Remember the story CNN ran in June 2017 & later retracted that got three reporters fired?

[MelissaB]

Remember the story CNN ran in June 2017 & later retracted that got three reporters fired? Stack it up next to tonight’s NYT story.

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(first one is more properly a Politico link about CNN)
but wait it gets weirder from WaPo:

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and... weirder

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and weirder from NYT:

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basically CNN fired three people for what amounts to process errors on a piece that nine months later would be vindicated as an accurate story

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don’t get me wrong they may well have been egregious & fireable process errors - but pretty interesting that the core assertion turns out to hold up

[czarjak]

1. Any way to cut to the chase...

Without trying to get through that jigsaw puzzle?

[enough]

2. Im with you, czarjack. I hate twitter threads as a way to gather information.

In this case, I think you can just look at the final block to get the basic idea.

[IluvPitties]

4. Yep. I need a summary of that!

[Renew Deal]

3. kick

[LAS14]

5. I tried and gave up. Summary, please? nt

[poboy2]

6. I believe the point of the post is that they were 'Dan Rathered' -in the general sense.

Thats a clumsy comparison, but essentially this is what the OP is about.
THAT, more than the particulars, which look to be accurate.

[Renew Deal]

7. 3 CNN reporters were fired for a story that was accurate