February 18, 2014

CNN Propaganda - "Lone Kid In The Desert" Edition

Yesterday Hala Gorani, "Anchor, CNN's International Desk", tweeted this:



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The "4 year-old crossing desert alone" was retweeted over 7,500 time.

But this picture did not look quite right and some people digged into the story. Was that kid really alone in the desert?

Here is a wider shot as provided by Andrew Harper, "UNHCR's Representative to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan".



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The real picture, showing the kid was just following a large group, was retweeted, as of now, only some 150 times.

Posted by b on February 18, 2014 at 8:07 UTC | Permalink

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