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    Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article on Trump

    Three CNN journalists, including the executive editor in charge of a new investigative unit, have resigned after the publication of a Russia-related article that was retracted.

    Thomas Frank, who wrote the story in question; Eric Lichtblau, an editor in the unit; and Lex Haris, who oversaw the unit, have all left CNN.
    "In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story's publication," a spokesman said Monday evening.

    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.

    These types of stories are typically reviewed by several departments within CNN -- including fact-checkers, journalism standards experts and lawyers -- before publication.

    This breakdown in editorial workflow disturbed the CNN executives who learned about it.

    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."
    Friday night, once it was determined that editorial processes were not followed, CNN deleted the story from CNN.com. Soon thereafter, the story was officially retracted and replaced with an editor's note.

    The piece "did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted," the note said. "Links to the story have been disabled."

    The editor's note also included an apology to Scaramucci.


    "CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted," Scaramucci tweeted the next morning. "Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on."

    The departures of Haris, Lichtblau and Frank are likely to come as a surprise to colleagues, particularly given the reputations of the three men.

    Frank worked for USA Today and Newsday for three decades, pursuing investigations and covering the Iraq war as an embedded reporter, before coming to work at CNN.

    He was part of an ambitious new investigative unit that was created last winter, bringing together existing teams from within the company and new hires like Lichtblau.

    A veteran of The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2006, Lichtblau joined CNN just three months ago.

    Haris, who was named the executive editor of CNN Investigates in January, was previously the executive editor of CNNMoney.

    "On Friday, CNN retracted a story published by my team. As Executive Editor of that team, I have resigned," Haris said in a statement. "I've been with CNN since 2001, and am sure about one thing: This is a news organization that prizes accuracy and fairness above all else. I am leaving, but will carry those principles wherever I go."

    http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/medi...cle/index.html

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    Trump slams CNN after employees resign over retracted Russia story


    http://www.ajc.com/entertainment/tru...WnvQhYpAldmM/?

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    Seems they are desperate to get their conspiracy theories published even though they are weak. To me it seems that there are lots of weak conspiracy theories on both sides. It could have something to do with corruption levels in American politics and society in general but my guess is that there is a lot of anger-fueled embellishments and blind faith involved on both sides. And corresponding anger towards the conspiracy theories of the other side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Seems they are desperate to get their conspiracy theories published even though they are weak.
    Exactly what is going on.

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    Prophecy delivered by Kenneth Copeland on January 10, 2016
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    I remind you again: don't be impressed by what you see and hear on the news media. Pay little to no attention to anything they say. Because unless they are in tune with Me, they don't know anything. They see things the way they want to see them. And they attempt to create things instead of report things. They try to create situations that will give them something to report. They care little to nothing about what you do or see or hear. But, I do care what you do, what you hear and what you see. And, if you will walk with Me, I will show you things to come. I will show you news before it happens.

    The way it looks right now in the coming elections, is a very poor representation of what actually is going to be the outcome. But, rest assured, I know what I am doing, saith the Lord. And what is happening is in your favor.

    And I might add, saith God, listen to this--for the presidential election is not the only election that is coming. Amen! There are senate seats involved. There are governorships involved. There are things other than just president and vice-president of the United States, which in some cases are equally as important. Amen!

    So, be in prayer. You stand with Me. I am standing with you, saith the Lord. And we will do this thing together. And it will be in the favor of the gospel and it will be in favor of the kingdom of God. And it will be in favor of your prosperity.

    Now, there are things coming this year that you need to be prepared for. You need to be standing on your faith. And don't let the devil pull you aside because there are some things coming on the national scene and there are some things coming that are going to get worse before they get better.

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    American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bull****"





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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post


    American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bull****"
    You need to make a thread out of this video with a title like 'CNN Producer admits that they are on a 'witch hunt' about Trump' or something similar to get people to watch this video. I sure hope this thing gets publicized somehow. Only problem is no major station will report it.

    Edit: Already did it myself. :)

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    Exactly what is going on.
    Yep! Retractions are seldom printed on the front page.

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    John Bonifield, CNN supervising producer:

    "I think there are a lot of liberal CNN viewers who want to see Trump really get scrutinized. And I think if we would have behaved that way with President Obama and scrutinized everything that he was doing with as much scrutiny as we applied to Donald Trump, I think our viewers would have been turned off. I think they would have felt like we were attacking him. I think our viewers right now...I'm not saying all our viewers are super liberals, I think there's just a lot of them. And..."

    "So Trump's good for business you're saying?"

    "Trump is good for business right now."

    It would almost be unbelievable if we didn't already know this is what's going on.

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    John Bonifield, CNN supervising producer:

    "And so I think the president probably has a right to say, like look, you are witch hunting me. You have no smoking gun. You have no real proof."

    And obviously this is the same thing the Dems are doing, not just CNN.

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    I sure hope this thing gets publicized somehow. Only problem is no major station will report it.
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