Front page story is retracted – at midnight on a Friday. #FakeNews #CNNisISIS https://t.co/TcJ7fVEfBo
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) June 24, 2017
In mid-January, Donald Trump had a back-and-forth with CNN’s Jim Acosta during which the then president-elect accused Acosta of representing a “fake news” organization as Acosta defended his network:
After that, Acosta tweeted a defense of CNN that is still currently pinned on his page:
We are real news Mr. President. #realnews
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 18, 2017
That tweet might need replacing in light of a recent CNN story by investigative reporter Tom Frank that was suppose to have shown collusion between a member of the Trump transition team and Russia — a report that has been pulled:
An editor's note from CNN https://t.co/5bHxUVnHHt pic.twitter.com/W3IjT5FPN8
— CNN (@CNN) June 24, 2017
The story at the link has been pulled and now just displays the retraction:
https://twitter.com/ByTomFrank/status/877955863671037952
Here’s an interesting question:
If it didn't meet CNN standards why was it published in the first place?
— Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) June 24, 2017
In any case, Anthony Scaramucci defended himself when the CNN report was published but later accepted their retraction:
It's ok. I did nothing wrong. They like hitting friends of @potus who are loyal advocates on his behalf. https://t.co/58LdPff6bV
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 22, 2017
.@CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on. https://t.co/lyVajCKNHx
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 24, 2017
Meanwhile, others see it as further evidence that CNN has earned the “fake news” label:
So in other words: We are Really, Very Fake News. @Acosta https://t.co/9ww8tFtkXp
— Brickman ?? (@DanH805) June 24, 2017
CNN has "Editorial Standards?" SINCE WHEN? pic.twitter.com/VY1bOt8nNs
— Jon Douglas (@Diteaux) June 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/878624141015998465
https://twitter.com/ExplosivePulse/status/878529789203800065
You're going to be posting a lot of these before it's all over.
— RightWired (@_donaldson) June 24, 2017
Stay tuned.
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