US news channel Fox News may have bitten off more than they could chew when they described the ongoing tour by Pope Francis in Kenya (with a schedule trip to Uganda starting on Friday, November 27) as a visit to ‘war torn Africa’.
Kenyans proceeded to look outside, see a peaceful African country that isn’t torn by war and then catch feelings with force. Of course the always vocal Kenyans on Twitter were not about to stay silent.
Here are the best reactions to the controversial statement that Fox News made this week.
#SomeoneTellFoxNews that idiot reporter is a clear manifestation on how ignorant and half baked their reporters are.
— Maurice Ogolla (@mogolla157) November 26, 2015
Very little information is dangerous,that’s what this media company suffers from #SomeoneTellFoxNews https://t.co/g9Yc9kmgaZ — Kevin Mugenya (@KevinMugenya) November 26, 2015
— mtumzuri (@mtumzuri) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews to concentrate on their youth cause they are going mad pic.twitter.com/jWfngRkJD7
— BABA MARTHA (@kennedychelsea3) November 26, 2015
Why’s this guy closing his eyes? Swallowed a frog or something? #SomeoneTellFoxNews pic.twitter.com/FA4zEWssUh
— MEDIA MADNESS (@pressKE) November 26, 2015
READ ALSO: Kenyans On Twitter Furious About CNN ‘Hotbed Of Terror’ Remark
#SomeoneTellFoxNews Africa is not a Country but a continent….The Cradle of Humankind @Kiss100Kenya @TheStarKenya @KalekyeMumo #KISS #TMK
— Shaffie Weru (@ShaffieWeru) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews to define war pic.twitter.com/eHImyv1kNe
— Irũngũ Mũhura (@MuhuraIrungu) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews me listening and watching fox news pic.twitter.com/LynTuOuVYw
— BABA MALCOM (@MtuPombe) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews There’s no place we’d rather be! #LiveandDieinAfrika pic.twitter.com/lSAHT5lipw
— #LiveandDieinAfrika (@SautiSol) November 25, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews Sometimes there are no words to describe how we feel about some people. Thank God, He gave us the middle finger.
— WILKLINS (@Malachi_Ichalam) November 25, 2015
#SomeOneTellFoxNews not to get it twisted. François Hollande is not the President of Africa.
— Wilson Khimario (@wilkhim) November 25, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews to get their facts right before they cook irrational stories as news @mohammedhersi @foxnews
— Abdilatif hussein (@Latifshifta) November 25, 2015
— Patoranking (@pyepar) November 26, 2015
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#SomeoneTellFoxNews That Even @Pontifex Knows! irresponsible news reporting by the channels ! Shame! @FoxNews #KOT pic.twitter.com/AQ8Kn9yOPf
— D (@DeepUpkeep) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews that #CNNTriedAndFailed this kind of cheap propaganda. #KenyaIsMagical #TembeaKenya pic.twitter.com/9oWLjKuYjV
— Ahmed Mohamed™ (@asmali77) November 25, 2015
#someonetellfoxnews that @potifex does not watch TV. @FoxNews could be one of the reasons.
— Arthur Maina® (@akanyanjua) November 26, 2015
If you @FoxNews have nothing better to report about, shut down your kiosk studios and go home. #SomeoneTellFoxNews pic.twitter.com/S2jnihKGgA
— Victor Mochere (@VictorMochere) November 26, 2015
Jesus called some fool a fox. #SomeoneTellFoxNews that they are fools
— githumwangi (@githu__mwangi) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews I’ve never seen a gun close range, don’t know how to handle one. I only use knifes on chicken. Wartorn is strange to us.
— Anne Alayne Ayekha (@AnneAlayne) November 26, 2015
#SomeoneTellFoxNews Africa is not in france, iraq or syria Its a continent of black gold
— githumwangi (@githu__mwangi) November 26, 2015
This is not the first time that an American media house has suffered
the wrath of Kenyans on social media. In the days running up to the
visit by US President Barack Obama to Kenya, CNN called the country a
hotbed of terror.The outcry from Kenyans against CNN’s statements caused the news network to apologize following a meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Tony Maddox, CNN’s Global Executive Vice President and Managing Director.
Uhuru publicly criticised CNN for their description of Kenya.
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