{
  "id": 3855591,
  "title": "CNN Apologizes To Dolly Parton’s Family For Mistakenly Airing Photo Of Impersonator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cnn-apologizes-to-dolly-partons-family-for-mistakenly-airing-photo-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:37:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/cnn-apologizes-dolly-parton-family-impersonator-photo-1237061649/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "CNN has issued an apology after mistakenly airing a photo of a Dolly Parton impersonator during coverage of the country music icon’s death. After Parton died at age 80 on Tuesday, that night’s episode of Laura Coates Live featured a photo of Las Vegas celebrity impersonator Kelly Vohnn, for which the news network has since […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "CNN Apologizes for Using Photo of Tribute Artist in Dolly Parton Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/cnn-apologizes-for-using-photo-of-tribute-artist-in-dolly-parton",
        "published": "2026-08-27T22:50:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}