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CNN Apologizes for Misleading Hong Kong Headline

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   CNN has apologized for a misleading headline that appeared on its
   website during its coverage Sunday of the Hong Kong riots.

   At one point, a headline reading "Police Use Petrol Bombs and Water
   Cannons Against Hong Kong Protesters" flashed on the screen.

   According to Hong Kong police, officers shot water cannons at
   barricades, not people, and it was the demonstrators who threw the
   gasoline bombs.

   CNN's Hong Kong bureau chief Roger Clark admitted in a letter to police
   that the headline was "erroneous."

   Clark saidCNN is "working hard to ensure that reporting of the Hong
   Kong protests is fair and balanced at all times."

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