So CNN is so invested in the both sides fallacy they lied about a bomb being sent to the White House

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Shame.On.Them

[Merlot]

1. That lie is out there now. Even the SS saying it's not true will take it back.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Wild rumors in these fluid situations are rampant. I wouldn't call it "lying."

I remember 9-11 with there being stories of the State Department being bombed and 7 different planes being hijacked. And Sandy Hook you heard about the shooter's mother being a teacher at the school.

With 24-7 news, it's a race to break. CNN was too quick to report a story that turned out to be a baseless rumor.

It's reckless but not unexpected. I wouldn't say they "lied" or are promoting some sort of agenda. It's just sloppy journalism.

[True Dough]

4. Agreed

to accuse CNN of lying is overreach in this situation.

In this day and age of social media and word spreading like lightning, virtually all news agencies publicize reports of this or that. The responsible ones later clarify or confirm as additional information becomes available. Nobody sits back and waits for hours for all the facts to come in. Those days are gone.

[EffieBlack]

5. Wow. Those exact two situations are just what came to mind even before I read your post

[unblock]

6. the problem is they let themselves be easily manipulated.

i don't think cnn lied or made up the story, but it's entirely possible the *someone else* lied or made up the story, knowing it would be retracted, but seeing value in having that kind of confusion out there.


responsible media outlets used to try to avoid being a vehicle for politically motivated planted stories.
it can't be stopped entirely, but nowadays they don't even seem to be trying.

in fact, they seem to welcome sensational stories and don't view the inevitable retraction as a particular downside.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Great post.

[brooklynite]

3. Do you have proof of that?

"Lie" implies intent. What's your evidence.

[hatrack]

7. No, they got bad information and they ran with it

Journalists do that sometimes.

[Bengus81]

8. No...the problem is always wanting to report news "first"

And that's what happened here,they should have really checked it out but they just wanted to get the story out.

[vi5]

13. Even in the midst of being threatened themselves....

...they couldn't stifle their hunger to be first out of the gate regardless of accuracy.

And we wonder why we are in this situation.

Until everyone stops watching cable news, and rewarding this neverending cycle, and then contributing to it themselves then we are never going to get past this.

[George II]

10. They didn't "lie", with all the developments this morning they made that very short-lived report....

I seriously doubt it was intentional, and it was retracted very quickly.

A mistake isn't a "lie".

No shame on them.

[PubliusEnigma]

11. Taking advantage of the Fog of War

[Demonaut]

12. false equivalency

[Duppers]

15. It's everywhere. WaPo today...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211314939

[pimpbot]

14. CNN is owned by ATT/Time Warner

None of the big media owners care about anything other than profits. Trump == Profits. Sanity and stability == lower profits.