CNN's John King admitted, Tuesday, that the networkâs shoddy reporting on the Boston Marathon bombing was both âembarrassingâ and âa double kick in the headâ because heâs a Boston native. During an interview with a D.C.-based radio station about CNNâs mistakes, King said, âIâve been at this for nearly 30 years, gentlemen. Iâve covered a couple of wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations. Iâve got a pretty good track record, but when you do something like this, itâs embarrassing.â