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"Our only interest is in telling the truth to our audiences in the U.S. and around the world," CEO Mark Thompson says
CNN stood by its reporting on Iran Friday as officials from the Trump White House continued to decry “fake news!”“We stand by our journalism,” CEO Mark Thompson said in a statement, emphasizing, “Politicians have an obvious motive for claiming that journalism which raises questions about their decisions is false.”
He concluded: “At CNN our only interest is in telling the truth to our audiences in the U.S. and around the world and no amount of political threats or insults is going to change that.”
Read the full statement below:
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth slammed CNN on Friday over its coverage of the war in Iran, which found Thursday that President Donald Trump was unprepared for the nation’s military response over the last two weeks.
Hegseth called the outlet “fundamentally unserious” and “patently ridiculous.” The Secretary of War even went so far as to say, “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.”
“We will keep pressing, we will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies. Yet some in this crew, in the press, just can’t stop,” the former Fox News host told reporters at a press briefing. “Allow me to make a few suggestions. People look up at the TV and they see banners, they see headlines. I used to be in that business, and I know that everything is written intentionally.”
In a lengthy social media post of her own on Friday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted, “This story is 100% Fake News.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-stands-iran-coverage-says-225553972.html
