CNN isn’t reporting this afternoon that the United States has struck Syria. Steven Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, apologized for spreading the false report, but not before sending shockwaves through Twitter in the space of five minutes.
https://twitter.com/stevenacook/status/372452667471450112
Previous tweet is NOT confirmed. reason to believe it was a fake report….
— Steven A. Cook (@stevenacook) August 27, 2013
Skeptics confirmed the story for themselves by switching over to CNN.
Looking right at it, not seeing that? RT @stevenacook: CNN reporting that US has hit #Syria
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) August 27, 2013
@HayesBrown @stevenacook he means the special CNN that only members of the Council on Foreign Relations get
— Noisemaker (@neilkli) August 27, 2013
"Confirm" = "Turn on TV"?! RT @stevenacook: Previous tweet is NOT confirmed. reason to believe it was a fake report….
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) August 27, 2013
@stevenacook maybe CNN hit Syria?
— hend amry (@LibyaLiberty) August 27, 2013
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https://twitter.com/sam_elliot/status/372454299659685888
You never know with Wolf Blitzkrieg. RT @stevenacook Apologies. No report that CNN has hit Syria.
— Harald Doornbos (@HaraldDoornbos) August 27, 2013
Sorry you guys.
@edwebb Not true. Fake report. Sorry. #redfaced
— Steven A. Cook (@stevenacook) August 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/dkeegan2/status/372455186184146946
Heck, CNN’s newsroom has demonstrated that CNN is not a reliable source for breaking news either.