As CNN continues to brand themselves as “Facts First,” one of their reporters was spotted not presenting the facts first about President Trump’s visit to China:
sigh pic.twitter.com/91ofCT5bp2
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) November 9, 2017
This tweet currently has well over a thousand retweets:
https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/928491525285302272
But then…
Correction: Obama also did not take questions with his counterpart during his first visit. He & Xi did during a subsequent trip in 2014. https://t.co/Q76KocaIiB
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 9, 2017
The correction, as usually happens, has a fraction the number of retweets as the original #FakeNews.
https://twitter.com/storm_paglia/status/928642820822401025
Ah, “journalism”!
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) November 9, 2017
I'm confused @CNN so is this an apple or a banana???
— JJ (@transcended) November 9, 2017
But hey, .05% of people noticed the correction!
— TyAndersen (@AndersenTy) November 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/IAmVerySilky/status/928645545802870787
Ten likes, ten retweets… vs. the original tweeet which is still earning it’s clickbait rewards, over 1,200 retweets & nearly 3,000 likes.
— Allan Chambers (@ChambersAllan) November 9, 2017
This is CNN’s header on their Twitter page:
Just not ALL the time.