Last night on his MSNBC program, Lawrence O’Donnell retracted a claim made the day before that of course went viral among the Resistance base. O’Donnell’s retraction was accompanied by a kinda-sorta apology. CNN’s Oliver Darcy later said that O’Donnell’s actions damage the reputation of the media:
This is why @Lawrence’s irresponsible actions are so damaging. Obviously there’s a big difference between O’Donnell and the rest of press. But that’s not how Trump will frame it. And many will walk away with the impression that a news anchor (not opinion host) slandered POTUS. https://t.co/OZJqCQHhp2
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 29, 2019
The Federalist’s David Harsanyi joined many others in thinking that CNN journos need more introspection in their lives:
CNN did this very same thing numerous times over the past two years. https://t.co/wU44DXrHsN
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 29, 2019
Examples? You got ’em!
For instance, Manu Raju claimed that two sources, both of whom allegedly lied to him about same date on the same email, told him that Donald Trump Jr. was offered encryption codes to look at hacked DNC emails. Turned out to be untrue.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 29, 2019
CNN had to retract a story that claimed Scaramucci was under investigation by Congress for his alleged ties to Russia.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 29, 2019
A gaggle of CNN reporters claimed that Comey would contradict President Trump’s claim that he was not under investigation. It didn't happen. It was never even really corrected.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 29, 2019
These weren't mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. The central claim of those three stories — and there were a whole bunch more — were completely wrong. CNN never explained why.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 29, 2019
Before anybody at CNN accuses people at other outlets for damaging the reputation of “journalism” and giving Trump more rhetorical ammo against the press they should first take a look in a mirror.
Not to mention they just had a guy on who claimed that @realDonaldTrump would cause more deaths than Mao, Stalin and Hitler combined .. https://t.co/BheVRmDJKX
— God bless the Troops .. (@swindell_gray) August 29, 2019
As long as they can say stuff and get it out to be retweeted, they do not care if it’s correct.. thats MSM today….the damage is done.. as planned. https://t.co/AVqr6q3ASh
— scott szczechowicz (@ScottSzcz) August 29, 2019
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