CNN, credibly accused of lying to its audience about a key claim in its blockbuster Cohen story, refuses to comment
CNN’s
blockbuster July 26 story – that Michael Cohen intended to tell
Special Counsel Robert Mueller that he was present when Donald Trump
was told in advance about his son’s Trump Tower meeting with
various Russians – includes a key statement about its sourcing that
credible reporting now suggests was designed to have misled its
audience. Yet CNN simply refuses to address the serious ethical and
journalistic questions raised about its conduct.
The
substance of the CNN story itself regarding Cohen – which made
headline news all over all the world and which CNN hyped as a
“bombshell” – has now been retracted by other news outlets that
originally purported to “confirm” CNN’s story. That’s because
the anonymous source for this confirmation, Cohen lawyer Lanny Davis,
now admits that, in essence, his “confirmation” was false. As a
result, both the Washington Post and the NY Post outed Davis as their
anonymous source and then effectively retracted their stories
“confirming” parts of CNN’s report.
CNN,
however, has retracted nothing. All inquiries to the network are
directed to a corporate spokesperson, who simply says: “We stand by
our story, and are confident in our reporting of it.” A newsletter
sent Sunday night from CNN’s two media reporters, Brian Stelter and
Oliver Darcy, contained the same corporate language, but addressed
none of the questions raised about CNN’s report.
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