Last year, three people who worked at CNN were forced to resign after CNN published a phony story about supposed Russia Trump collusion that the network had to retract. That story was based upon a single anonymous source of questionable validity and it turned out to be completely wrong. Indeed, many of the people about whom the story spoke weren't even contacted by CNN before the phony story was published for their side of the matter. It was a complete and embarrassing journalistic failure. (And given that it happened at CNN, you can gauge that it would have to be terrible for the reporters to be forced out.)
The point today is not, however, that CNN published clearly Fake News. It is, rather, that CBS just hired one of the three who were fired by CNN as the new head of its online division. The guy got a promotion following the debacle at CNN.
It's obvious that CBS doesn't care about journalistic standards. Still, this is a pretty egregious example of just how poor the quality of the mainstream media truly is.
The point today is not, however, that CNN published clearly Fake News. It is, rather, that CBS just hired one of the three who were fired by CNN as the new head of its online division. The guy got a promotion following the debacle at CNN.
It's obvious that CBS doesn't care about journalistic standards. Still, this is a pretty egregious example of just how poor the quality of the mainstream media truly is.
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