FACEPLANT IMINENT? Brian Stelter apple-bananas himself over latest Lanny Davis-Michael Cohen reporting

Greg P. | 10:08 PM on August 26, 2018

Big news tonight from the Washington Post where Michael Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis confirmed on-the-record that he gave false information to media outlets regarding whether or not President Trump had prior knowledge of the now infamous Trump Tower meeting with the Russians:

Attorney for Michael Cohen backs away from confidence that Cohen has information about Trump’s knowledge on Russian efforts https://t.co/Cx1fYia5HL

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) August 26, 2018

We’ll call this Washington Post story an “apple.”

Now here’s CNN’s Brian Stelter linking to the apple with his network’s response to its own reporting on the Trump Tower meeting, which they’re standing behind despite Davis’ admission:

Re: CNN's July 27 story about Cohen claiming that Trump knew in advance about the Trump Tower meeting: "We stand by our story, and are confident in our reporting of it." https://t.co/TOMJuQDbrp

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 27, 2018

We’ll call CNN’s response a “banana.”

So, which is it? It can’t be both and apple and a banana as CNN has told us many times before.

Stelter is oddly silent on all of it:

1. CNN reports Cohen has info on POTUS having advanced knowledge of Trump tower meeting.

2. @jonathanvswan reports Cohen told House Committee he had no such info.

3. Cohen's lawyer confirms Swan's reporting.

4. CNN refuses to correct their "reporting"

5. @brianstelter silent.

— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) August 26, 2018

He’s not the CNN spokesman, y’all, but it does sound like he thinks CNN has a problem: