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'CBS This Morning' Plays Toto's 'Africa' For Mandela Segment (VIDEO)

Really, 'CBS This Morning'?

"CBS This Morning" raised eyebrows on Tuesday when it played Toto's "Africa" while previewing an upcoming segment about Nelson Mandela's memorial services.

The show played the hit 80s rock song to footage of people paying tribute to Mandela in South Africa, before cutting to commercial break.

NPR's Eric Deggans noticed the questionable choice, tweeting:

I love CBS This Morning, but couldn't you end a segment on Mandela's funeral with real African music instead of Toto's Africa?

— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) December 10, 2013

Watch the clip in the video above (via Dorsey Shaw). Ironically, "CBS This Morning" did discuss how Mandela affected social change using music that morning.

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