The result was a day full of Osama/Obama gaffes. The U.S. president was reported dead, said to be the star of an upcoming raid movie, and otherwise momentarily mixed up with the terrorist that he had given the order to kill.
We've collected a blooper reel of the day's name mixups below.
On Fox News, Geraldo Rivera said Obama is dead -- and instantly realized his mistake.
NPR's Peter Sagal, who once hosted a segment on the Osama/Obama word similarity, apologized after he made the mistake in a tweet himself.
The BBC declared Obama dead when the news of Osama's death was breaking, according to the Daily Mail.
MSNBC chief Washington correspondent Norah O'Donnell accidentally declared Obama dead in a tweet.
CNN.com announced that there had been "no indication Obama tried to surrender."
CBS News White House correspondent, Mark Knoller, made the mistake not just once on Twitter (above), but twice.
Speaking of double offenses, another Fox news anchor also declared Obama dead (his co-anchor quickly corrected him).