People's Blog • CNN Accidentally Publishes "LA's Mostly Peaceful Protest" Photos as "Tehran Burning from Israeli Aggression"

Atlanta, GA -- In a mistake this week, CNN published the wrong images in an article about fires and damage to Iran's capital city from the recent Israeli offensive.  The images used were actually of Los Angeles, CA, showing some isolated fires from the mostly peaceful anti-ICE protests this past weekend.

Keen-eyed internet sleuths were quick to discover the error and multiple posts on X elevated the issue.  To correct the mistake, CNN issued a retraction of the photos and instead published updated images with the correct city in flames.

CNN Chief Editor Gavin Stockwood apologized, saying "Please remember, we are really running with a skeleton crew here.  It's like no one trusts us anymore, so they don't watch and we've had to lay people off.  I hope everyone accepts my apology.  It's a mistake anyone could have made."

Statistics: Posted by Panem Et Circenses — 6/17/2025, 12:35 pm — Replies 0 — Views 4

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