‘NO APOLOGY’ FROM CNN?

Despite efforts by Kenyans on social media displaying their outrage with American global news channel CNN over its controversial titling ‘Violence in Kenya’ with regards to a piece about last month’s grenade attacks in the capital, it seems the station is unrelenting in whatever its portrayal mission is.

Find out more about #SomeoneTellCNN here >>

Following attacks on Saturday night at the coast which left 1 Kenyan dead, as a result of a stampede, and over 30 others injured, CNN was at it again with a short introductory clip bearing a similar tagline ‘Violence in Kenya’ and the breaking news update on the World Report feature on 1st April 2012.

On its website, CNN wrote:

While no one has directly claimed responsibility, a statement posted online Sunday credited to Al-Shabaab said “the deteriorating insecurity in Kenyan cities is an embodiment of Kenya’s misguided policies that place foreign interests above its national interests and the security of Western nations above the security of its citizens, thereby wasting the lives of its men and its resources for no real gain.”

CNN’s correspondents David McKenzie and Samira Said are quoted as contributing to the report which you can fully read HERE.

Kenyans on Twitter had started the hash tags #SomeOneTellCNN and #CNNApologize which became globally trending topics, as even the Kenyan Ambassador to the US wrote to the Atlanta-based station demanding a formal apology.

Read about the Ambassadors demand here >>

Unfortunately CNN has not uploaded a video recording of the news update on any of its feeds.