OOPS!

CNN Confuses Obama With Osama Bin Laden in Embarrassing On-Air Gaffe

Fortunately, anchor Boris Sanchez avoided making the same mistake.

Someone at CNN is undoubtedly having a bad weekend after a graphic describing alleged terrorist Abu Zubaydah as an associate of one “Obama Bin Laden” was broadcast during CNN News Central on Friday. While host Boris Sanchez avoided making the same mistake himself, the graphic did appear on the screen behind him as he discussed President Donald Trump’s plan to send migrants to Guantanamo Bay, where Zubaydah—an alleged former associate of Osama bin Laden—is still being held. The gaffe carries with it negative associations leftover from the Obama presidency, when conspiracy theorists routinely attempted to use the then-president’s name to draw a link between him and radical Islam. Meanwhile, the first flight transporting what Trump’s Department of Defense described as “high-threat illegal aliens” arrived at Guantanamo Bay on Feb. 5. Onboard were 10 individuals accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela.