As we reported earlier, President Obama is heading to Kenya this week to attend a summit on global entrepreneurship, but after details of his visit leaked in the media, there are some new concerns over a terrorist attack occurring during the visit.
CNN reported last night:
President @BarackObama isn't just heading to his father's homeland, but to a hotbed of terror: http://t.co/OkTE671wfe pic.twitter.com/ZnrhE8yFzy
— CNN (@CNN) July 23, 2015
CNN’s labeling of Kenya a “terror hotbed,” however, has many Kenyans furious and they’ve taken to Twitter with the hashtag #SomeoneTellCNN to vent their frustration:
For anyone who's wondering what's going on with #SomeoneTellCNN http://t.co/tiJ33DyoDT #Kenya #hotbedofhilarity
— Lizzie Dearden (@lizziedearden) July 23, 2015
We are telling the world to #ChooseKenya, while CNN is busy. discrediting us by telling the same world we are terror bed. #SomeoneTellCNN
— Maina Gatundu?? (@mainawagatundu) July 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/KingOfTheQuote/status/624227438013362176
#SomeoneTellCNN to apologise before we take the whole world to their newsroom
— Anthony siele (@Anthony_Siele) July 23, 2015
#SomeoneTellCNN to know Africa… kumbe africans are more educated than them.
— Tinah abbie (@Tinahabbie) July 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/RutoMercy/status/624227348007755776
#SomeoneTellCNN We wont allow Ne-colonialism and unprofessional journalism full of skewed reasoning and absurdity pic.twitter.com/Lzmbs2Arek
— Nyakundi Jay Omete (@NyakundiJay) July 23, 2015
#SomeoneTellCNN I don't get why
international journalists always
report negative things about Africa.
Africa is NOT what you think!— Chukwudi C. Amah (@Cele_Segenanqua) July 23, 2015
#SomeoneTellCNN Ignorance is your new best friend! with all this fabrications just change your name to Cooked News Network #ProudlyKenyan
— Bernard Mungai (@Blissful_Ben) July 23, 2015
#SomeoneTellCNN headlines cannot outdo trending topics in the eyes of #KOT
— Bawse Ed?? (@EdmundMaina) July 23, 2015
I am #KOT & I love my country ,will defend her dignity the only way I know via tweets! #SomeOneTellCNN
— Chumo Naomi ???? (@NaomiChumo) July 23, 2015
K.O.T. @NationFMKe: #SomeoneTellCNN trending worldwide. Thank you #KOT for standing up for your country. pic.twitter.com/Wx9rxCVjgF"
— P.jay..ⓟⓙ™.♚♔ (@PjayCapitalP) July 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/jadedunni/status/624226951688024064
You must apologise for such irresponsible reporting..east africa is no terrorist hotbed #SomeoneTellCNN
— Dr.Dhu'lkifl A.F (@sambaza100) July 23, 2015
It seems CNN is listening. There’s an editor’s note on the article we linked to above stating that “the headline and lead of this article has been recast to indicate the terror threat is a regional one.”
But why the editor’s note? Kenya is a terror hotbed, as we’ve reported:
Flashback: Somali-based terrorists killed closed to 200 in an attack at Kenya’s Garissa University in April:
The alleged “mastermind” of that attack was killed just last week by a U.S. drone strike in Somalia:
Alleged Kenya university massacre mastermind killed in drone strike http://t.co/45mZoi9v0a pic.twitter.com/IittEGidJa
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 16, 2015
And Kenya has troops fighting Al Shabab:
DEVELOPING: Kenya says it killed at least 24 Al Shabab militants in #Bardhere offensive. No ward from Al Shabab. pic.twitter.com/nvbupP2jyN
— Live From Somalia (@Tuuryare_Africa) July 23, 2015
Kenya kills 84 Al Shabab militants ahead of Obama visit http://t.co/GuUwSS3fUn
— Video News Stream (@VideoNewsUs) July 23, 2015
If Kenya or the region isn’t a “terror hotbed,” what exactly are those troops doing?
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