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DATA ROUNDUP English, Fake News # No, ‘CNN’ has not called ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as ‘unarmed father of three’ 4 By Akhil Reddy on October 30, 2019 * A A A Twitter Facebook Reddit An image is being shared on Facebook with a claim that the ‘CNN’ news channel ran a piece of breaking news on their channel calling ISIS leader Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi as ‘unarmed father of three’. Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post. ![\\"\\"](\\" Post-1024x420.jpg\\")The archived version of the post can be found here. > Claim: ‘CNN’ called ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as ‘unarmed father of > three. > > Fact: It is a digitally manipulated image. Also, the same picture of the TV > host (Don Lemon) can be found in an article published ten months back. Hence > the claim made in the post is FALSE. When the actual news videos on ‘CNN’ are observed, it can be seen that the words on the white strip at the bottom of the frame are always capitalized. But, all the letters of the words in the posted photo are not capitalized. ![\\"\\"](\\" Comparison-1024x307.jpg\\") When the photo of TV host (Don Lemon) is cropped from the posted photo and ran through Yandex Reverse Image Search, the same photo with the same expression can be found in an article published ten months back. ![\\"\\"](\\" Don-Lemon-1024x560.jpg\\") Generally, Don Lemon’s show ‘CNN Tonight’ is aired on weekdays between 10 pm and 12 am ET. But, the time in the posted photo is 9:01 pm ET and the breaking news about the death of Al-Baghdadi came on Sunday. According to Snopes article, “the CNN’s actual broadcast that announced the death of al-Baghdadi featured CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who reported on Trump’s announcement concerning the IS leader’s death and the chyron for that broadcast was: ‘President Trump Announces ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Is Dead.’” ![\\"\\"](\\" CNN-Tonight-1024x447.jpg\\") Also, on the Twitter handle of ‘CNN Breaking News’ and the CNN live updates page on the event, nowhere it was not found that ‘CNN’ has called Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi as ‘unarmed father of three’. > President Trump confirms the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after > a US raid in Syria. Follow live updates: > pic.twitter.com/sa2XZx5HL8 > > — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 27, 2019 To sum it up, ‘CNN’ has not called ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as ‘unarmed father of three’. The image being shared on social media is a digitally manipulated one. _Did you watch our new Episode of the DECODE series?_ ![\\"Factly\\"](\\" WhatsApp-channel-minified-scaled.jpeg\\") Share. Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email __Previous Articleಈ ಘಟನೆ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದಿರುವುದಲ್ಲ. ಇದು ಒಂದು ಹಳೆಯ ಘಟನೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು 2017 ರ್ ಇಸವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅರುಣಾಚಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ತವಾಂಗ್ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದಿದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ Next Article __ఫొటోలో పాక్ ఆర్మీకి మహిళ గాజులు ఇస్తుంది ఎన్నికల్లో రిగ్గింగ్ ఆపనందుకు ### About Author ![\\"\\"](\\" Akhil Reddy ### Related Posts An old video of Sonam Kapoor at a fashion show is falsely shared as ... 1857 తిరుగుబాటు ఉద్యమంలో వీర్ సావర్కర్ పాల్గొన్నాడని అమిత్ షా వ్యాఖ్... An edited photo of Yogi Adtyanath is shared as the visuals of him wa... ### 4 Comments 1. Pingback: No, ‘CNN’ has not called ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as ‘unarmed father of three’ - Fact Checking Tools | Factbase.us 2. ![\\"\\"](\\" Biswa jit Hazarika on October 30, 2019 11:42 pm Truth is always welcome. .. 3. ![\\"\\"](\\" Patrick on November 7, 2019 7:10 pm It’s funny because nobody would be surprised if they did report it like this….😂😂 4. ![\\"\\"](\\" Osmeydi on December 2, 2019 12:53 am It’s a joke not a dick there’s no need to take it hard. 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CNN called ISIS leader Abu Bakr alBaghdadi as unarmed father of three