ABC affiliate sorry for showing doctored Petraeus book cover - video

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An ABC affiliate in Denver has apologised after accidentally showing a Photoshopped version of a David Petraeus biography.

KMGH-TV in Denver reported on Petraeus's alleged extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell yesterday (Monday, November 12), but mistakenly used a copy of the dustjacket which had been doctored to add a lewd term for female genitals to the book's title.



A statement from KMGH's 7News read: "7News sincerely apologises for a mistake that we aired in our broadcast on Monday, a mistake that has gone viral on the internet.

"During the broadcast, 7News showed an image of Broadwell's biography of Petraeus that is called All In: The Education of General David Petraeus.

"However, when the 7News reporter went on the internet to get an image of the book cover, the reporter mistakenly grabbed a Photoshopped image that said, 'All Up In My Snatch'."

KMGH-TV's news director Jeff Harris described the error as "regrettable and embarrassing", saying that he was "mortified" at the mistake.

Harris also promised an internal investigation "to avoid a repeat of this inexcusable oversight".