{"id":112570,"date":"2022-02-26T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=112570"},"modified":"2022-02-26T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T14:58:40","slug":"fake-tweets-attributed-to-cnn-viral-amidst-russia-ukraine-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweets-attributed-to-cnn-viral-amidst-russia-ukraine-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake tweets attributed to CNN viral amidst Russia-Ukraine crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Russia’s military actions against Ukraine continues<\/a>, two alleged screengrabs of tweets from CNN are viral on social media.<\/p>\n

The first tweet, attributed to CNN Afghanistan, talks about a journalist called ‘Bernie Gores’, who was allegedly executed by Talibani soldiers in Kabul. The second tweet also talks about ‘Bernie Gores’ but describes him as an “activist” who was the first American casualty of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. This tweet is attributed to CNN Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Twitter user @ExSecular tweeted<\/a> the screengrabs while mocking the international news organisation. \"\"<\/p>\n

Several others have shared the alleged tweets.<\/p>\n

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Nice catch!
\nWe are the news now!
\nHandle w\/ care… pic.twitter.com\/FDpI3gPg4f<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 (Q)(C) (@QCagain1775) February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The screengrabs were also shared on Twitter with German captions.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd23 #L\u00fcgenpresse<\/a><\/p>\n

Wow\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Dieselbe Person, die von den Taliban in Afghanistan “hingerichtet” wurde,
\nist auch das erste amerikanische Todesopfer in der “Ukraine-Krise”. pic.twitter.com\/7vFpzFkffT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Weltenlehrer (@weltenlehrer) February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are viral on Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

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Fake tweets<\/h4>\n

We checked for the Twitter accounts @CNNAfghan<\/a> and @CNNUKR<\/a> and found that both accounts have been suspended. It is important to note that both the accounts posing as genuine CNN News accounts did not carry blue tick verification.<\/p>\n