Yes, please believe that if CNN says it, it must be true. They have never lied to the American people.
I have a friend who actually thinks that the news people can’t tell us things that aren’t true. She’s a total ditz. Even after Dan Rather. And she’s old enough to know better.
I know someone like that.
A while back there was a particular news story that was a blatant lie that they spouted.
I politely and calmly proved to them it was a lie using other sources they trusted to take apart the lie brick by brick.
When I was done their face just turned bright red and it looked like their head was about to explode.
I kept thinking of the opening scene of the classic movie “Scanners”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI3NoBeNwfk