'Such garbage'! CNN gets called OUT for 'purposely deceitful' headline about GOP lawmaker

Doug P. | 10:06 AM on November 17, 2018

If people don’t read beyond the headline, this story sounds equally bad for both lawmakers mentioned:

The House Ethics Committee admonished two male lawmakers — Republican Rep. Mark Meadows and Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen — related to investigations of alleged sexual harassment https://t.co/F5cLfiIP5E pic.twitter.com/bOUIVCoNo6

— CNN (@CNN) November 16, 2018

Something incredibly misleading was spotted:

CNN knows people will read the headline and assume Meadows is a assaulter now. Great job. https://t.co/0DZAEo7kAy

— Lone Conservative (@LoConservative) November 17, 2018

And that’s not the case.

CNN is such garbage.

Headline makes it sound like Meadows was a harasser. He was not.

Kihuen was a harraser, but CNN needed to soften the blow to the Democrats by including a Republican lawmaker in the story. https://t.co/tHKaWkIykq

— RBe (@RBPundit) November 17, 2018

CNN at it per usual with lying headlines. For those too lazy to read the article, Meadows didn’t harass anyone. https://t.co/l87fY3NQBm

— BeckieBea ? (@DigitalChick73) November 17, 2018

You wouldn’t get that impression from their headline. We’ve come to expect nothing less from CNN.

This headline is misleading – so let me clear it up: Meadows never sexually harassed anyone. His former staffer did. I know, I am 1 of the women in the report. I respect the Ethics Cmte but my experience was that Meadows had my back, took me at my word, & respected & protected me https://t.co/domQmTsohf

— Alyssa Farah (@Alyssafarah) November 17, 2018