Bernie Gores Wiki – Bernie Gores Biography
Bernie Gores was killed by the Taliban not only was he reported by @CNNAfghan, the news also circulated by accounts that labeled themselves as the Afghan news accounts MSNBC and BBC. “MSNBC Afghanistan”, an account with the username @MSNBCAfghan, tweeted: “#BreakingNews: American journalist ‘Bernie Gores’ executed by #Taliban in # Afghanistan (via @CNN)”. @BBC AfghanNews – tweeted: “Multiple reports from the state of #Afganistan #CNN Journalist ‘Bernie Gores’ has been captured and executed by #Taliban in #Kabul.”
All of his tweets included the same photo: that of a smiling bald white man with glasses. There was only one problem. A journalist named Bernie, who works for CNN, does not appear to exist. Although the tweets claim that Bernie is an employee of CNN, his signature is nowhere on the network’s website. Additionally, Bernie’s identity has been used to perpetrate other hoaxes in the past. In August 2020, the same photo that appears in the tweets was used with the same name to represent a missing person in Lebanon after a fuel explosion in Beirut.
Bernie Gores Age
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Is Bernie Gores Dead
Even as the world reels from the heartbreaking scenes of despair and panic emerging from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized the nation’s capital after President Joe Biden withdrew US troops, Twitter was hit with more shock afterward. that news reports circulated claiming that a CNN reporter had been executed by the Islamic military group.
The news in question was tweeted by several accounts disguised as authentic news outlets. “#BREAKING: #CNN Journalist ‘Bernie Gores’ executed in #Kabul by #Taliban soldiers,” read an August 16 tweet from “CNN Afghanistan,” an account with the username @CNNAfghan. “We are working with US officials to get several more journalists out of Afghanistan at this time. Our thoughts are with the Bernie’s family.”
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And the accounts that tweeted the news of his alleged execution were not verified. According to the Daily Dot, the accounts claiming to be associated with the BBC (@BBCAfghanNews) and CNN were created in May 2021, and the accounts claiming to be part of MSNBC (@MSNBCAfghan) were created in July this year.
Unlike @CNNAfghan, the many Twitter accounts on the network, including @cnn and @cnni, short for CNN International, are verified with a blue checkmark. While Bernie Gores’ tweet was the only one posted by the unverified BBC and MSNBC Twitter accounts, the @CNNAfghan account did have other posts linked to CNN’s true stories.