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CNN Forced to Retract Fake News Story on Russia/Trump Collusion
Posted On 25 Jun 2017
As anyone who has followed politics for the last two years already knows, few newspapers or networks have as little regard for the truth as CNN. Dubbed the “Clinton News Network” for much of the election, the cable news giant has been an insidious source of fake news geared towards defaming and destroying Donald Trump since he first descended that golden escalator in June of 2015. So while it’s not anything new for the network or its website to publish stories that have a tenuous relationship to silly things like “facts,” it’s extremely unusual for them to actually admit it. No, for that to happen – as it did on Thursday – you know they really crossed the line.
“On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund,” the cable news company said in a statement. “That story did not meet CNN’s editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.”
Oosh! First of all, if the story didn’t meet your editorial standards, then why was it published in the first place? Are you going to fire the editor in charge of vetting the story, since he apparently didn’t bother to do his job? Secondly, how BAD does a story have to be to slide under CNN’s “editorial standards”?? Judging by some of the slop they’ve served up in the last couple of years, you’d think anything with a byline and a quote would quite comfortably pass the bar.
Therefore, we can only conclude that their Scaramucci story was WAY off the mark.
According to the story, Scaramucci, who was an advisor to the Trump transition team, was under Senate investigation for his ties to a $10 billion Russian investment fund. Scaramucci, who heads up the investment firm SkyBridge Capital, supposedly had a meeting with the CEO of the Russian fund, Kirill Dmitriev, in which the two discussed lifting U.S. sanctions. This meeting, it was reported, took place just four days before Trump was sworn into office.
While it’s apparently true that Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ben Cardin wanted to have the Treasury Department look into the meetings to determine the truth of the allegation, it was not true that there is an ongoing Senate investigation. And while everyone involved with the meetings has said that economic sanctions were not discussed, that didn’t prevent CNN from connecting the dots and drawing conclusions that were not based on the facts.
For his part, Scaramucci was gracious about the whole thing. “CNN did the right thing,” he said on Twitter. “Classy move. Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on.”
Damn, that’s a refreshing response.
But while Scaramucci may be ready to move on, the rest of us have a right to demand better from news organizations purporting to traffic in the facts.
…☭NN?
I like that.
Where can I get the hammer/sickle?
On you PC.
Start, All Programs, Accesories, System Tools, Character map
Credibility? Who needs credibility? We’re CNN – Contorted Network News. We torture the facts until they look like we want them to look!
YEAH the CLINTON NEWS NETWORK
They damaged the man and Trumps presidency. They need sued and sued hard. If there is no punishment for what they done, they will continue and this needs to stop.
May sue you then for talking hogwash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr poohead, are you saying it’s ok for news agencies and reporters to lie.
Ha, ha, ha! I have often proved these Alt-right sites to be woefully inaccurate, I have been banned from a number of them, because I provided resources that proved their stories to be complete garbage. I get banned and the story remains – ha! They are not interested in the story being correct, they are sensationalist claptrap. The MSM at least has standards, generally they do not lie or make things up and if they do they apologize and correct.
Now were’s my apology – you haven’t got anything correct yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m walking all over you with facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OOO what you do seems to be easy if you listen and get your info from places like cnn ,. abc , nbc so that could still make you wrong they dont say the turth ether
Never watch the news on TV – sensationalist claptrap. Do however read newspapers all over the world.
would those paper be from N K , China , Iran and the likes
British, French, German and Australian mostly, but a while ago there was a report of “no-go zones” and suchlike in Malmo, Sweden. The Alt-right talked it up a storm – bizarrely the Malmo paper, conservative, had no mention of it but did later have an opinion on stupid dumb American’s believing a pile of garbage having read the American press. Actually I have friends in Malmo – he teaches in the part of Malmo mentioned and walks through it to get home. Pile of drivel – his words were stronger to be honest! Alt-right – home of fake news.
The world is an interesting place, America is the one that seems to thrive on conspiracy – obviously American lives need to be entertained – too stupid to do it themselves. Funny as!
