CNN Host Forced To Correct On-Air Lie
Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
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CNN’s Abby Phillip was forced to issue a correction after she claimed live on air that the Islamist terror attack targeted NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, when in reality the target was Mamdani’s protestors. This is just the latest in a string of CNN flubs with the facts—let’s talk about it.
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| 0:00.0 | Two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York's |
| 0:06.0 | Mayor Zohan Mamdani. |
| 0:08.0 | Except there wasn't a terrorist attack targeting Mayor Zohan Mamdani, and Abby had to correct |
| 0:12.0 | the record. |
| 0:13.0 | Let's talk about it. |
| 0:18.0 | Yeah, you better. |
| 0:20.0 | Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. |
| 0:23.6 | Today we're headed over to CNN. |
| 0:25.6 | CNN has had a rough week. |
| 0:26.6 | Okay, they've had to delete certain statements, retract certain statements, correct certain |
| 0:32.6 | statements, and their latest has to do with the terrorist attack that we narrowly avoided |
| 0:36.6 | in New York City outside of |
| 0:38.2 | Mayor Zoroamam Dhani's residence. |
| 0:40.5 | Now this took place because two terrorist jihadists showed up to an anti-Islam protest |
| 0:45.5 | and they brought explosives, luckily, that did not detonate. |
| 0:49.1 | Now recently, CNN was covering this and they said that the attack was targeting Mayor Zoran Mamdani. |
| 0:54.9 | Two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York's |
| 1:01.0 | mayor, uh, Mayor Zoran Mamdani and the House Speaker Mike Johnson says nothing really to condemn those comments. |
| 1:07.5 | Another special guest is going to be with us at the table. |
| 1:10.0 | Okay. Now you do hear her trip over the word a little bit. She's like, |
| 1:14.4 | and I feel like maybe she herself sort of recognized that this statement was not a |
| 1:20.5 | proper statement that that was not what was supposed to have come out of her mouth, but was maybe |
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