MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) – While covering a story about an Ex-Navy SEAL, who had gone public earlier this week claiming that he was the one who shot Osama bin Laden, CNN ran a headline that confused President Obama with Osama bin Laden.
“SEAL WHO CLAIMS HE KILLED OBAMA UNDER ATTACK,” said the CNN headline that ran at least 45-seconds. The mistake was quickly noticed by the viewers and earned widespread mockery.
Wow the SEALs are out of control pic.twitter.com/g0F9Dvidbh
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 8, 2014
CNN realized their mistake, took down the chyron and put it back later to read “Bin Laden” instead of “Obama”.
The segment addressed the controversial story of Robert O’Neill, ex-Navy SEAL who claims to have shot Osama bin Laden during the raid in Pakistan in 2011.
