FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “For a president seemingly at perpetual war with ‘fake news,’ the resignation of three CNN journalists over a retracted story about a Donald Trump Russian connection is a gift from the political gods at a time the struggling effort to repeal Obamacare dominates the headlines.
Trump quickly took advantage with a series of tweets on Tuesday [6-27-17], and conservative provocateur James O’Keefe piled on by releasing a video with a CNN producer caught on camera talking about the network’s Russian coverage being ratings-driven.
The network on Monday accepted the resignations of journalists Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris over last week’s web story about Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci’s pre-inaugural meeting with the head of a Russian investment fund. CNN retracted the story a day later, saying it had not met its standards, and apologized to Scaramucci.”
-David Bauder, “Retracted CNN story a boon for president at war with media,” ABC News, June 27, 2017 02:18pm