Well, CNN got it wrong again.
How many times is that now over the last two years?
So, what was the fake news now?
From The Daily Wire:
Michael Cohen’s lawyer admitted on Monday that he was the anonymous source for a widely-criticized CNN report that claimed Cohen was willing to tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller that President Donald Trump knew in advance about the Trump Tower meeting in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper last week that Cohen “does not” have any information that Trump knew about the meeting in advance, saying, “I think the reporting of the story got mixed up in the course of a criminal investigation. We were not the source of the story.”
However, Davis told BuzzFeed News on Monday that he was the source for CNN’s July 26 report — which directly contradicts what he told Cooper.
Davis insisted that he did not lie, but claimed that he “unintentionally misspoke,” and that he “made a mistake.”
However, Davis admitting that he was the source for the report — which he has since stated was not true — was not the only development to come out of CNN’s report. BuzzFeed News notes:
Mark Dice provides his hilarious take on the story:
So, where is Brian Stelter on all this? Don’t you know? He’s not a CNN spokesperson!
Re: #5, I’m not a CNN spokesman. But you should take a look at tonight’s WaPo story. https://t.co/tmom3dnmtQ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 27, 2018
That’s a lame excuse for an excuse.
No wonder why more people watch cartoons and professional-wrestling than CNN (YUCK: CNN loses quarter of audience in a year, still losing to cartoons).
And the Fake News organizations are upset when they get called out for spouting fake news.
These entities need to honestly evaluate themselves regarding how they cover stories. Unfortunately, their “evaluation” is limited to looking for minor talking points where they have a difference of opinion with the White House, which they will then refer to as the White House telling a lie. But when the mirror is turned for them to look into, the run away like cockroaches when the kitchen cabinet is opened.
They also need to understand that Fake News is when the news outlets tell lies.
I would be interested in how they spin the telling of lies as being not the enemy of the people.
But based upon Brian Stelter’s response, I don’t think that will happen.
Also, while I’m on the subject: If Stelter’s not a spokesman for CNN, then what is he? A hit man for CNN against other news programming?