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If you\u2019re looking for a case study in how the mainstream media constructs a narrative out of thin air to protect their preferred ideological allies, look no further than CNN\u2019s recent coverage of an attempted IED attack in New York City.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday night, Abby Phillip and Ana Navarro didn\u2019t just report the news; they performed a masterclass in obfuscation, deliberately mischaracterizing a terrorist act to frame it as a story of Muslim victimhood.<\/p>\n
The facts, which CNN seemingly finds inconvenient, are these: two Pennsylvania teenagers, who reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, traveled to New York to detonate homemade bombs.\u00a0Their target wasn\u2019t a person, but a crowd of protesters. Yet, in the hands of Abby Phillip, this became an \u201cattempted terror attack against New York\u2019s Mayor Zohran Mamdani.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBREAKING: Abby Phillips says the IED attack was an \u201cattempted terror attack against NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.\u201d<\/p>\n
The suspects yelled \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d and pledged allegiance to ISIS.<\/p>\n
CNN deleted a tweet and issued a retraction this morning. They never learn. pic.twitter.com\/AvsQCUnhP5<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
By framing the attack as one directed at Mamdani \u2014 who identifies as Muslim \u2014 Phillip and Navarro attempted to pivot the conversation away from radical Islamic terrorism and toward their favorite hobby horse: Republican \u201cbigotry.\u201d Phillip used the false premise of an attack on Mamdani to grill guests about comments made by GOP Congressmen Andy Ogles and Randy Fine, effectively using a near-tragedy caused by ISIS sympathizers to scold Republicans for being mean.<\/p>\n
Ana Navarro, never one to let a factual error get in the way of a partisan jab, doubled down on the lie. After she declared, \u201cWhat I find ironic is, so supposedly some of these comments are as a result of the attempt against Mayor Mamdani in New York,\u201d Republican Joe Borelli correctly pointed out that the attackers were targeting protesters, not Mamdani.<\/p>\n
Navarro stubbornly insisted, \u201cIt was at his house,\u201d as if proximity to a building constitutes a targeted assassination attempt. The goal was transparent: if they could convince the audience that Mamdani was the target, they could claim that any criticism of radicalism is actually an incitement to violence against Muslim officials.<\/p>\n
Phillip offered an apology on Wednesday morning:<\/p>\n
\nI want to correct something I said last night.\u00a0The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn\u2019t catch it ahead\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n