“There were editorial checks and balances within the organization that weren’t met.” “There was a significant breakdown in process ,” says a CNN source. CNN announced on Monday afternoon that three network officials are leaving their jobs over the incident: Frank, the reporter on the story Eric Lichtblau, a recent CNN addition from the New York Times who edited the piece and Lex Haris, the executive editor of “CNN Investigates.” The moves follow an investigation carried out by CNN executives over the weekend, with the conclusion that longstanding network procedures for publishing stories weren’t properly followed. Now, according to a new report from the Washington Post, the fake story has resulted in the ‘resignation’ of three CNN ‘journalists, including the Pulitzer Prize winner, Thomas Frank: That story did not meet CNN’s editorial standards and has been retracted. Within 36 hours, however, CNN was forced to retract the story and issue an apology to Anthony Scaramucci (presumably for the whole libel thing). Like most CNN stories on the topic, this one carried a salacious title (“Congress was investigating a Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials”) which implied some nefarious plot by the Trump administration to stage a coup in the United States. (Photo Martin Oeser/dapd)Ī few days ago we noted that CNN was forced to retract one of their bombshell ‘Russian collusion’ stories when it was apparently revealed that the whole thing was nothing more than their latest, anonymously-sourced fake news debacle.
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