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CNN Caught Lying Again!
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CNN Caught Lying Again!
Last edited by Cow Poke; 06-24-2017, 07:34 PM.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
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What CNN isn't telling us is that they pulled the article after Breitbart called them on the glaring inaccuracies.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...-russian-fund/
Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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I don't care one fiddle for breitbart but at least give CNN credit for retracting a false article instead of wearing a tinfoil hat constantly like so many people on this board. Liberal and Conservative both.
I for one don't give two craps about either party, Trump's stupid twitter, or the idiocy in Washington all the way around. Vote em all out and give us new people who actually give a snot about the future of the Country.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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CNN did the right thing by retracting."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostI don't care one fiddle for breitbart but at least give CNN credit for retracting a false article instead of wearing a tinfoil hat constantly like so many people on this board
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAt this point it is sort of like congratulating the proverbial blind pig for eventually stumbling across that acorn.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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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.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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they only retracted it AFTER breitbart did their job for them and fact checked the article. Why didn't CNN check the article before they published it in the first place? If they did that they wouldn't have a reputation as a fake news site. unless of course, they are implicit in publishing the fake news and only correct themselves when caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
so no, I give no credit for CNN retracting the article that should never have been published in the first place.
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I think liberals are still trying to play by the old rules. Used to be they could have gotten considerable mileage out of something like this before quietly retracting it a week later. Now we have a President who isn't afraid to call out the media for their lies, and high-profile watchdogs like Breitbart and Drudge to keep them in check.
Let's put it like this: Who thinks CNN would have done their due diligence and retracted the article if Breitbart hadn't busted their chops? Anyone? Anyone?Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostI don't care one fiddle for breitbart but at least give CNN credit for retracting a false article instead of wearing a tinfoil hat constantly like so many people on this board.
Look, CNN doesn't get credit for this sort of thing for a couple of reasons:
1: They are making these mistakes way too often; this is systemic, not an one off accident.
2: They didn't make these sorts of reputation damaging mistakes with Obama. (1)
In short, when they make dozens of these sorts of reputation destroying mistakes going after Trump - all in a mere 6 months - but don't manage to make these kinds of mistakes in 10 years of covering Obama then these incidents stop looking like mistakes and are at they very least indicative of favoritism and sloppiness which characterizes fake news. You may not like Trump, but when he called CNN fake news he totally nailed it.
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1: I asked for examples of reputation damaging mistakes that CNN made with Obama but I wasn't provided with examples.Actually YOU put Trump in the White House. He wouldn't have gotten 1% of the vote if it wasn't for the widespread spiritual and cultural devastation caused by progressive policies. There's no "this country" left with your immigration policies, your "allies" are worthless and even more suicidal than you are and democracy is a sick joke that I hope nobody ever thinks about repeating when the current order collapses. - Darth_Executor striking a conciliatory note in Civics 101
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Originally posted by Meh Gerbil View PostYou mean the tinfoil hat people who think CNN is fake news?
Look, CNN doesn't get credit for this sort of thing for a couple of reasons:
1: They are making these mistakes way too often; this is systemic, not an one off accident.
2: They didn't make these sorts of reputation damaging mistakes with Obama. (1)
In short, when they make dozens of these sorts of reputation destroying mistakes going after Trump - all in a mere 6 months - but don't manage to make these kinds of mistakes in 10 years of covering Obama then these incidents stop looking like mistakes and are at they very least indicative of favoritism and sloppiness which characterizes fake news. You may not like Trump, but when he called CNN fake news he totally nailed it.
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1: I asked for examples of reputation damaging mistakes that CNN made with Obama but I wasn't provided with examples.
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostCNN is notorious for retracting articles or making corrections when notified of being wrong....The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postwith Obama I think the fake news was in favor of Obama and his reputation. Just as fake but with a different goal
The Time'sTimes.
Washington PostSee-no-evil-hear-no-evil-speak-no-evil-monkeys-14750406-1600-1200.jpg
What? Democrats involved in monkey business? Unpossible!
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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