The attack on Sessions is a CNN operation.
The day prior to Sessions confirmation hearing CNN began hyping a Buzzfeed article which contained long known unsubstantiated allegations. After being advertised for hours by CNN Buzzfeed published a “dossier”. During the confirmation hearing Franken references CNN’s breaking report of this dossier. Then when reporting on the confirmation hearing CNN edits out most of Franken’s question to make it appear that Sessions answered a different question than what Franken asked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otYVn2bW17g
CNN drove the Buzzfeed garbage to prominent attention. This created the dynamics necessary to generate exploitable situations. Franken’s question is such a situation and CNN’s dishonest editing is the exploit.
This is one battle in the attack on Trump by CNN/WaPo/NYT/DNC.
We know from Wikileaks that there is close coordination between the MSM and the DNC. The MSM is the propaganda arm of the DNC. CNN was just following orders.