“CNN Afghanistan tweet claiming that Taliban has executed CNN journlist Bernie Gores”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
No CNN journalist or for that matter any other American journalist was executed by Taliban following the Taliban takeover of the Afghan government recently. The photo in the tweet is of YouTuber Jordie Jordan
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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