Politics CNN Deleted A Story Linking Trump And Russia, Then Issued A Retraction After Questions Were Raised

CNN late Friday deleted a story from its website that claimed Senate investigators were looking into a Russian investment fund whose chief executive met with a member of President Trump’s transition team, later issuing a retraction in the story's place.

The now-deleted story, by investigative reporter Thomas Frank, was published Thursday and cited a single, unnamed source who claimed that the Senate Intelligence Committee was looking into a "$10-billion Russian investment fund whose chief executive met with a member of President Donald Trump's transition team four days before Trump's inauguration."

But by Friday evening, the story had vanished from CNN's website. It was not immediately clear when the story was removed, but a tweet linking to the story, from CNN's Politics account, was also deleted sometime Friday evening.

After noticing the story's disappearance, BuzzFeed News contacted CNN. More than an hour later, an editor's note appeared on CNN's website. A company representative sent BuzzFeed News a link to the note, but did not answer other questions about why the story was removed.

"The story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted," the editor's note said. It did not say which parts of the story failed to meet the company's standards. The note also apologized to Anthony Scaramucci, a member of Trump's transition team and an adviser to his presidential campaign, who was named in the report.

A source close to the network, who requested anonymity to discuss the matter, told BuzzFeed News the story was a "massive, massive fuck up and people will be disciplined." The person said CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker and the head of the company's human resources department are "directly involved" in an internal investigation examining how the story was handled.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrymp...hen-issued-a?utm_term=.fd8qlO8plw#.eag9v4Pqvn

 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/frank-rich-nixon-trump-and-how-a-presidency-ends.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/...74B87C4F8010DDF9F74&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion

 

http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/25/w...ns-about-being-under-fbi-investigation-video/

 

I thought you didn't post editorials?

 

Who says I don't post editorials?

The NYTimes picks and chooses what editorials to post or put in their paper.

 

But that's not an endorsement of the views and opinions expressed in the editorial.

 

Actually it is, regardless of any disclaimers.

They won't post an editorial by Alex Jones.

 

You're confusing op-ed with opinions posted by a paper's editorial board.

From the NYT op-ed page.

We need a diversity of voices and opinions about a range of topics. Anything can be an Op-Ed. We’re not only interested in policy, politics or government. We’re interested in everything, if it’s opinionated and we believe our readers will find it worth reading. We are especially interested in finding points of view that are different from those expressed in Times editorials.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/opinion/op-ed-and-you.html?_r=0

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Do you know if Alex Jones has ever submitted an editorial to the NYT?

 

They want lots of "progressive" voices and opinions from "conservatives" when they agree with the NYTimes' stances on the issue.

 

I googled "nytimes pro trump" and found this;

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/...then-trump-must-be-doing-something-right.html

By a conservative, but the piece bashes conservatives and right wing media.

 

In which Denny Crane makes the startling discovery that the NY Times has a generally liberal editorial point of view.

Stay tuned for the next episode where he examines the Wall Street Journal and finds no evidence of rightward lean.

barfo

 

Doesn't matter what Trump did to offend the media, they should do their job.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/334897-poll-majority-says-mainstream-media-publishes-fake-news

“Much of the media is now just another part of the partisan divide in the country with Republicans not trusting the ‘mainstream’ media and Democrats seeing them as reflecting their beliefs,” said Harvard-Harris co-director Mark Penn. “Every major institution from the presidency to the courts is now seen as operating in a partisan fashion in one direction or the other.”

(google Mark Penn)

Trump’s job approval rating is at 45 percent approval and 55 percent disapproval in the latest Harvard-Harris survey. Gallup’s annual survey on public trust in the media — conducted before the election — found that only 32 percent trusted the press.

However, the Harvard-Harris survey found that 60 percent of all voters believe Trump is treating the press unfairly. Only 48 percent said the media is treating Trump unfairly.

 

This is beyond "generally liberal POV."

It's become unpaid advertising for, PR for, and political activism for the Democratic party.

 

If I posted Alex Jones articles, you would deny any truth is possible, simply because of the source.

I don't deny the NYTimes can publish the truth from time to time. But as the article about the media said, democrats see the media as reflecting their beliefs. So I cite sources YOU can't refute because the source reflects your beliefs.