In a mistake that would have had thousands scrubbing their eyes in disbelief, the news channel spent a full 50 seconds reporting on a story about “Seal who claims he killed Obama under attack”. The banner returned later in the episode of Erin Burnett’s OutFront show – which was dedicated to the story – but not before viewers had been given plenty of time to capture stills of the mix-up.
It’s not the first time the President has been confused with the terrorist leader – something which Mr Obama explicitly railed against in 2007 when Republican rivals kept “accidentally” confusing the two. Perhaps CNN would have done well to pay more attention to the BBC’s Gavin and Stacey, which cleared up the issue back in 2009.
Source: The Independent UK
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