Media Offenders

CNN

OUTLET

CNN

REPORTER

Jake Tapper

CLAIM

Fake Tapper Lies About Criminal’s Race

CATEGORY

Lie

THE OFFENSE

CNN Host Fake Tapper misidentified the race of the individual who allegedly planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC as a “white man.”

THE TRUTH

The DOJ’s suspect, Brian Cole Jr., is a black man. It’s unclear how someone could have gotten this wrong, but Fake’s track record would suggest he attempted to run cover for the bomber. This isn’t the first time Fake Tapper has run cover for criminals. Earlier this year, Fake blurred the faces of criminal illegal aliens to conceal their identities and shield them from accountability.

KEY POINTS

• Jake Tapper mischaracterized a suspected pipe bomber as a white man despite the fact that he’s black.

SOURCES

• New York Post: CNN’s Jake Tapper skewered for calling black DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. a ‘white man’ on air
• Benny Johnson’s Post
• RapidResponse47’s Post
OUTLET

CNN, The Bulwark

REPORTER

Adrian Carrasquillo, Jeff Zeleny, Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez

CLAIM

Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark

CATEGORY

Bias, Lie

THE OFFENSE

The Bulwark and CNN published the rumor that President Trump is looking at naming a new DHS Secretary.

THE TRUTH

This is a lie from disgruntled former employees that have no idea what President Trump is thinking. It’s a pathetic attempt to undermine the authority of Secretary Noem and an attempt to entertain the leftist fantasy that President Trump’s administration is failing.

KEY POINTS

• Malcontent former employees are spreading fantasies – The Bulwark and CNN are publishing them.

SOURCES

• The Bulwark: Trump Weighs Moving on From Noem
• CNN: Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark
• Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson’s Post
OUTLET

CNN

REPORTER

Hanna Park

CLAIM

Immigration raid at New York business left workers terrified and slowed production, co-owner says

CATEGORY

Bias, Left-wing lunacy

THE OFFENSE

CNN and other media outlets disparaged a court-authorized law enforcement operation that took place at a factory in New York, utilizing language like “scared” and “terrorized” to demonize law enforcement and victimize a business who had committed crimes.

THE TRUTH

The business had not taken basic steps to avoid employing illegal immigrants, such as registering for E-Verify. It had also previously received nearly $1 million in public funds, much of which was intended to be used by the company to employ Americans.CNN has a history of fearmongering. They very intentionally utilize quotes, descriptions, and imagery that paints law enforcement in a negative light in order to accumulate support for their anti-law enforcement narrative. It is despicable that a major news organization like CNN would maintain an antagonistic approach to law & order.

KEY POINTS

• CNN vilified legal law enforcement operations instead of a business that used American taxpayer funds to employ illegals.

SOURCES

• Immigration raid at New York business left workers terrified and slowed production, co-owner says
• Owners of Central NY factory raided by federal agents shocked: ‘We feel terrorized’
• ProPublica: NUTRITION BAR CONFECTIONERS LLC
• Natalie Winter's Post
• E-Verify Employer Search
OUTLET

CNN, MSNBC

REPORTER

CLAIM

CNN & MSNBC Fail To Cover Assault on Law Enforcement

CATEGORY

Failure to report

THE OFFENSE

Both CNN and MSNBC refused to devote a single second of airtime to covering the horrific July 4th attack on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas.

THE TRUTH

This is just the latest example of the outlets failing to accurately cover left-wing, anti-ICE violence. By excluding these stories from their programming CNN and MSNBC are demonstrating, yet again, that they cannot be trusted as reliable news sources.

KEY POINTS

• An ICE facility was attacked and neither CNN or MSNBC aired the story.

SOURCES

• CNN, MSNBC skip on-air coverage of July 4 armed attack on ICE agents at Texas facility
• CNN, MSNBC insist anti-ICE demonstrations have been ‘mostly peaceful’ despite widespread unrest
• STUDY: CNN, MSNBC Overwhelmingly Call Riots ‘Peaceful’ as LA Burns
OUTLET

CNN

REPORTER

Natasha Bertrand

CLAIM

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

CATEGORY

Bias, Lie

THE OFFENSE

CNN’s Natasha Bertrand – the same “journalist” who reported the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation and the COVID lab leak was a conspiracy theory – published an inaccurate preliminary threat assessment downplaying the damage from U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

THE TRUTH

At President Trump’s direction, the U.S. military totally obliterated Iran’s nuclear program, the Israel Atomic Energy Commission finding “the devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable,” and Iran’s own Foreign Ministry spokesman admitting their “nuclear installations have been badly damaged.”

KEY POINTS

• ake news journalist Natasha Bertrand published a confidential and inaccurate assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer.

SOURCES

• Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
• Special counsel plans to use infamous Hunter Biden laptop as evidence at gun trial
• Top US intel agency rules out ‘manmade’ theory of coronavirus origins
• Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News

CNN

Fake Tapper Lies About Criminal’s Race

Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark

Immigration raid at New York business left workers terrified and slowed production, co-owner says

CNN & MSNBC Fail To Cover Assault on Law Enforcement

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say