Posted on 12/08/2017 3:59:35 PM PST by Hojczyk
1. Did CNN ever see the email before running the story on it?
2. Does CNN believe it’s ethical to write about a document and not let readers and viewers know up front that reporters and editors haven’t seen the document?
3. If CNN didn’t see the email, who told CNN about it?
4. Why did CNN believe these sources?
5. Were they Democratic Members of Congress on the House Select Committee on Intelligence leaking information from this week’s testimony?
6. Were they staff of these members?
7. Are these sources independent or in the same office or otherwise related to each other?
8. What other stories have these individuals sourced for CNN and what dates were they published?
9. What is being done to check these stories out for inaccuracies?
10. How many of these stories related to the Russia investigation?
11. How many other stories has CNN reported where it never actually saw the documents it reported as fact?
12. Can CNN point to another big story anchored to documents that its journalists haven’t authenticated?
13. Will the reporters on this story continue to cover this beat? If so, why?
14. Which editors worked on and approved this story?
15. How will editorial processes on Russia conspiracy stories change going forward to avoid similar errors?
16. Given that the story is meaningless, as corrected, why hasn’t the story been retracted in its entirety?
17. Will CNN use these sources in the future? If so, why? If not, how can readers be sure they are not used as future sources?
18. Given the seriousness of their error and the damage they caused to the reputation of the news outlet, will CNN out the sources? If not, why not?
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
The world’s shortest books are titled
“Journalism News Reporting Ethics.”
And, “ Honest Liberal Reporters I’ve Met.”
CNN busted?? And who is going to do that?? DOJ?? Between all the crimes they have and are committing, there is more than enough which can be EASILY proven to shut them down. I would think.
OK DOJ.....let’s see it.
Bkmk
To me, this is worse than the Brian Ross hit piece. Heads should roll but I doubt they will since CNN is a fake news factory.
CNN’s response: “Answering those questions will not help us get Donald Trump impeached.”
Enjoy the Anal Exam Cnn and the rest of the media. You will now know how it feels. Expose them one by one with all the facts and figures about them.
The press is there to report the truth. There should be NO PRESS PROTECTIONS for stories that are provable LIES. The sources of such lies, and those who propagate them should be known to the public if the venue in question is to continue as a member of the formally acknowledged ‘press’.
What email? Sorry, but if someone posts something about fake news on CNN, it would be helpful to have more information as to which fake news report it is.
Mark
They could be published as an Ace Double Book - two covers with nothing in between.
If you read the actual article, you’ll find the email and the situation described there. What was listed here is only an excerpt from the original.
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