As usual, it took a long time for the mainstream media to finally acknowledge that Tuesday’s Lower Manhattan truck attack by 29-year-old Uzbeki immigrant Sayfullo Saipov was actually a terrorist attack and not some random, crazed ‘lone wolf.’

You’d think the fact that multiple witnesses heard the killer shout “Allahu Akbar” might have been a clue, but apparently admitting the obvious has become a ‘hate-fact,’ or something.

Given that, CNN had quite the creative way around this predicament.

"suspect was yelling "God is great" in Arabic" – thanks for inventing this careful dodge, AP. pic.twitter.com/SEzkkooq13 — BT (@back_ttys) October 31, 2017

Here’s the original tweet from The Situation Room:

Multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN that the incident in New York City is being investigated as terrorism https://t.co/ozdMAz0gY2 pic.twitter.com/IeyY1AprW9 — The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) October 31, 2017

Smooth move, CNN. Sadly for you, nobody’s buying it and everyone knows exactly what you were trying to do.

https://twitter.com/AndrewWMullins/status/925471569538965506

CNN: https://t.co/n0TlHQV18s “Man screamed God is Great”….you mean Allah Akbar? — Duh-quon (@duh_quon) October 31, 2017

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Wonder what “God is Great” translates to in Arabic???

Come on @CNN pic.twitter.com/80zBqTH1uR — SBG2 (@SASBG2) October 31, 2017

How do you say god is great in Arabic pic.twitter.com/dVnweEPMCn — Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) October 31, 2017

Thankfully…

Thankfully there were so many Arabic speaking witnesses on hand to translate for us. .@CNNSitRoom — Jack Herman (@Jack_Ham79) October 31, 2017

Whew! Close call!

CNN anchor Jake Tapper responded to the brouhaha by downplaying his network’s downplay:

i really have no idea what you're objecting to. We said what he said in Arabic and provided rough translation. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 31, 2017

But nobody was buying that either.

You know what the actual translation is, so why provide a rough translation for your viewers? It’s misleading, at best. — Jenn (@JennJacques) October 31, 2017

We all know what it means when someone shouts “Allahu Akbar” while killing people. Your using a “rough translation” instead is ridiculous. — Kim Priestap (@kimpriestap) October 31, 2017

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