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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 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 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 Confirms 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.
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CNN Gets Trashed for Response to Fake Syria Story
In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.
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 ...
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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.
Viral Syrian ‘prisoner’ found by CNN crew cowering in cell ‘was a fleeing Assad officer pretending to be regime critic’
THE viral “prisoner” discovered by a CNN news crew cowering in a cell was one of Assad’s evil torturers, a Syrian ...
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CNN frees Syrian prisoner. He turns out to be Assad regime's torturer: Report
The man told CNN he had been imprisoned for three months. However, investigations by a Syrian fact-checking organisation ...
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CNN probes its viral prison video as Syrians fact check foreign media
The Verify-Sy account sparked an online backlash from Syrians against Ward and CNN. “Syrians are closely monitoring every ...