This how accountability works. https://t.co/M1oStUx6az
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 26, 2017
Wow … it appears there may be consequences at CNN for spreading fake news after all:
NEW – 3 CNN staff resign over Scaramucci/Russia story pic.twitter.com/L35Le6ML5p
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 26, 2017
Source told me Scaramucci called CNN reporter/Washington bureau chief to complain on Friday, threatened legal action
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 26, 2017
Breaking: 3 CNN journalists have resigned after the publication of an article that was retracted. Here's my story https://t.co/iqzSK1VORH
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2017
Reporter Thomas Frank; editor Eric Lichtblau; and CNN Investigates executive editor Lex Haris have all left CNN https://t.co/5DYDBkJgj5
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2017
More from CNN’s Brian Stelter:
An internal investigation by CNN management found that some standard editorial processes were not followed when the article was published, people briefed on the results of the investigation said.
The story, which reported that Congress was investigating a “Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials,” cited a single anonymous source.
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In a staff meeting Monday afternoon, investigative unit members were told that the retraction did not mean the facts of the story were necessarily wrong. Rather, it meant that “the story wasn’t solid enough to publish as-is,” one of the people briefed on the investigation said.
The reporting about the Russian investment fund and Trump officials was not relayed on CNN’s television channels, but it was published on the web and shared on social media.
On Friday, one of the people named in the story, Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci, disputed Frank’s reporting and said, “I did nothing wrong.”
This is a pretty big deal … but will CNN remain committed to rooting out unsubstantiated, lazy reporting in the future, or is this just a one-off?
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/879470979835195392
Time will tell.
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