As Twitchy reported earlier today, #IStandWithAhmed was (and still is) the No. 1 trending hashtag on Twitter. Online support for 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, who was handcuffed and detained after bringing a homemade digital clock to school, was overwhelming, so much so that President Obama invited Mohamed to bring his clock to the White House.
CNN’s headline announcing the president’s invitation managed to anger and infuriate quite a few, though.
Dear CNN, Please fix this tweet. #IStandWithAhmed pic.twitter.com/Y8kwHly0jI
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) September 16, 2015
I would, um, rewrite this tweet. https://t.co/MNmvVUsosc
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 16, 2015
@chrislhayes pic.twitter.com/wcJVL4wZQB
— Mo Ryan (@moryan) September 16, 2015
@chrislhayes @CNNPolitics @POTUS @Eugene_Scott it's CNN, why would they do that? #factsdontmatter
— Carter Slade (@MANX38) September 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/ostrom/status/644240989545086976
@chrislhayes CNN is going downhill. Are we surprised by this?
— Anna Harris (@ghfan87) September 16, 2015
@chrislhayes CNN should do the honorable thing and just go dark already.
— suekzoo (@suekzoo) September 16, 2015
@chrislhayes That's… poorly worded.
— Ken H. (@LostPhrack) September 16, 2015
And now it’s gone.
Correcting & deleting earlier tweet and correcting story: Ahmed Mohamed was arrested but not accused of making a bomb http://t.co/71w5tOvJZR
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 16, 2015
Screenshot of the tweet @CNNpolitics just deleted. Ahmed Mohamed, age 14, was not formally accused of any crime. pic.twitter.com/ifdU6IFnYD
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) September 16, 2015
Mistakes and corrections happen to everyone, but repeating the false accusations against the kid in a tweet/headline is really not cool.
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) September 16, 2015
@liamstack @CNNPolitics dirty click bait. What is this, Fox News?
— Kelsey McGaw (@kelseymcg) September 16, 2015
No ma’am. This … is CNN.
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