Video: CNN Mistakes Sex Toy Banner at London Gay Pride Parade for ISIS Flag
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A London-based correspondent reports the sighting of an ISIS flag which turns out to be a 'satire' banner featuring dildos and butt plugs in place of Arabic lettering.

AceShowbiz - CNN made an embarrassing flub when covering the Gay Pride parade in London recently. The network's correspondent, Lucy Pawle, says she spotted an ISIS flag being waved at the colorful celebration and claims to be the only one who noticed the Islamic State flag.

Pawle was quite perplexed as to why nobody was alarmed by the ISIS banner. But unknown to her, the flag was actually meant to mock the extremist. Instead of featuring Arabic script, it had a wide array of dildos and butt plugs in protest of the Islamic State's violent treatment of homosexuals.

"An unnerving sight today at a London gay pride celebration: an ISIS flag among a sea of rainbow colors," CNN anchor Suzanne Malveaux first said before footage from the Gay Pride rally was shown and the black-and-white flag in question was spotted among the colorful parade.

Pawle, a London-based journalist, then reported, "This man dressed in black and white was waving what appears to be very bad mimicry, but a very clear attempt to mimic, what is the ISIS flag - the black and white flag with the distinctive lettering."

"If you look at the flag closely, it's clearly not Arabic, in fact it looks like it could be goobledegook, but it's very distinctive - the ISIS flag," she continued. "I seem to be the only person who had spotted this, and nobody seems to be raising any questions or pointing it out, so I immediately went to an events organiser who said he didn't know anything about it. I also spoke to the police nearby, who weren't aware either."

Many quickly corrected her error on Twitter, which she retweeted. "The ISIS flag at the Pride parade looked like gibberish because the 'text' was actually outlines of sex toys. Obviously satire," one wrote. Another posted, "The markings on that flag isn't Arabic. It's dildos."

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