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 ...
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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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CNN says it was misled by the man freed in a Syria report with Clarissa Ward
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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 ...
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"One of the best trolls of all time" - Internet reacts as CNN clarifies anchor Clarissa Ward’s ‘man freed in Syria’ report was seemingly inaccurate
In her video report from Wednesday, CNN's Clarissa Ward was seen helping a prisoner escape from a jail in Damascus, Syria.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
CNN Investigating Man Who Possibly Gave ‘False Identity’ in Syria Report
CNN says it is investigating the identity of a Syrian man who may have given the network a “false identity” during a segment ...
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." ...
Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad
The 35 or so bodies were found in a military hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, days after the regime fell. They are ...