Kenyans on social media have told off Cable News Network (CNN) about their coverage of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to the country.
Obama is scheduled to jet into Kenya on Friday for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2015, and Kenyans are highly anticipating his visit.
In the pre-event coverage, CNN termed Kenya as a “hotbed of terror”; a statement that agitated Kenyans
This is not the first time that Kenyans have taken issue with CNN’s portrayal of the county. In 2013, CNN aired a contentious story titled “Kenyans Armed and Ready to Vote” where they alleged that Kenyans were preparing for violence ahead of the General Elections.
Social media users were quick to point out numerous factual inconsistencies in the story filed by Nima Elbagir, and CNN pulled it down from their site.
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