dagblog - Comments for "CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage " http://dagblog.com/link/cnn-imposing-strict-new-rules-its-russia-coverage-22887 Comments for "CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage " en Very unfortunate. CNN is in http://dagblog.com/comment/239966#comment-239966 <a id="comment-239966"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/cnn-imposing-strict-new-rules-its-russia-coverage-22887">CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Very unfortunate. CNN is in an existential fight with the president and his corrupt structure, and this gives him ammo to dismiss everything else. The last thing they need is a Dan Rather font-gate to kill the accurate stories there. The Steele Dossier has been largely correct, despite all the naysaying and attacks. It will continue to be dredged out and forms the basis of understanding Trump collusion. Anything Trump can do to derail this effort, he will do, and peculiarly, 30%+ of Americans and 95%+ of Republican politicians seem to backing this assault on the truth and our political system.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 04:37:14 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 239966 at http://dagblog.com Three resign from CNN after http://dagblog.com/comment/239960#comment-239960 <a id="comment-239960"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/cnn-imposing-strict-new-rules-its-russia-coverage-22887">CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://thehill.com/media/339564-three-resign-from-cnn-over-russia-story-retraction">Three resign from CNN after Russia story retraction</a> (Including Eric Litchblau who I recall as a major NYTimes reporter for many years)</p> <div>By Jacqueline Thomsen @ TheHill.com,  06/26/17 07:10 PM EDT</div> <div> <blockquote> <p>Three CNN staffers resigned after the network retracted a story tying a top President Trump ally to a Russian investment bank.</p> <p>Thomas Frank, the author of the story, Eric Lichtblau, an editor in the CNN investigative unit that ran the story and Lex Haris, who oversaw the unit, have all left CNN, the <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/media/cnn-announcement-retracted-article/index.html" target="_blank">network reported Monday</a>.</p> <p>The story connected Anthony Scaramucci, a top proponent of Trump, to a Russian investment fund run by a bank controlled by the Kremlin. </p> <p>"In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story's publication," a spokesman said Monday [....]</p> <p> </p> </blockquote> </div> </div></div></div> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 02:54:20 +0000 artappraiser comment 239960 at http://dagblog.com