{"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":"<p>As Russia&#8217;s military actions against Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2022\/2\/26\/photos-kyiv-ukraine-russian-invasion-explosions-street-fighting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continues<\/a>, two alleged screengrabs of tweets from CNN are viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The first tweet, attributed to CNN Afghanistan, talks about a journalist called &#8216;Bernie Gores&#8217;, who was allegedly executed by Talibani soldiers in Kabul. The second tweet also talks about &#8216;Bernie Gores&#8217; but describes him as an &#8220;activist&#8221; who was the first American casualty of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. This tweet is attributed to CNN Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @ExSecular <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JKwoF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> the screengrabs while mocking the international news organisation. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112572 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_49_28-exsecular-on-Twitter_-_Krantikari-journalism-https___t.co_3Ck9laRrke_-_-Twitter-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_49_28-exsecular-on-Twitter_-_Krantikari-journalism-https___t.co_3Ck9laRrke_-_-Twitter-.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_49_28-exsecular-on-Twitter_-_Krantikari-journalism-https___t.co_3Ck9laRrke_-_-Twitter--244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several others have shared the alleged tweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nice catch!<br \/>\nWe are the news now!<br \/>\nHandle w\/ care&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDpI3gPg4f\">pic.twitter.com\/FDpI3gPg4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (Q)(C) (@QCagain1775) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QCagain1775\/status\/1497328809653071873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The screengrabs were also shared on Twitter with German captions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/L%C3%BCgenpresse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#L\u00fcgenpresse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Dieselbe Person, die von den Taliban in Afghanistan &#8220;hingerichtet&#8221; wurde,<br \/>\nist auch das erste amerikanische Todesopfer in der &#8220;Ukraine-Krise&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7vFpzFkffT\">pic.twitter.com\/7vFpzFkffT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Weltenlehrer (@weltenlehrer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weltenlehrer\/status\/1497291150180368391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They are viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=Bernie%20Gores&amp;sde=AboqlNzXDiUlHBRDHz7RI3EgLewe2VMs2EQnjgCaXAXd8zQxD35DSPUuHBlbf_DiOqIKPnETTU11Pagu6GXqVGGlflq_-Pr9hJqjLDtMM09ulIw_ILtpDbwfETLeHA14dDw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_58_57-1-Bernie-Gores-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1293\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_58_57-1-Bernie-Gores-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1293w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_58_57-1-Bernie-Gores-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_58_57-1-Bernie-Gores-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-18_58_57-1-Bernie-Gores-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1293px) 100vw, 1293px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fake tweets<\/h4>\n<p>We checked for the Twitter accounts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNAfghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CNNAfghan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNUKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@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<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-112570 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweets-attributed-to-cnn-viral-amidst-russia-ukraine-crisis\/2022-02-26-19_03_40-11-profile-_-twitter-mozilla-firefox\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_40-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_40-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.png 813w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_40-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_40-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x657.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweets-attributed-to-cnn-viral-amidst-russia-ukraine-crisis\/2022-02-26-19_03_22-11-profile-_-twitter-mozilla-firefox\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_22-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_22-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.png 808w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_22-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_03_22-11-Profile-_-Twitter-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x651.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We also found that one of the fake tweets was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/aug\/17\/viral-image\/fake-news-accounts-spread-false-information-about-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked by Politifact<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112588 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_13_09-PolitiFact-_-Fake-news-accounts-spread-false-information-about-journalists-in-Af.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_13_09-PolitiFact-_-Fake-news-accounts-spread-false-information-about-journalists-in-Af.png 879w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_13_09-PolitiFact-_-Fake-news-accounts-spread-false-information-about-journalists-in-Af-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_13_09-PolitiFact-_-Fake-news-accounts-spread-false-information-about-journalists-in-Af-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/fake-afghan-news-missing-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact-check<\/a> by Snopes has also debunked the claim and identified the man in the viral tweets to be YouTube personality <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.fandom.com\/wiki\/Jordie_Jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordie Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_25_50-Settings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_25_50-Settings.jpg 1059w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_25_50-Settings-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_25_50-Settings-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-19_25_50-Settings-768x623.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reuters had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-journalist-kabul-idUSL1N2PP1W3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reached out to CNN last year<\/a> regarding the same tweets. Matt Dornic, head of strategic communications at CNN, told Reuters via email: \u201cThis is a fabricated story and a fake post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hence, two fake tweets attributed to CNN were viral on social media amidst the Russia-Ukraine crisis. These tweets are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/06\/us\/shooting-texas-hoaxes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internet hoaxes<\/a> that are always shared whenever a major event takes place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Russia&#8217;s military actions against Ukraine continues, two alleged screengrabs of tweets from CNN are viral on social media. The first tweet, attributed to CNN Afghanistan, talks about a journalist called &#8216;Bernie Gores&#8217;, who was allegedly executed by Talibani soldiers in Kabul. The second tweet also talks about &#8216;Bernie Gores&#8217; but describes him as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":112606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-112570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake tweets attributed to CNN viral amidst Russia-Ukraine crisis - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake tweets attributed to CNN viral amidst Russia-Ukraine crisis - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As Russia&#8217;s military actions against Ukraine continues, two alleged screengrabs of tweets from CNN are viral on social media. 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