CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
The man “may have given a false identity,” the network said on Monday. CNN said Monday that it is investigating the identity ...
Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed ...
CNN Says Man Who Identified Himself As Syrian Prisoner Was In Fact An Intelligence Officer — Update
CNN said that it is investigating whether a man who said he was a Syrian prisoner in a report from chief international ...
CNN Launches Investigation Into Claim that Syrian 'Prisoner' in Clarissa Ward Report Was Actually Notorious Intelligence Officer
Ward came under fire after CNN admitted her report showing rockets falling on Israel was fabricated and inaccurate.
CNN investigating whether prisoner 'rescued' by Clarissa Ward from Syrian jail is really innocent
Verify-Sy identified the 'hidden prisoner' as Salama Mohammad Salama, a first lieutenant in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence ...
CNN launches investigation into claims Clarissa Ward's Assad jail rescue was fake
CNN has launched an investigation into Clarissa Ward's viral rescue of a man who claimed he was left in one of former Syrian ...
Viral CNN segment showing Syrian prisoner being freed under scrutiny
CNN’s Clarissa Ward went viral last week when she covered the alleged rescue of a “Syrian prisoner," who she reported spent “three months in a windowless cell." ...
CNN Investigating If Man Gave 'False Identity' In Dramatic Syrian Prison Report
A Syrian fact-checking group alleges the man in the viral report had a violent past and had been detained for less than a ...
Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad regime torturer: report
We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity,” CNN said.
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CNN launches investigation after Syrian prisoner rescue report faces intense scrutiny
Fact-checking organisation says prison rescue video by the network's chief international correspondent is fabricated ...