![]() ![]() CNN International reporter Lucy Pawle called in to the network after spotting the flag. You really do.įor its part, CNN finally realized the super-embarrassing mistake and took all traces of the story off its website.īut don’t worry, here’s the segment in all its failed glory. CNN reported Saturday that a man was flying an ISIS flag at London’s gay-pride parade, but it turned out to be a banner covered in sex toys. “I seem to be the only person who has spotted this,” Pawle said. It’s several illustrations of a variety of different sex toys, butt plugs - you know, marital aids. It wasn’t Arabic, but it wasn’t gobbledygook either. “In fact, it looks like it could be gobbledygook.” “If you look at the flag, it’s clearly not Arabic,” Pawle explained, breaking down the story in her best serious-reporter voice. It was actually an advertisement for sex toys and butt plugs.īut CNN didn’t realize the super-embarrassing mistake until it had dedicated several minutes to reporting the fake story under the headline “ISIS flag spotted at gay pride parade.” Pawle had seen a group march by in the gay pride parade, holding a large, black flag she assumed was none other than the flag of the nightmarish terrorist organization ISIS, known for crimes against homosexuals, like hurling them off a roof to their deaths.
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