CNN: Resignations Accepted By Three Involved In Retracted Story

[Kathianne]

Good move on CNN's part:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/medi...cle/index.html

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The departures of Haris, Lichtblau and Frank are likely to come as a surprise to colleagues, particularly given the reputations of the three men.


Frank worked for USA Today and Newsday for three decades, pursuing investigations and covering the Iraq war as an embedded reporter, before coming to work at CNN.


He was part of an ambitious new investigative unit that was created last winter, bringing together existing teams from within the company and new hires like Lichtblau.


A veteran of The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2006, Lichtblau joined CNN just three months ago.
Haris, who was named the executive editor of CNN Investigates in January, was previously the executive editor of CNNMoney.


"On Friday, CNN retracted a story published by my team. As Executive Editor of that team, I have resigned," Haris said in a statement. "I've been with CNN since 2001, and am sure about one thing: This is a news organization that prizes accuracy and fairness above all else. I am leaving, but will carry those principles wherever I go."

[NightTrain]

Excellent. I have to say that I'm surprised CNN took that move - maybe the 'fake news' label is starting to chafe.

Perhaps that will serve as a warning to all the others publishing such bullshit. The NYT is riddled with such crap.

[Kathianne]

It's almost like CNN is trying to redeem 'the trust':

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/politi...dor/index.html

Despite tweet, McCaskill attended reception at Russian ambassador's home Manu Raju, Senior Congressional Reporter

Updated 9:13 PM ET, Mon June 26, 2017


<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;CNN Condensed&quot;, CNN, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Washington (CNN)</cite>In March, Sen. Claire McCaskill was unambiguous. The Missouri Democrat said she never once met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in her 10 years serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"No call or meeting w/Russian ambassador. Ever," McCaskill tweeted. "Ambassadors call members of Foreign [Relations Committee]."

Soon after that tweet, it was revealed she did interact with the Russian ambassador.

And now, CNN has learned, McCaskill spent an evening at a black-tie reception at the ambassador's Washington residence in November 2015.

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