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CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward

CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man who was freed from a Syrian prison last week while the network’s cameras were rolling. During a package filmed on Wednesday, CNN viewers watched as chief foreign correspondent Clarissa Ward — along with a security guard who is a member of the rebel forces that toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government — discovered a man who had been locked away in a prison cell,

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad regime torturer: report

We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity,” CNN said.

NDTV · 17h

Syrian Prisoner US Reporter Freed Turns Out To Be Assad Regime Worker Accused Of War Crimes

Social media users have questioned CNN's role in the entire incident as it was revealed that the alleged prisoner was accused of war crimes.

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CNN Presented a Syrian Jailer as a Torture Survivor

The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of ...

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CNN embarrassed after reporter helped free notorious al-Assad regime torturer

CNN has been left embarrassed after a reporter released a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Last week, CNN ...

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CNN says it was misled by the man freed in a Syria report with Clarissa Ward

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CNN Gets Trashed for Response to Fake Syria Story

In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.

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