Also; according to Trump, Australia had a terrorist incident in 2014 – not according to them. A fruit-cake who was a criminal and had side-stepped mental health aid and not associated with any Islamic group. The father of murdered man stood side by side with Muslim leaders and said he did not see it as a Muslim thing but a failure by society to get the murderer help, mental. Reported very differently in America.
Open your eyes and you may see! Don’t be s scared you cannot leave Hicksville – you may become worldly.
France also said there where no no go places there after they had a attacks and then there was another one and THEN they said there was so no go places
France didn’t lie – you are the moron. The terrorists were hiding not making a no-go zone in a city. Do you know what a no-go zone is – can you wipe your own backside? I doubt it!
mrpoohead voted his own post up. How sad.
mrpoohead voted his own post up. How sad.
Alzheimer’s?
You are no one of any importance.
But, I have the facts, not the hyperbole and BS of the Alt-right.
You should have provided “resources” to the three “journalist” who were fired today from CNN. They were the ones who were not interested in the story being correct. And, that is not the first time CNN has been caught manufacturing news. Let me explain facts to you.. You have been banned from those other sites not because you are a purveyor of irrefutable facts, but rather, because you are a dummy.
When you are dead, you do not know that you are dead. It is only hard for other people. It is the same when you are stupid.
AMERICA FIRST
What did you expect from the Troll named Poohead ?????
Amusing; CNN at least dumped the naughty people. Guess the Alt-right only provides lies so any truth would get you fired instead.
I pay $10,000 to a charity of your choice if you can refute what I provide, reputable reference required. Good luck – you’re the dummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
America is stuffed – two generations to fix, by which time we’ll be a footnote.
Who are the Alt-right ? Can you give us examples?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right Duh!
Mrpoohead is not stupid. He is performing a service for the left that tells him what to say. He makes claims that validate what he is saying but never provides proof of his claims. He is being paid one way or another for his service. He does not contribute to the discussions in a logical way. He has been proven wrong so often that he is unbelievable and should be ignored. After enough people have viewed his posts anyone can get it removed.
Don’t work for anyone – moron!
Never proved wrong either – I even offer $10,000 if you can, reputable reference required. No need to provide proof here, if I was wrong someone would step to claim.
I am correcting the drivel that is written with facts – you have none, like the rest of the Alt-right. Home of the fake news!
Will you return or scurry off like usual?
Just another fake news writer.
Prove me incorrect – I pay $10,000 to a charity of your choice. Reputable reference required – good luck!
Pretty grim mrpoohead when you have to vote for your own crap, in addition to your anal follower.
Amuses me, confounds the retarded – I’ll add you to the list. Actually I get up-votes on sites that know things as opposed to dream up things. Can you disprove any of my rhetoric? No, why? Just use well-documented facts. No hyperbole and BS here.
mrpoohead voted his own post up. Low self respect.
You mean like Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Bill O’Reilly?
NO!!
Lantern still out on this Troll .
Trolls always call people names and act superior. Think of all the intelligent people you know … how many of them actually call people names such as “moron” when they articulate their position. Stay vigilant my friends …
Only if they are supporting left wing, fascist, socialist causes.
They dam well better not lie in support of conservatives. Hell, he bitches about them telling the TRUTH about conservatives.
Mr. Poo Brain is your typical Troll full of it and flowing out the ears .
Actually only facts and a few hairs flow out – can you disprove one? If you can I’ll pay $10,000 to a charity of your choice. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mrpoohead voted his own post up. How sad.
What no response, been made to look a fool. you have no facts, just hyperbole and crabs. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww – just another dumb ol’ fukker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mrpoohead voted his own post up. Maybe the only up vote he will get unless you count other trolls.
Amuses me and confounds the retarded – think u’re on the list!
Didn’t Carol Burnett SUE Trump’s NATIONAL ENQUIRER?
