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Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept: 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itself regarding Cohen – which made headline news all over all the world and which CNN hyped as a “bombshell” – has now been retracted by other news outlets that originally purported to “confirm” CNN’s story.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.
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WNU Editor: The CNN story is here .... Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting (Jim Sciutto, Carl Bernstein and Marshall Cohen, CNN). The source for this CNN story has admitted that it is not true .... so why is CNN still sticking to their story? IMHO there are two reasons .... Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame is on the byline for this story, and CNN does not want to damage his reputation, and more importantly, CNN wants this story to be true. In short .... CNN is not interested in seeking the truth, they are more focused on convincing people on what they believe is the truth. And that in a nutshell is what is currently wrong with the U.S. main stream media when it comes to covering the news.
