Washington Post columnist demands CNN retract claim that Steele dossier had been 'partly corroborated' after key source was arrested for lying - as paper corrects its own stories

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 13 2021 | KEITH GRIFFITH

[knighthawk]

A Washington Post columnist has sharply criticized CNN for failing to retract its claim that British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier is 'corroborated,' following a federal indictment that raised serious questions about the document.

Media critic Erik Wemple issued the harsh rebuke in a column on Friday, calling on CNN to correct its longstanding claim that its reporting had verified substantial portions of the 2016 dossier alleging Donald Trump conspired with Russia.

Last week, a federal indictment alleged that Russian-born analyst Igor Danchenko, a key source for the Steele dossier, fabricated conversations with one source, and used a Democratic political operative as another.

[Libloather]

They can’t seem to get their story straight. You would think it wouldn’t be so hard since it is their job...

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Hold on Edith. I’m coming! Red Foxx. Or whatever her name was.

[hecticskeptic]

I think it was Elizabeth but I might be wrong... it’s been a long time.

[aynrandfreak]

I don’t even believe this. The Post is more likely helping CNN climb down to their new, more believable narrative Schiff used, that “No one could have known we were lied to about the Steele dossier”

[unread]

But, but Aden Shitfft as absolute proof that the whole thing is true, and he’s going to show it to us any day now.../s

[Sgt_Schultze]

The so-called “sources” should be publicly identified as liars, so they can’t be referenced in the future.

[Fido969]

Democracy died in darkness.

[Chode]

[Vaduz]

Spot on

[clearcarbon]