CNN Confirms It Was Misled By Man In Viral Syrian Prison Report
The news outlet reported the man was said to have been involved with the collapsed Assad regime as an intelligence officer.
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CNN Duped By Prisoner Who Was Really a Intelligence Officer Known For Torture: Report
Not everything was as it seemed when CNN captured the release of a prisoner from a Damascus jail. The man was not who he said ...
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CNN, Clarissa Ward draw criticism after man freed from Syrian jail turns out to be Air Force officer
CNN and its journalist Clarissa Ward are drawing criticism for a video that purported to show a man being rescued from a ...
CNN admits man freed in viral segment was notorious lieutenant for Assad regime, not civilian as he claimed
CNN admitted on Monday that it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported to be a Syrian prisoner freed from ...
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CNN Reporter Roasted Online for Her Fake Syria Story
In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.
CNN admits man freed in viral segment was likely 'notorious' torturer for Assad regime with 'grim history'
CNN admitted on Monday that it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported to be a Syrian prisoner freed from ...
CNN: Freed Syrian prisoner in report was intelligence officer
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former ...
CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man ...
CNN Admits Its Star Reporter Was Duped by Syrian ‘Prisoner’
CNN said that a man who previously claimed to be a civilian detained in a Syrian prison was actually a military intelligence ...
Critics blast CNN as journalist Clarissa Ward admits man they claimed was a prisoner was in fact one of Assad's torturing henchmen
The inmate, whose real name is Salama Mohammad Salama, was found by CNN's chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward and ...
CNN Reporter Clarissa Ward Confirms Syrian 'Prisoner' in Now-Infamous Video Report Is Notorious Intelligence Officer
The "prisoner's" true identity as a notorious torturer and extortionist was first established during an investigation by Verify-Sy, an independent Syrian news organization.