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Oh dear

Say Nay — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:03:52 GMT

Okay. This came from Slate so I can't vouch for accuracy but this came up on my fb feed .

"CNN Claimed to Spot an ISIS Flag at a Gay Pride March. It Was Actually a Drawing of S*x Toys.

On Saturday, CNN devoted an entire segment to what it called "an ISIS flag among a sea of rainbow colors." CNN International's Lucy Pawle described spotting the flag at a gay pride march in London. She pronounced it to be "an attempt to mimic the ISIS flag, the black-white flag with distinctive lettering." Upon seeing the flag, she reported it to nearby police. She noted, however, that if you "look at the flag closely," you'll see "it's clearly not Arabic."

Pawle is correct that the flag is not in Arabic. It is, in fact, not in any language. Rather, it consists of crude drawings of s*x toys."

Watch the video. Um... what?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/06/27/isis_flag_at_pride_march_cnn_those_are_sex_toys.html

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MyGirlsMom — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:06:50 GMT

Another good reason why I don't watch CNN. Since the Malaysian airplane disappearance, I've been turned off by their over the top reporting.

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lovescats — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:08:15 GMT

I'm not going to look at the video but I would think its from someone who is anti gay.

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cowboy sam — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:11:59 GMT

I also tried watching that same station and didn't like how the news story was reported so i turned the channel to one of my local station!!.

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Say Nay — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:12:11 GMT

@lovescats wrote:
I'm not going to look at the video but I would think its from someone who is anti gay.

The man carrying the flag was a supporter participating in the London Gay Pride parade but CNN (the person interviewed) misidentified it as an ISIS flag because it was in black and white and the writing looked a bit like Arabic.

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NoelSeven — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:21:04 GMT

Just a guess, but it could have been a slap at Isis, mocking their anti-gay stance.

The reporter in London certainly jumped to conclusions.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:21:24 GMT

How embarrassing for CNN. Just looking at a still photo, never mind a video, is kinda obvious. LOL.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:23:54 GMT

@NoelSeven wrote:
Just a guess, but it could have been a slap at Isis, mocking their anti-gay stance.

The reporter in London certainly jumped to conclusions.

It would appear the reporter was neither too bright nor terribly worldly.

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Say Nay — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:24:08 GMT

@NoelSeven wrote:
Just a guess, but it could have been a slap at Isis, mocking their anti-gay stance.

The reporter in London certainly jumped to conclusions.

Yes, that's what I thought. I hope people weren't alarmed when they heard about it. That could have caused a stampede.

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NoelSeven — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:30:02 GMT

Hi Smaug,

No one in their right mind would equate an Isis flag with toys like that, not unless they had a death wish.

I think it had to be mocking the Isis flag.

And what a bad reporter, making assumptions like that without checking it out

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PeterDM — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:31:42 GMT

I posted this earlier today on my Facebook, and I'm still laughing about it. Gobbledygook has a new definition! I can't believe this thread hasn't been Brittany-ed! LOL

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Say Nay — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:35:05 GMT

PeterDM the video made me bust up. Her description of the "writing" was hilarious.

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NoelSeven — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:38:10 GMT

I posted this earlier today on my Facebook, and I'm still laughing about it. Gobbledygook has a new definition! I can't believe this thread hasn't been Brittany-ed! LOL

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OK, I admit my first reaction was to laugh, too, LOL.

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NickNack1 — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:41:53 GMT

I saw that segment on CNN, although I wasn't paying close attention.

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LucyGoose — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:43:35 GMT

It probably was someone making a mockery of ISIS and their flag. So what...... he wasn't harming others. He wasn't marching down the street of a foriegn land threatening to chop people's head's off.

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colliegirls — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:03:08 GMT

Either is disgusting, just for different reasons.

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shamalamadingdong4 — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:56:51 GMT

That was the funniest thing I've seen for a long time. I giggled through the whole video.

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momtochloe — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:03:27 GMT

Edward R. Murrow must be churning in his grave . . . egad.

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debic — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:04:54 GMT

@NoelSeven wrote:
Just a guess, but it could have been a slap at Isis, mocking their anti-gay stance.

The reporter in London certainly jumped to conclusions.

LOL, this is what I thought. I found it hilarious that they just throw stuff on the news without a clue.

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debic — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:06:11 GMT

@PeterDM wrote:
I posted this earlier today on my Facebook, and I'm still laughing about it. Gobbledygook has a new definition! I can't believe this thread hasn't been Brittany-ed! LOL

Implosion in 5-4-3-2.....