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06-27-2017, 03:04 PM
3 big-name journalists leave CNN over retracted story
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Three CNN journalists have resigned after the network retracted a thinly sourced scoop.*
The story's author, Thomas Frank; an editor in CNN's new investigative unit, Eric Lichtblau; and head editor of the unit Lex Haris are ** longer with the company as of Monday, a spokesperson confirmed.
SEE ALSO: CNN sent its Supreme Court sketch artist to the off-camera White House press briefing (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/cnn-sketch-artist-press-briefing/)
The piece, which cited a single a**nymous source, claimed a congressional committee was investigating a Russian investment fund's ties to a former member of Donald Trump's administration.*
A day after its publication, CNN scrubbed the story from its site and replaced it with an editor's **te. The network never reported the news on air. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/26/cnn-journalists-resign-after-retraction/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Three CNN journalists have resigned after the network retracted a thinly sourced scoop.*
The story's author, Thomas Frank; an editor in CNN's new investigative unit, Eric Lichtblau; and head editor of the unit Lex Haris are ** longer with the company as of Monday, a spokesperson confirmed.
SEE ALSO: CNN sent its Supreme Court sketch artist to the off-camera White House press briefing (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/cnn-sketch-artist-press-briefing/)
The piece, which cited a single a**nymous source, claimed a congressional committee was investigating a Russian investment fund's ties to a former member of Donald Trump's administration.*
A day after its publication, CNN scrubbed the story from its site and replaced it with an editor's **te. The network never reported the news on air. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/26/cnn-journalists-resign-after-retraction/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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