On September 15 2021, rumors that “351K” or “400K” votes had “disappeared” from California gubernatorial recall totals during a CNN segment were popular on social media: Someone explain to me why the Gavin Newsom r
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Snopes→ ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Tweet Deleted from CNN Host Brian Stelter’s Twitter Account
The 2018 tweet was deleted within hours of when a 2021 Texas law went into effect that banned most abortions in the state.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Publish An Article Describing A Healthy 40-Year-Old COVID-19 Victim’s Sentiments Toward Unvaccinated People — It’s Satirical
Did CNN publish an article describing a 40-year-old COVID-19 victim's sentiments toward unvaccinated people? No, that's not true: The satirical story about a severely obese woman who was vaccinated and is now dying from COVID-19 was not p
Top Fact Checks→ A CNN reporter covered her head while reporting after the Taliban took control over Afghanistan.
Clarissa Ward clarified that she always wore a headscarf while reporting in Kabul, but she wore an abaya for the first time while reporting lately.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ CNN quickly calls out Jen Psaki’s lie that Americans are not ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-jen-psaki-lie-americans-not-stranded-afghanistan White House press se
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Reporter ‘Bernie Gores’ Was NOT Executed By The Taliban In Afghanistan — The Name, Story And Accounts That Reported It Are Fake
Was a CNN reporter from the U.S. named Bernie Gores executed by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan? No, that's not true: "Bernie Gores" is not a real CNN reporter, and the Twitter accounts that propagated the claim are all fake news accoun
Snopes→ CNN’s Clarissa Ward Says Kabul Colleague Nearly Pistol-Whipped
“I've covered all sorts of crazy situations,” Ward said in a report that aired on CNN. “This was mayhem. This was nuts.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Chief Correspondent’s Headscarf Was NOT New, But She Says Taliban Take-Over Forces Precautions
Did CNN's chief international correspondent start wearing a headscarf in Afghanistan due to Taliban control? No, that's not true: veteran war reporter Clarissa Ward clarified she has always worn a headscarf while reporting "on the street
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Praise Taliban For Wearing Masks During Attack
Did CNN praise the Taliban for wearing masks in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: The image of a CNN chyron claiming Taliban fighters were wearing masks as they attacked is fake -- it is from the Babylon Bee, a conservative satire website
Snopes→ No, CNN Didn’t Praise Taliban for ‘Responsibly Wearing Masks’
A fake CNN graphic ripped from a satire website went viral without attribution or disclaimers.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ CNN did not bring on Jeffrey Toobin to analyze Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 10 announced plans to resign amid ongoing criminal investigations. The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, had recently released a report finding that Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women. Cuomo has denied
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ President Biden exaggerated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines during a CNN town hall
President Joe Biden exaggerated when he spoke about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine during a CNN town hall. “You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations,” Biden said. It is rare for people who are fully vac
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Biden’s town hall on CNN
We looked into five claims the president made on topics such as covid-19, the economy and a new child tax credit.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s CNN Town Hall
In a prime-time town hall aired on CNN, President Joe Biden overstated some facts and misled on others. The COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing symptomatic disease, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease. But no vaccine is 100%
Snopes→ Bill Burr Trashes Fox News for Leaving Out Key Detail in Coverage of His CNN Rant
A headline from Fox News, which originally came from the New York Post, made quite the omission from Burr's rant about CNN and cable news.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ CNN did not report that President Biden authorized U.S. intervention in Haiti after assassination
An image of what looks like a screenshot of a CNN news story is being shared on social media with this headline: “Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in attack on his residence. U.S Troops on their way.” The image makes it look li
Snopes→ Yes, Lauren Boebert Tweeted That ‘Turning Off CNN’ was the ‘Easiest Way’ to Make the Delta Variant Go Away
The Delta variant is a highly-contagious strain of COVID-19.
Snopes→ Yes, Jeffrey Toobin Has Returned to CNN After Zoom Call Incident
Toobin returned to CNN after a months-long leave of absence.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Don Lemon isn’t leaving CNN and his show hasn’t been canceled. It just has a new name.
