CNN accused of playing down terror attack in Boulder as hosts slam Kash Patel's statement
CNN is being slammed for downplaying the terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, which saw multiple people set on fire at a pro-Israel rally.
FBI Director Kash Patel called the incident a 'targeted terror attack' against demonstrators as they gathered to remember the October 7 victims who are still being held hostage in Gaza on Sunday afternoon.
The horror unfolded during the event, organized by Run For Their Lives, on Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder at around 1.26pm, police said.
But on CNN, hosts Andrew McCabe and Juliette Kayyem reportedly called the FBI 'juvenile' and 'irresponsible' for calling it a terror attack, according to Curtis Houck, the managing editor of News Busters.
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