CNN thought that they caught Donald Trump Jr. in their cross-hairs. On July 27th, the “very fake news” publication published a story claiming that President Donald Trump had advance knowledge of the infamous Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr.and a Russian lawyer. They cited “sources with knowledge” of the issue (how specific!) in claiming that Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was willing to testify to Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel.
CNN’s “bombshell” report claimed that “Cohen alleges that he was present, along with several others, when Trump was informed of the Russians’ offer by Trump Jr. By Cohen’s account, Trump approved going ahead with the meeting with the Russians, according to sources.” One of the sources was reportedly Lanny Davis, Cohen’s lawyer… who would later come out and discredit the entire report.
And what did CNN do? Stand by their story, even after their “inside source” said it was B.S.
And in response, Trump Jr. is roasting CNN for their bogus reporting.
Strange that there haven’t been any bombshells that benefited @realDonaldTrump. It’s almost like it’s all a setup to make his day job a bit tougher. That’s been their plan. With all his incredible successes imagine that it could possibly be even better without the BS noise? #maga https://t.co/2NJMCpcKYe
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 26, 2018
When it was bad news for Trump it got insane coverage. Now that we know it was a lie & more of the usual BS it’s crickets without a correction. It’s almost like there’s a pattern here!?!
Nets Punt on Davis Blowing Huge Hole in CNN’s Trump Tower Bombshell https://t.co/Z5KTpx8U8R
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 25, 2018
Comical to watch @CNN covering for leftist hack @carlbernstein. He & Obama staffer @jimsciutto obviously got story wrong. CNN "stands by" it anyway, defending literal fake news. 3 "reporters" were fired for false CNN hit on @Scaramucci & this is FAR worse! https://t.co/KdgpXfGhgT
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 27, 2018
"How can CNN possibly justify refusing to address these questions, & refrain from informing the public about these critical matters on a story that they hyped for days as a ‘blockbuster,’ one of the most significant stories yet in the Trump/Russia saga?"https://t.co/thBIYLbhki
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 28, 2018
“They are handling this differently than they would other stories because Carl is on the byline,” a CNN anchor, who also requested anonymity, told Breitbart News, referencing the famed Watergate reporter. “It’s a shame.”
Fake News Scandal Engulfs CNN https://t.co/aY87PHTMIH
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 28, 2018
If we really really really want it to be true it’s not #fakenews. – CNN’s new motto apparently. https://t.co/1CRVGyuFzN
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 28, 2018
And that wasn’t the only recent bogus report about Trump Jr. that CNN reported.
As The Federalist Papers reminds us, CNN also published a report on Dec. 8, 2017, which “alleged that Donald Trump Jr. received an email on Sept. 4, 2016, containing a link and encryption key to hacked emails provided to Wikileaks.” However “The Wikileaks story fell apart after Trump Jr.’s attorney released an email showing that the real estate executive received the email linking to hacked documents a day after they had been released by Wikileaks. Rather than providing a preview to stolen political documents, the person who emailed Trump Jr. was pointing to information that had already been made public.”
Trump Jr. addressed that too since it’s now been nine months without any correction or retraction being issued on that story.
It’s simple, there is no penalty for being wrong about Trump. If it’s against Trump, any error no matter how egregious is ignored or forgiven. These two “bombshells” about me were pure BS but they got their hit in and that’s all they’re looking for. https://t.co/psuLmmoV02
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 28, 2018
It goes without saying that if they haven’t issued a correction after nine months, we’re not ever seeing one.
In a sane world, your typical CNN broadcast would look a lot like this:
With reporting like that, it’s no wonder CNN is getting beaten out in the ratings by children’s cartoons.
