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#SomeoneTellCNN trends worldwide, forces CNN to apologise. Diggdigg #SomeoneTellCNN took off speedily on Twitter this Sunday, as Kenyans in and around the world accused US news channel, CNN, of sensational reporting bulletin banner that read “violence in Kenya”.

#SomeoneTellCNN trends worldwide, forces CNN to apologise

The banner accompanied a report on an Al-Shabaab grenade attack on a Nairobi bus station, that killed six people on Saturday. The anguish further forced the news channel to apologize to Kenyans and pull down a video report on suspected terrorist bombing that took place in downtown Nairobi.

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