CNN anchor Don Lemon inadvertently set off a frenzy of misinformation when he made comments about the future of his prime-time show during a segment on May 14. “It’s been really, really great,” Lemon says. “This is the last night t
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on truth, objectivity and the assault on democracy
There’s a real problem facing journalism today: the unprecedented assault in our democracies on the truth, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour shared on Thursday during the last day of the United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking. Social media ha
TruthOrFiction→ Native American Journalists Call On Cohorts to ‘Withdraw Support from CNN’ after Pundit’s Racist Comments
The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) called on fellow industry advocacy groups to push back against CNN in response to inaccurate and racist comments by one of the news network’s pundits. The group made the request in the wake of pa
Snopes→ Did a CNN Poll Give Joe Biden a Grade of 9.4 Out of 10?
All polls are not created equal.
Snopes→ Did CNN Report That Boulder Shooting Suspect Was ‘Morally White’?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Reports Say CNN’S Chris Cuomo Got Special COVID-19 Testing
The news anchor emerged as a central figure in the latest damaging stories about his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Claim Colorado Shooter Was Factually Arabic But Morally White
Did CNN run a caption saying the shooter who killed 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021, was factually Arabic but morally white? No, that's not true: the screenshot with the caption originated on a satire site but took on a
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ CNN ‘fact-checker’ praises Biden as ‘generally factual,’ calls inaccuracies ‘slips rather purposeful lies’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-fact-checker-daniel-dale-biden-generally-factual CNN star "fact-check
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ CNN public editor: how CNN amplifies social media misinformation
https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/cnn-public-editor-how-cnn-amplifies-social-media-misinformation.php I
Snopes→ Judge Rejects Rep. Devin Nunes Defamation Suit Against CNN
The lawsuit seeking over $435 million in damages was rejected by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who said the California Republican failed to request a retraction in a timely fashion or adequately state his claims.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden makes at least four false statistical claims at CNN town hall
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/fact-check-biden-cnn-town-hall-anderson-cooper-milwaukee/index.html
Snopes→ Does CNN Correspondent Kaitlan Collins Live in an ‘Insane Mansion’?
Journalist Kaitlan Collins was promoted to the position of CNN's chief White House correspondent during President Joe Biden's first term in office.
Liste→ Image of fabricated CNN tweet circulates online following Pakistani missile test
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter that purports to show a tweet from US media organisation CNN stating the "actual range" of Pakistani Shaheen-III missiles is 5,770 km. The posts circulated with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Antifa Took Responsibility For Capitol Hill Riots
Did CNN report in a caption that antifa had taken responsibility for storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did a reverse image search for the picture that claims to show CNN's news covera
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Antifa Took Responsibility For Capitol Hill Riots
Did CNN report in a caption that antifa had taken responsibility for storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did a reverse image search for the picture that claims to show CNN's news covera
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Oops: Media Darling Tony Fauci Debunks Massive CNN Story on COVID Vaccines
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2021/01/21/oops-media-darling-tony-fauci-debunks-massive-cnn-story-covid
Snopes→ Did CNN Report That Antifa Took Responsibility for US Capitol Riot?
A crudely doctored screenshot, complete with glaring spelling errors, was part of a broader effort to falsely link left-wing activists with the pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Snopes→ Did CNN Issue Correction That Ted Cruz’s ‘QAnon Pin’ Was Actually a Doritos Chip?
Beware tweeted screenshots traveling without links.
Snopes→ Did an Op-Ed Call CNN Anchor Don Lemon ‘Openly Black’?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Issue A Correction Over A Ted Cruz Qanon Pin That Turned Out To Be A Dorito
Did CNN issue a correction over a misidentified Qanon pin supposedly being worn by Ted Cruz that turned out to be a Dorito chip? No, that's not true: CNN never reported such a story in the first place and the image with the correction is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two CNN Journalists Were NOT Arrested For Infiltrating U.S. Capitol Dressed As Trump Supporters
Were two CNN journalists arrested and charged for infiltrating the U.S. Capitol dressed as Trump supporters during the January 6, 2021 insurrection? No, that's not true: The two people identified in a video as being with CNN have no conne
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit
Was the inauguration cancelled; will Donald Trump remain in office; and will ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC all lose their licenses? No, none of that is true: A made-up story containing those claims and predictions was written by a discre