CNN Caught Lying Again!

[Teallaura]

There has been a lot of retracting of stories about Russia recently: https://theintercept.com/2017/06/27/...russia-threat/

Awww, there go all Jim's dreams of impeachment...

[One Bad Pig]

Awww, there go all Jim's dreams of impeachment...

Heck no. It takes much more than a small setback to dash the dreams of the fervent.

[rogue06]

Awww, there go all Jim's dreams of impeachment...

Let's not count Trump out completely. He does have a way of putting his foot in it so it is very possible he may yet do something that could get him impeached. The problem for the Democrats is that they have been crying wolf now for so long that there just might not be any public support for it.

[Mountain Man]

Let's not count Trump out completely. He does have a way of putting his foot in it so it is very possible he may yet do something that could get him impeached.

I doubt it. He's unguarded and unfiltered, but he's not criminal.

[shunyadragon]

The story wasn't wrong on one or two points, it was practically a work of fiction from beginning to end and should have never been published in the first place.

Hyperbole big time. CNN acted properly in response to their internal investigation of the problem. Your accusation of broader Fake News is unwarranted and undocumented.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/media/cnn-announcement-retracted-article/index.html

An internal investigation by CNN management found that some standard editorial processes were not followed when the article was published, people briefed on the results of the investigation said.

The story, which reported that Congress was investigating a "Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials," cited a single anonymous source.

These types of stories are typically reviewed by several departments within CNN -- including fact-checkers, journalism standards experts and lawyers -- before publication.

This breakdown in editorial workflow disturbed the CNN executives who learned about it.
In a staff meeting Monday afternoon, investigative unit members were told that the retraction did not mean the facts of the story were necessarily wrong. Rather, it meant that "the story wasn't solid enough to publish as-is," one of the people briefed on the investigation said.

The reporting about the Russian investment fund and Trump officials was not relayed on CNN's television channels, but it was published on the web and shared on social media.

On Friday, one of the people named in the story, Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci, disputed Frank's reporting and said, "I did nothing wrong."

Friday night, once it was determined that editorial processes were not followed, CNN deleted the story from CNN.com. Soon thereafter, the story was officially retracted and replaced with an editor's note.

The piece "did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted," the note said. "Links to the story have been disabled."

The editor's note also included an apology to Scaramucci.

"CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted," Scaramucci tweeted the next morning. "Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on."

The departures of Haris, Lichtblau and Frank are likely to come as a surprise to colleagues, particularly given the reputations of the three men.

Frank worked for USA Today and Newsday for three decades, pursuing investigations and covering the Iraq war as an embedded reporter, before coming to work at CNN.

He was part of an ambitious new investigative unit that was created last winter, bringing together existing teams from within the company and new hires like Lichtblau. A veteran of The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2006, Lichtblau joined CNN just three months ago.

Haris, who was named the executive editor of CNN Investigates in January, was previously the executive editor of CNNMoney.

"On Friday, CNN retracted a story published by my team. As Executive Editor of that team, I have resigned," Haris said in a statement. "I've been with CNN since 2001, and am sure about one thing: This is a news organization that prizes accuracy and fairness above all else. I am leaving, but will carry those principles wherever I go."

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[shunyadragon]

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I doubt it. He's unguarded and unfiltered, but he's not criminal.

Trump University?!?!!?!? Money bought him out of this one!

[Mountain Man]

Trump University?!?!!?!? Money bought him out of this one!

Settled out of court with no admission of guilt.

[Mountain Man]

CNN acted properly in response to their internal investigation of the problem.

The "internal investigation" only happened because Breitbart busted them for their fake news story. And before you think Breitbart is just tooting its own horn here, they are widely credited for the take down.

Source: Washington Post

The CNN exclusive — which hung from one unnamed source — didn’t take long to wither. Breitbart News’s Matthew Boyle bombed the CNN piece as baseless.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...n-russia-ties/

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Source: CBS News

The story had been quickly questioned both internally and externally, including by the conservative site Breitbart News.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cnn-jour...ny-scaramucci/

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[seer]

CNN Anchor: Trump Putting Journalists In Danger; "Declaration Of War On Media" Has "Emboldened" War Zones

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...war_zones.html

[rogue06]

The "internal investigation" only happened because Breitbart busted them for their fake news story. And before you think Breitbart is just tooting its own horn here, they are widely credited for the take down.

Source: Washington Post

The CNN exclusive — which hung from one unnamed source — didn’t take long to wither. Breitbart News’s Matthew Boyle bombed the CNN piece as baseless.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...n-russia-ties/

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Source: CBS News

The story had been quickly questioned both internally and externally, including by the conservative site Breitbart News.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cnn-jour...ny-scaramucci/

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The New York Post is saying that CNN retracted the story not because journalistic standards or because it was the right thing to do but rather they are scared of being hit with a multi-million dollar libel suit.

Source: CNN faced $100M lawsuit over botched Russia story

The specter of a $100 million libel suit scared CNN into retracting a poorly reported story that slimed an ally of President Trump’s — and forcing out the staffers responsible for it, The Post has learned.

The cable network’s coverage of Trump transition team member Anthony Scaramucci came amid federal scrutiny of corporate parent Time Warner’s pending purchase by AT&T — and the widespread belief among media execs that CNN President Jeff Zucker can’t survive a merger.

CNN immediately caved after Scaramucci, a financier and frequent network guest, cried foul and threatened to take legal action, sources said Tuesday.

Scaramucci got an unusual public apology but still hired a top Manhattan lawyer to put further pressure on CNN and “look after [his] interests in this matter,” one source said.

Sources also said the three journalists responsible for the retracted story — reporter Tom Frank, editor Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris, who headed the CNN Investigates unit — were urged to resign.

“They called them in and said they’d pay out their contracts, but they should leave immediately,” one source said.


Source

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Of course, this is yet another story based on what unnamed sources allege.

[rogue06]

CNN Anchor: Trump Putting Journalists In Danger; "Declaration Of War On Media" Has "Emboldened" War Zones

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...war_zones.html

Seems to be echoing this: The Atlantic’s Editor In Chief: Trump Is Going To Be Responsible for Violence Against Journalists

[Darth Executor]

Seems to be echoing this: The Atlantic’s Editor In Chief: Trump Is Going To Be Responsible for Violence Against Journalists

Journalists have done more than just about any other class to stir up violence against peaceful right wing protesters. Now they're starting to worry someone might hit back. If it happens, it'll be on their hands. You can't declare war on a group of people that large and expect no casualties.

[Meh Gerbil]

Journalists have done more than just about any other class to stir up violence against peaceful right wing protesters. Now they're starting to worry someone might hit back. If it happens, it'll be on their hands. You can't declare war on a group of people that large and expect no casualties.

Trump will be guilty of encouraging violence against journalists by using the term 'Fake News' whereas when journalists call the right 'murderers' and violence ensues it isn't the journalist's fault.
Must be nice to live in that world of absolutely no accountability.

[Sparko]

Of course, this is yet another story based on what unnamed sources allege.

Good! Then Tassy, Jimmy, and Starry will believe it!