Now that one can wade through the disinformation, the lack of “there” in the retracted Tom Frank story at CNN came from at least some admitted source verification problems as well as some of the possible and typical problems with sourcing from a Senate committee.
Agent Orange and his cronies have tried to get mileage from it by generating additional “faked news claiming fake news”, but considering that the story could have other constraints now unreported, the net effect on #TrumpRussia will be negligible. And Trump doesn’t even claim it as a “leak”. Curious...
More probable are the complications of sources that are in the realm of classified information as well as foreign nationals.
And Anthony Scaraucci just got appointed by Trump to the Export-Import Bank as their Chief Strategy Officer and as a former GOP fundraiser, could be an ambassador to OECD.
Curiouser...
Three CNN staffers have resigned following the publication and subsequent retraction of a story linking a Trump transition team member to the Russia-related investigations.
The piece, published late last week, cited an anonymous source saying the Senate Intelligence Committee was looking into the chief executive of a $10-billion Russian investment fund who met with financier Anthony Scaramucci before the inauguration. The report also said that two Democratic senators wanted to know whether Scaramucci had indicated in the meeting whether sanctions against Russia would be lifted, a decision that could impact the investment fund.
Out are: The reporter, Pulitzer-Prize nominee Thomas Frank; assistant managing editor Eric Lichtblau (who recently joined from the New York Times and is a Pulitzer winner himself); and Lex Haris, the executive editor in charge of investigations.
After the story in question was published Jun 23, the news organization said that it launched an investigation into the matter and found that it in fact “didn’t meet CNN’s editorial standards.”
Typically, stories such as those with just one anonymous source are reviewed by multiple departments within the company before they are published, Brian Stelter wrote in a story posted to its website. That includes fact-checkers, journalism standards experts and lawyers that work for the company.