Well this is interesting. CNN has been reporting a story all morning on Don Jr. claiming that Wikileaks was offering the Trump campaign access to hacked emails that weren’t publicly available.
But it turns out their sources were wrong.
Watch:
Apparently there won’t be any disciplinary action:
A CNN spokeswoman says there will not be disciplinary action in this case because, unlike with Brian Ross/ABC, @MKRaju followed the editorial standards process. Multiple sources provided him with incorrect info.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 8, 2017
Here’s some twitter responses that I thought were appropriate:
“My sources duped me” is a hell of an excuse regarding information that literally anyone with an internet connection could have verified https://t.co/rqX5OF1Dkd
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 8, 2017
“Our sources were wrong, no biggie,” is precisely why the public distrusts the media.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) December 8, 2017
ABC handled their mistake correctly. CNN digging in their heels rather than apologizing is unfortunate. https://t.co/3oQdEtUnZe
https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/939244997651689473
How did multiple sources all mis-read the date and radically misinterpret the document in the same way? What's the rationale for continuing to conceal the identity of these sources who caused so much damage and deceit on the public with their false claims? https://t.co/dixMWJ5OHv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/939247260956872704