No, CNN did not stage a protest after the London attack

Right wing commentators have accused CNN of manufacturing 'fake news' after a video emerged of TV producers and police assisting a group of Muslim women staging a protest -- an accusation the network has described as 'nonsense'.

The video was uploaded by @markantro -- a self-professed libertarian -- and immediately seized on by right-wing commentators such as Mike Cernovich, Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins, US media commentator Richard Grenell, and Infowars editor Paul Joseph Watson:

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In the video, CNN anchor Becky Anderson says: “Look at all the people around me here, behind me here, sad about last night but hopeful for tomorrow."

"On the left here, Londoners came to help, behind me you can see a sign here, hashtag ‘turn to love’, hashtag ‘for London’, hashtag ‘ISIS will lose’, and flowers left in remembrance of those who left their lives."

CNN's PR tweeted the following response:

“This is nonsense. Police let demonstrators through the cordon to show their signs. CNN along with other media simply filmed them doing so.”

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CNN host Brian Stelter added:

“Far-right twitterers are misleading folks about this video. Bloggers saying CNN was caught ‘staging fake news’. Police allowed demonstrators thru cordon ‘so they could show their signs’ to media, @CNNPR says. CNN, BBC, AP ‘simply filmed them doing so.’”

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