No. of Recommendations: 3
CNN gonna CNN.
In their latest attempt to cosplay as a real news outfit, they send a reporter to Syria to free people from Assad's jails. So they send her over there with hopes of filming a viral spot with the dramatic release of the prisoner:
https://x.com/clarissaward/status/1866987136429531...In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed.I mean, this poor guy was languishing in solitary confinement!
Here's where the story becomes. 100%. Awesome.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/16/world-news/prisoner-...The prisoner CNN helped free from a secret facility in Syria was actually a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad’s forces known to torture those who refused to pay him off, according to a shocking local fact check.
The network went viral last week with footage of the startled prisoner being led from the prison by journalist Clarissa Ward, who called it “one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed” in her 20 years of reporting.
But “independent and unbiased” fact-checkers Verify-Sy published a detailed report Sunday saying that the seemingly innocent prisoner was actually Salama Mohammad Salama — a first lieutenant in Syrian air force intelligence with a long history of alleged war crimes.
“We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity,” CNN acknowledged to The Post. “We are continuing our reporting into this and the wider story.”Yes, that's right. CNN went and broke a notorious torturer out of jail. Seems the guy got sideways with another regime thug (owing him money or something) and found himself tossed in the clink.
Fortunately for him, CNN's cadre of Useful Morons were on the job!
You couldn't make these people up if you tried.
