CNN did a whoopsie on Tuesday, publishing a story and accompanying X post that described the New York City bombing suspects as a couple of crazy kids whose lives veered off course when they were inspired by ISIS to throw makeshift IEDs into a crowd. “Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could’ve been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather,” the network wrote. “But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs during an anti-Muslim protest outside of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home.” Who among us? CNN updated the remarkable piece of so-called journalism—and deleted the X post—in response to widespread outrage. “Brian Stelter, CNN’s media reporter and unofficial network spokesman, said the post was ‘rightly criticized’ and ‘quickly addressed by CNN management,’ but insisted the ‘story itself was solid,’” our Andrew Stiles writes. “Whoopsie! We regret the unfortunate terrorist sympathy, a mistake that happens all the time in journalism—a typo, basically. That’s our bad. The important thing is that we corrected it.” “Critics blasted Stelter’s public relations attempt, pointing out that the ‘solid’ story’s original opening was ‘exactly’ the same as the now-deleted X post. The article appeared to have been stealthily revised to make it (slightly) less ridiculous. ‘Two Pennsylvania men on Saturday followed the route taken by thousands as they crossed the George Washington Bridge into New York City,’ the updated article read. ‘But less than an hour later, their trajectory took a dark turn as they were arrested for throwing homemade bombs during an anti-Muslim protest outside of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home.’” Its lead author was “a Los Angeles-based they/them who attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and holds a degree in gender studies from the University of California, Berkeley.” READ MORE: Whoopsie! CNN Accidentally Sympathizes With Terrorists