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 ...
The news outlet reported the man was said to have been involved with the collapsed Assad regime as an intelligence officer.
CNN and its journalist Clarissa Ward are drawing criticism for a video that purported to show a man being rescued from a ...
In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.
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 admitted on Monday that it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported to be a Syrian prisoner freed from ...
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former ...
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man ...
CNN said that a man who previously claimed to be a civilian detained in a Syrian prison was actually a military intelligence ...
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CNN Under Fire for Sketchy Syrian Prisoner Story
In a story published last week, chief CNN international correspondent Clarissa Ward and her crew, escorted by Syrian rebels, ...
Many questioned the man’s clean-cut appearance despite his claim that he’d been in jail for three months The post Syrian ...
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.