You mean there are ppl that listen to that site WAY to many fake news sites these day . But they are the same ones that made the muslumm pres what he was with there lies
The Media never cares who is destroyed by their publications, once they sell newspapers, for there is no refund for FAKE NEWS. An apology is never enough to correct or erase the impression created
All news such as cnn msnbc abc cbs are all corrupt cancel them all out all liars and fake news all liberal
The Communist News Network cannot get away with one apology and a fake news retraction and expect the public to forgive them for their lack of editorial standards and history of outright lies in the name of truth in reporting! They are too tied to Liberal, Socialist, Democrap allegiance and will never get over the 2016 Election results!
They need to lose their license, be sued, pay damages for libel, and be removed totally. Immediately be barred from the White House.
We need to take a look at who owns all programs we see on TV. as well as those who work there. The Jewish owned TV and newspapers collect billions of dollars from both political parties for their advertising and use it to control us. Money is power and they have it all because they own it all, the banking system to whom we owe trillions of fiat dollars and etc. The truth shall set us free—
Conservatives: Stop watching and listening to MSM outlets! Turn your viewership to conservative news outlets and give them your support. We need to turn our backs on these Marxist propaganda machines, period. We also need to quit supporting the entertainment industry. Take up a hobby, but stop giving them your support. This is the message that needs to be sent, that we are not the dumb sheep or useful idiots they take us for. Have a spine and quit, quit, quit supporting them!
Best way to stop them is NOT pay for cable or over the air TV – cancel their papers and not pay for news on the Net .
We are, in many ways , responsible for all the things we complain about. People pay tremendous prices to attend events and support the sponsors who bring us such nasty programs as “the view” , engage in abortion and ask the government to stop it while we see signs asking us to pray about it. Tyranny is working only because we are making it work while many good men stand by and do nothing.
I called CNN the Clinton News Network back when Bill Clinton was President. Then I started calling it the Communist News Network.
They retract one so-called news story and all of a sudden they are saints, not bloody likely! They could retract everything they’ve ever printed and it wouldn’t help because they have lost any and all credibility with the American people. What they really need to do is shut thier mouths, turn out the lights, lock the doors and descend into oblivion. That would be a good start.
I am STILL waiting for Rush Limbaugh’s stand down cables?
FAKE “NEWS”?
Wasn’t FOX determined “entertainment only” in a court of law?
No, and you know it is a lie. Even the left leaning snopes calls it false. No wonder you like cnn.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/foxlies.asp
“First, the case from which the rumor stemmed resulted in a Florida appeals court ruling in February 2003, not 2004. More germane to the rumor, however, is the fact that the case at hand did not involve the national Fox News cable channel (the case substantially predates the Fox News cable channel’s current 24-hour coverage), but rather a local Tampa Bay television station (WTVT) that was an affiliate station of the Fox network.”
On matters that require a bit more thnking,Im generally right..from yrs ago…look at the 4-5 people in prev Admin’s for these scurrilous,deviante people,grudges…. and decdide for Urself. When the Dem failed socialist/ communist-like policies….look no further than than prev admin..they knew it,said nothng… …’no-law-is-a-good-law ‘ attitude…and the henchmen/women who not only stereotyped the definietion of “crooked” . . but gave CREEDENCE to violators…!
and like the fake-news networks, they’v lost SO MUCH respect, about time…news is news but when its politically taiinted at the start, cant get the rabbit outta the hole now…
Those who “hate Trump” are doing so out of reasons only they know but my feel on that….The “Swampers” are getting very close….Sorry, blaming Pres trump for Russian interventions were going on UN-ABATED w/ the guy w/ the buckets of red sand…”Legacy…if U will
This really is shocking that they would admit it, even though with tongue in cheek. CNN has earned the monikers of “Clinton News Network”, “Corrupted News Network,” and “Concocted News Network.” If there are any more, I’m unaware of them. But there’s really only one way to resolve this horrible problem of not being able to trust the news sources, and that’s to QUIT WATCHING THEM. I don’t know how they do it, but they can tell how many are watching, and between CNN, “Washington Compost” and “New Forked Times” I do not know which is worse. I long for the old days when things were normal.
They want to peddle fake news against our president. Ban them all from White House briefings. That’s why President Trump was smart enough to outfox them and uses Twitter to reach the American people and tell them the truth. God bless our president!