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CNN Makes Awkward On-Air Gaffe, Mixes Up Barack Obama With Osama Bin Laden

CNN attracted criticism on social media by calling Howler Obama bin Laden on a live broadcast on Friday night.

The graphics for “CNN News Central” were read in part of “Obama bin Laden Associate: Abuzbaida.” video of the news segment circulating on social media shows. The graphics appeared when Anchor Boris Sanchez spoke about the interrogation techniques used in the al-Qaeda terrorist abzbaida in Guantanamo Bay. Instructions January 28th Undocumented immigrants in the United States have found that convicted of a terrible crime would be jailed.

Sanchez emphasized Zubida’s treatment in detention facilities, where he spoke about Trump’s plans to detain criminals. According to the video, Sanchez himself did not mix former President Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden, despite stumbling over Zubida’s name.

CNN’s Howler didn’t escape notifications as viewers deployed the outlet.

“Yesterday, CNN was talking about big balls. Today they’re talking about Obama bin Laden. Great job everyone!” Running the obviously ironic X user. State.

“CNN had Freud’s slip of this century. “Obama bin Laden” on live TV.” I commented Partially implies that the news outlet is a “propaganda machine” and one of the “mainstream media clowns.”

“CNN is a big failure!!” Another user I insisted.

At least one user believed the mistake was intentional. “It wasn’t a typo. It’s embarrassing to the people who did it,” users I wrote it.

Obama repeatedly said that Guantanamo Bay must be closed. I presented a plan Declaring that the facility’s ongoing running “contrary to our values” and “Undermind” due to the facility’s closure in February 2016[ing] Our position in the world. ” His plan had no support from Congress. I’m saying“That’s what the administration’s efforts to close Guantanamo are like. [sic] Not targeted [sic] Securing US national security interests, but instead with an ideological victory. ”

The Obama administration reduced the number of detainees from about 240. 41 – 197 detainees It is reportedly They moved, deported or resettled – the administration failed to close the facility and handed it over to Trump.

CNN’s Primetime viewers have fallen further since the November 2024 presidential election, falling from 45% to 394,000 viewers as of December 2024. Washington Post. In comparison, CNN’s primetime viewers averaged 1.8 million viewers during the 2020 election. Exit’s 2020 Election Year compensation was the most viewed Election Year compensation, reported The Washington Post.

CNN CEO Mark Thompson too announcement On January 23rd, about 200 staff members were laid off. (Related: CNN accidentally sends welcome package to layoff employees)

Jim Acosta, a longtime White House correspondent at CNN, frequently jouster I gave it along with Trump His final broadcast On January 28th, I refused to accept that “alternative time slot CNN provided me.”

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