The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, appeared to have mistaken CNN report for an individual’s post regarding BDR mutiny on CNN iReport.
Addressing a rally at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday, Hasina quoted ‘CNN iReport’ to hold the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party responsible for the February 25-26, 2009 rebellion of soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh.
She, however, mentioned one kmsalam’s posting on the site to be a ‘CNN online report.’
She alleged that in 52 days of Awami League’s assuming office, 57 army officers were killed at the BDR headquarters of whom 33 were from Awami League families. BNP and Jamaat lawyers were standing for the accused of the carnage.
‘Now CNN online reports revealed who were involved with the killing,’ she said.
The posting by kmsalam titled ‘South Block Suggests Pakistani Intelligence Behind BDR Mutiny’ claimed that influential leaders of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, including Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, and Jamaat-e-Islami were behind the mutiny. The post was not vetted by CNN.
Another one Shawntrur commented on kmsalam’s post, ‘I guess the prime minister of Bangladesh is unaware that CNN iReport is not official report of CNN. But that did not stop the prime minister of Bangladesh to reference this CNN iReport as a CNN report in one of her speech addressed to her party and to the nation.’
‘CNN iReports’ is a platform where anyone registered with it can write at their own on any topics. The stories in the ‘iReports’ are not edited checked or screened, according to the CNN. (source)