Yesterday, TruthRevolt reported on CNN's retraction of a story about a President Trump associate's ties to Russia. Pulitzer Prize finalist Thomas Frank published a damning report about an investigation of a Russian investment fund that reportedly had connections to Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci, a member of the executive committee of Trump's transition team. CNN yanked the report within 24 hours. This statement alone was left, according to Philly.com:
Editor’s Note
Updated 10:44 PM ET, Fri June 23, 2017On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
That story did not meet CNN’s editorial standards and has been retracted.
Three CNN journalists, including the executive editor in charge of a new investigative unit, have resigned after the publication of a Russia-related article that was retracted.
Thomas Frank, who wrote the story in question; Eric Lichtblau, an editor in the unit; and Lex Haris, who oversaw the unit, have all left CNN.
"In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story's publication," a spokesman said Monday evening.
The three men have some of the best credentials at the network, so their departure has come as a surprise to many:
Frank worked for USA Today and Newsday for three decades, pursuing investigations and covering the Iraq war as an embedded reporter, before coming to work at CNN.
He was part of an ambitious new investigative unit that was created last winter, bringing together existing teams from within the company and new hires like Lichtblau.
A veteran of The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2006, Lichtblau joined CNN just three months ago.
Haris, who was named the executive editor of CNN Investigates in January, was previously the executive editor of CNNMoney.
"Fake news," of course, has been a big meme from the Trump White House, and for good reason:
Perhaps this means that the network is finally taking these accusations seriously. We'll see.
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h/t Instapundit