Taking liberties: CNN celebrates freedom of the press by misquoting Abraham Lincoln
CNN is having a bit of a tough time shaking the accusation that it deals in “fake news,” and ironically, the more the network protests, the deeper it manages to dig itself. “We are real news,” insists Jim Acosta, and three journalists resign over a story that the network was forced to retract. And then, in tracking down the creator (or perhaps not) of an anti-CNN video, the network managed to send #CNNBlackmail trending.
CNN Just Published A Fake Quote From Abraham Lincoln https://t.co/dW4ecYsmnH
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 5, 2017
Lying sources. Real doxxing. Fake quotes. This is CNN. https://t.co/8rfmywtxxS
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 5, 2017
At least CNN almost had a good Independence Day while most people were distracted from the news. While CNN Politics sent a series of tweets on the importance of a free press, Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist noted that a quote CNN attributed to Abraham Lincoln was heavily paraphrased to the point the meaning was altered.
Happy #FourthOfJuly from CNN Politics! Celebrate America and its freedoms this Independence Day. pic.twitter.com/x4XAdWEOl2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 4, 2017
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