Following this reaction, CNN, which was covering the developments live, started what many netizens call "a vapid campaign to support the ousted Muslim Brotherhood President and his legitimacy by describing the pro-Morsi rallies as "peaceful", calling the popular demand a "coup" and denouncing the military action against the "peaceful" MB protestors: 
Kufuatia tamko hilo, CNN, ambayo kwa sasa inatangaza moja kwa moja yanayoendelea Misri, ilianza kile kinachoitwa na raia wa mtandaoni kuwa "kampeni ya ghafla ya kumwuunga mkono Rais wa Muslim Brotherhood aliyeng'olewa na uhalali wake kwa kuielezea mikutano ya wafuasi wa Morsi kuwa "yenye amani", wakiyaita madai ya wengi "mapinduzi ya kijeshi" na wakipinga hatua za kijeshi dhidi ya waandamanaji "wasio-na-vurugu" wa Muslim Brotherhood :