WestVirginiaRebel Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Breitbart The network President Donald Trump has identified as a “very fake news” outlet is under fire from all sides as it was forced to retract a blatantly inaccurate hit piece on President Trump and his associates in the wake of a Breitbart News investigation this weekend. CNN is getting ripped from all over the right: Follow Sean Hannity ✔@seanhannity Breitbart kicking ass by exposing @CNN VERY FAKE NEWS!! http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/very-fake-news-after-breitbart-investigation-cnn-retracts-conspiracy-theory-hit-piece-attacking-trump-associates-over-russian-fund/ … 4:24 PM - 24 Jun 2017 Very Fake News: After Breitbart Investigation, CNN Retracts Conspiracy Theory Hit Piece Attacking... CNN retracted a hit piece on the President after a Breitbart News investigation uncovered significant inaccuracies in CNN’s work. breitbart.com 5,4195,419 Retweets 13,72513,725 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Follow Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartz ICYMI: @BreitbartNews's @mboyle1 did the reporting that forced CNN to retract their hit piece & issue an apology. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/23/very-fake-news-after-breitbart-investigation-cnn-retracts-conspiracy-theory-hit-piece-attacking-trump-associates-over-russian-fund/ … 2:42 PM - 24 Jun 2017 Very Fake News: After Breitbart Investigation, CNN Retracts Conspiracy Theory Hit Piece Attacking... CNN retracted a hit piece on the President after a Breitbart News investigation uncovered significant inaccuracies in CNN’s work. breitbart.com 146146 Retweets 176176 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Follow Google "CNN,175,Sue" @NolteNC I've been doing this for 10 years. Never had to retract a thing. Good job, liars. CNN is Very Fake News Hitler https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/878600948716900352 … 10:14 AM - 24 Jun 2017 · North Carolina, USA 303303 Retweets 654654 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Follow Google "CNN,175,Sue" @NolteNC Weird how CNN is unable to attract even 800k viewers. http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/scoreboard-thursday-june-22/333194 … https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/878600948716900352 … 10:21 AM - 24 Jun 2017 · North Carolina, USA 115115 Retweets 249249 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Follow Dinesh D'Souza ✔@DineshDSouza Another @CNN "gotcha" on @realDonaldTrump that turns into an "oops--we lied" http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/cnn-deletes-retracts-story-linking-trump-and-russia-20170624.html?mobi=true … 11:32 AM - 24 Jun 2017 CNN deletes, retracts story linking Trump and Russia "That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted." philly.com 5,7115,711 Retweets 10,89610,896 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Even President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump, Jr., is out mocking CNN right now for its failure: Follow Donald Trump Jr. ✔@DonaldJTrumpJr Hahahahaha, CNN has standards??? More #fakenews defaming my friend @Scaramuccihttps://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/878600948716900352 … 10:42 AM - 24 Jun 2017 5,9015,901 Retweets 17,86017,860 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy But it’s not just conservatives ripping CNN. BuzzFeed joined in too! Follow Jon Passantino ✔@passantino New: Source close to CNN says retracted story was “massive, massive f%@# up and people will be disciplined" https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/cnn-deleted-a-story-linking-trump-and-russia-then-issued-a … 8:09 PM - 24 Jun 2017 CNN Deleted A Story Linking Trump And Russia Then Issued A Retraction After Questions Were Raised The story cited a single, unnamed source claiming that a Senate committee was investigating a Russian fund with connections to President Trump's transition team. buzzfeed.com 412412 Retweets 484484 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy According to the lefties as BuzzFeed, CNN’s president Jeff Zucker himself is now personally involved in trying to handle the cover-up: 20h Jon Passantino ✔ @passantino New: Source close to CNN says retracted story was “massive, massive f%@# up and people will be disciplined" https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/cnn-deleted-a-story-linking-trump-and-russia-then-issued-a … Follow Jon Passantino ✔@passantino More: CNN President Zucker and head of HR are "directly involved" in investigation into how the story was handled https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/cnn-deleted-a-story-linking-trump-and-russia-then-issued-a … 8:11 PM - 24 Jun 2017 CNN Deleted A Story Linking Trump And Russia Then Issued A Retraction After Questions Were Raised The story cited a single, unnamed source claiming that a Senate committee was investigating a Russian fund with connections to President Trump's transition team. buzzfeed.com 388388 Retweets 433433 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy The network made Brian Stelter, the ever-reliable defender of very fake news and host of Reliable Sources, go Tweet about in shame: Follow Brian Stelter ✔@brianstelter A retraction by CNN -- "this story did not meet CNN's editorial standards" https://twitter.com/CNN/status/878460185559400448 … 9:09 AM - 24 Jun 2017 673673 Retweets 1,6631,663 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy But even Stelter was admitting by later in the evening he was pushing more fake news as CNN’s woes grow bigger: Follow Brian Stelter ✔@brianstelter Fair point. I should have said "46% of voters in the election voted for Trump" https://twitter.com/deannajjz/status/878776307521392640 … 8:56 PM - 24 Jun 2017 4646 Retweets 198198 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy And Stelter is facing mounting criticism for his refusal to report on the scandal engulfing CNN: Follow Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartz Hey Brian. Are you going to discuss CNN's embarrassing retraction of a poorly sourced Russia conspiracy theory story? Asking for a friend. https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/878716847104958465 … 6:49 PM - 24 Jun 2017 8787 Retweets 144144 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy It’s unclear at this time if anyone, especially the reporter responsible for printing the very fake news that Breitbart News exposed as false, forcing CNN’s retraction, has been held accountable for his mistakes though. But the reporter, Thomas Frank, Tweeted out the editor’s apology and retraction notice: Follow Tom Frank @ByTomFrank For the sake of transparency, I am posting an editor's note from CNN concerning a story I posted on Thursday -- http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/politics/editors-note/index.html … 12:32 PM - 24 Jun 2017 Editor's Note On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. cnn.com 3939 Retweets 4141 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy CNN remains under fire — but here is the original text of the very fake news article: 23 Jun Jon Passantino ✔ @passantino Did CNN delete this story? https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/878071110469922818 … Follow Jon Passantino ✔@passantino Breitbart called this report “very fake news.” Now story appears to have been removed from CNN website. Cache copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xlyqunM2MXQJ:www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/russian-investment-fund-under-investigation/index.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us …pic.twitter.com/diCpKvNdR9 9:27 PM - 23 Jun 2017 3232 Retweets 2929 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy ________ Fake News in freefall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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