When it comes to media reporting about the Iran strikes targeting three nuclear facilities in that country, this has turned into one of those "how it started vs. how it's going" stories.
CNN reporter Natasha "Fusion GPS" Bertrand has been trying to defend her story about a Pentagon leak that claimed the Iran strike was unsuccessful at setting back the regime's quest for nukes for any length of time more than a few weeks. The AP and other outlets say they've "confirmed" CNN's reporting -- which means they've confirmed what the anonymous leaker claimed but not the accuracy of what was leaked.
Bertrand felt that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth got overly personal and attacked the media during this morning's press conference where it became quite clear the strikes were more effective than the press and TDS Democrats are claiming. These journos are actually baffled why so many people are skeptical of the reporting coming from the same people who insisted Hunter Biden's laptop wasn't real and that videos showing Joe Biden in a feeble condition were "cheap fakes."
That's how it started. For CNN, the "how it's going" part is even more entertaining.
Here's an assessment from Brett McGurk who was being interviewed on that cable net, and the look on the hosts' faces says it all:
🚨TRUTH AIRED ON CNN, FINALLY — After spreading fake news: "It worked! It seems to have worked flawlessly!"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 26, 2025
Total Trump vindication.
"I think from what I've seen, the 20,000 centrifuges...they are all completely destroyed. I am VERY CONFIDENT those centrifuges are GONE!"
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That sounds pretty "obliterated" to me!
The two women anchors look so disappointed
— B. Jones (@B_Jones2009) June 26, 2025
😂😂🤣like their dog died
— Miriam Wright (@pippy4905) June 26, 2025
Let's check in with how this one is aging:
Exclusive: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intel assessment. The WH says the assessment is "flat-out wrong." https://t.co/yMjNt8xFPo
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 24, 2025
The "assessment" was a leak from somebody clearly trying to get a narrative out for the media and Democrats, and of course it worked on Bertrand.
