Still one of the all-time great TV news channel cock-ups
In the pantheon of all-time great TV news channel cock-ups, this has to be close to the very top.
We only mention it after CNN’s worst moment went viral on Reddit all over again.
And yes, it really did happen. We know it did because the person responsible for the banner wrote about it for the Guardian.
‘I flew the flag in London’s gay pride parade because Isis is deserving of mockery and disrespect. I never thought CNN would think it was real.’
And it gets even better, one CNN journalist telling viewers back in 2015: “If you look at the flag closely, it’s clearly not Arabic. In fact, it looks like it could be gobbledegook. But it’s very distinctively the ISIS flag.”
Close, but no butt plug.
Comment of the day went to Redditor marshgrass24 who said this after it was shared by fellow Redditor Ntetris.
‘Maybe if ISIS used some dildos and buttplugs they wouldn’t be so angry.’
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Source Reddit u/Ntetris
