In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.
Last week, CNN journalist Clarissa Ward and an unidentified cameraman for the network ... who disappeared while reporting in ...
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man ...
The network "reported the scene as it unfolded," vice president of communications Jonathan Hawkins tells TheWrap The post CNN ...
CNN says it is investigating the identity of a Syrian man who may have given the network a “false identity” during a segment ...
"In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed," Clarissa Ward said ...
The 35 or so bodies were found in a military hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, days after the regime fell. They are ...
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.
The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of ...
In her video report from Wednesday, CNN's Clarissa Ward was seen helping a prisoner escape from a jail in Damascus, Syria.
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former ...