CNN Confirms It Was Misled By Man In Viral Syrian Prison Report
The news outlet reported the man was said to have been involved with the collapsed Assad regime as an intelligence officer.
CNN Reporter Clarissa Ward Confirm Syrian 'Prisoner' in Now-Infamous Video Report Is Notorious Intelligence Officer
The "prisoner's" true identity as a notorious torturer and extortionist was first established during an investigation by Verify-Sy, an independent Syrian news organization.
CNN Duped By Prisoner Who Was Really a Intelligence Officer Known For Torture: Report
Not everything was as it seemed when CNN captured the release of a prisoner from a Damascus jail. The man was not who he said he was. He was actually a lieutenant in the Bashar al-Assad regime’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate,
CNN: Freed Syrian prisoner in report was intelligence officer
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former intelligence officer under the Assad regime. The outlet said in a report posted Monday it had encountered the man and documented his release in a report “while pursuing leads on
CNN, Clarissa Ward draw criticism after man freed from Syrian jail turns out to be Air Force officer
CNN and its journalist Clarissa Ward are drawing criticism for a video that purported to show a man being rescued from a Syrian jail, after the man was revealed to be a former Air Force intelligence operative.
CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. 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.
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.
Fox News Reporter Defends CNN’s Clarissa Ward Against ‘Unfounded and Ridiculous’ Attacks
Ward was attacked over a report in which she and her CNN crew found a man under a blanket in a Syrian prison and gave him food and water.
CNN Investigating If Man Gave 'False Identity' In Dramatic Syrian Prison Report
A Syrian fact-checking group alleges the man in the viral report had a violent past and had been detained for less than a month.
CNN investigating identity of man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
The network said Monday that it is investigating the identity of a man who was freed from a Syrian prison during a segment with Clarissa Ward.
Viral CNN segment showing Syrian prisoner being freed under scrutiny
CNN’s Clarissa Ward went viral last week when she covered the alleged rescue of a “Syrian prisoner," who she reported spent “three months in a windowless cell."
CNN admits man freed in viral segment was notorious lieutenant for Assad regime, not civilian as he claimed
CNN admitted on Monday that it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported to be a Syrian prisoner freed from ...
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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Clarissa Ward gets a glimpse of Assad’s last victims from inside a morgue
'Horrible wounds consistent with torture': Clarissa Ward gets a glimpse of Assad's last victims from inside a morgue ...
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CNN says it was misled by the man freed in a Syria report with Clarissa Ward
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