'So pathetic': CNN still can't quite bring themselves to tell the truth about Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax

Jussie Smollett is super-stoked that it’s Pride Month, you guys:

 

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?? @octarell_again ?? So much #PRIDE

A post shared by @ jussiesmollett on Jun 10, 2019 at 9:48am PDT

That was his first Instagram post since January, and CNN is on it:

Actor Jussie Smollett celebrated Pride month in his first Instagram post since January, when the "Empire" actor first said he was the victim of a hate crime, a claim later refuted by police https://t.co/2dJYJvA1hl

— CNN (@CNN) June 10, 2019

They can’t quite bring themselves to say “he lied.”

“Later refuted”

So pathetic https://t.co/iW1v0x8H6d

— Meech (@michi83) June 10, 2019

"A claim later refuted by police" ?!
???????????????
You mean….. HE LIED AND HE GOT CAUGHT. #idiots #CnnIsFakeNews

— Beverly (New account. Who dis?) (@Bevroley) June 10, 2019

A claim later refuted by police implies he wasn't the victim of a hate crime, when the truth is he attempted to stage a hate crime against himself, but apples and bananas, right @CNN?

— el_shoeberto (@el_shoeberto) June 10, 2019

Why opt for real news when the fake news is so much juicier?