CNN: Anchor promptly made on-air correction about Arpaio

PHOENIX (AP) — Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio alleges in a defamation lawsuit that CNN made no effort to correct anchor Chris Cuomo’s erroneous statement that the lawman was a convicted felon.
But CNN says in a statement Thursday that Cuomo corrected his error within minutes of making it on Jan. 10.
Arpaio says the correction has no bearing on the case.
CNN says an online companion story about Arpaio didn’t contain Cuomo’s correction, though it has been updated to include the