2. This Is CNN: Things are always bad for a news outlet when your entire story blows up in your face because of sloppy reporting. Worse, when a competitor points it out to you. Here’s the CNN headline: “Exclusive: Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents.”
Now The Washington Post story, less than two hours later: “Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents that were already public.”
Conservatives descended on CNN online, mocking the error. Twitchy, which does a great job of monitoring Twitter, tore into the network, saying: “FAKE NEWS fail! Another CNN Trump ‘bombshell’ explodes in their faces.”
Daily Mail U.S. Political Editor David Martosko took CNN to task more than two hours after the Post story went online: “Still no correction on this dumpster fire @CNNPolitics.”
Nearly five hours after the incorrect story was posted, CNN’s PR department corrected the record. “CNN's initial reporting of the date on an email sent to members of the Trump campaign about Wikileaks documents, which was confirmed by two sources to CNN, was incorrect,” the news channel said in a tweet.
However, CNN’s “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter made it plain the reporters won’t be punished. “A CNN spokeswoman says there will not be disciplinary action in this case because, unlike with Brian Ross/ABC, @MKRajufollowed the editorial standards process. Multiple sources provided him with incorrect info,” Stelter tweeted.
Essentially, their faulty processes let it happen so CNN’s OK with that.
The Daily Caller’s Amber Athey gave a detailed look at how much CNN had promoted the fake news story. “From 8 am ET to 1:30 pm ET, CNN spent close to a full hour on the story, gave it five breaking news banners, and brought on over a dozen guests to discuss the implications of the email sent to Trump Jr. The network led with the story on their 9 am, 10 am, and 11 am shows,” she explained. .
Now The Washington Post story, less than two hours later: “Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents that were already public.”
Conservatives descended on CNN online, mocking the error. Twitchy, which does a great job of monitoring Twitter, tore into the network, saying: “FAKE NEWS fail! Another CNN Trump ‘bombshell’ explodes in their faces.”
Daily Mail U.S. Political Editor David Martosko took CNN to task more than two hours after the Post story went online: “Still no correction on this dumpster fire @CNNPolitics.”
Nearly five hours after the incorrect story was posted, CNN’s PR department corrected the record. “CNN's initial reporting of the date on an email sent to members of the Trump campaign about Wikileaks documents, which was confirmed by two sources to CNN, was incorrect,” the news channel said in a tweet.
However, CNN’s “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter made it plain the reporters won’t be punished. “A CNN spokeswoman says there will not be disciplinary action in this case because, unlike with Brian Ross/ABC, @MKRajufollowed the editorial standards process. Multiple sources provided him with incorrect info,” Stelter tweeted.
Essentially, their faulty processes let it happen so CNN’s OK with that.
The Daily Caller’s Amber Athey gave a detailed look at how much CNN had promoted the fake news story. “From 8 am ET to 1:30 pm ET, CNN spent close to a full hour on the story, gave it five breaking news banners, and brought on over a dozen guests to discuss the implications of the email sent to Trump Jr. The network led with the story on their 9 am, 10 am, and 11 am shows,” she explained. .
