He said the truth remained that CNN did not even attempt to reach the federal government for its own side of the story.
the British Broadcasting Corporation Pidgin Service, Damilola Banjo, was at the Lekki Toll Gate on the night in question, and was quoted as saying soldiers shot sporadically into the air and not at the protesters – a direct contradiction of the position taken by CNN who relied on second and third-hand information.”vehicles carrying soldiers left their barracks and arrived in the
“Almost a month later, the same CNN – after a supposedly exhaustive investigation – is now reporting only one death from what the world was made to believe was a massacre. Is CNN not embarrassed by this sharp climbdown? Has CNN owned up to this and apologized for its faux paz?carefully and meticulously researched”, This is baffling, considering that the story lacks fairness and balance, as we have pointed out, and that the organization relied heavily on manipulated social media videos.
Mohammed said she also claimed she spoke to their Commander before the soldiers threw the bodies into the vans.Instagram during the Lekki Toll Gate incident, there was not a single video or picture of the dead bodies.“Not even Godson , another CNN star witness whose video was also used by the network, or any of the hundreds of protesters, all armed with smartphones, at the scene recorded a video or shot a picture of dead bodies being carried away by soldiers.
He said instead, the network was fixated on the massacre that never happened, just as he wondered whether the security agents are not human beings too or are not entitled to the protection of their human rights. “While it is up to CNN to accede or not, please note that the Federal Government reserves the right to take any action within its laws to prevent CNN from aggravating the #EndSARS crisis with unprofessional, irresponsible, one-sided, inciting and sensational reporting that is capable of pitching Nigerians against themselves and setting the country on fire”.
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