wiped as the larger “Breaking News chyron” replaced it.

Later in the video, the snarky CNN chyron writers tried to make up for their mistake by going back to a lower-third with just Northam’s name and a (D) label. That remained for the next 14 seconds before alternating back a chyron that read: “Breaking News; Virginia Gov on Racist Photo: I Accept Responsibility and Am Ready to Do the Hard Work of Regaining Your Trust.”