CNN's Retracted-Story Mess Just Got Way Messier
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Ad Age “Media Guy” columnist Simon Dumenco’s media roundup for the morning of Tuesday, June 27:
Today’s accidental theme, dear reader, is environmental protec … — oh, who am I kidding? Today’s theme is Russia (see No. 1, below), Russia (No. 2), Russia (No. 3), Russia (No. 5), Russia (No. 7). Anyway, let’s get started …
1. “Three prominent journalists at CNN resigned on Monday after the cable news network was forced to retract and apologize for a story on its website involving a close ally of President Trump,” The New York Times’ Michael M. Grynbaum reports in a Monday evening post that’s also in today’s print edition. “The article — linking Anthony Scaramucci, a hedge-fund manager and Trump confidant, to a Russian investment fund supposedly being investigated by the Senate — was removed from CNN.com late last week after the network decided it could not fully stand by its reporting.”
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