The Huffington Post recently apologized for accidentally insinuating that Zayn Malik is in ISIS. The website meant to use the former One Direction star as an example of the Muslim world and western world coming together, but some didn’t see it that way. Ana Kasparian (The Point), John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Francesca Fiorentini (AJ+) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“On Friday, a photo of Zayn Malik, the ex-member of One Direction was used in a tweet the Huffington Post sent out titled “What ISIS Wants,” implying either that the terror organization are boy band fans, or more sinisterly, that the star had joined the extremist group.
The tweet was quickly deleted after users began pointing out their massive error, and an apology was issued by the news organization.
The Huffington Post tweeted out a screenshot of their mistake, along with the statement, “We apologize for the original image here. Zayn Malik is mentioned in the story, but is obviously not part of ISIS.”