CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage
Posted: June 25, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, Politics, Russia, White House | Tags: CNN, Donald Trump, media, news, propaganda, Television 2 Comments
The decision came after the network deleted and retracted a post on Friday.
Jon Passantino reports: CNN is imposing strict new publishing restrictions for online articles involving Russia after the network deleted a story and then issued a retraction late Friday, according to an internal email obtained by BuzzFeed News.
The email went out at 11:21 a.m. on Saturday from Rich Barbieri, the CNNMoney executive editor, saying “No one should publish any content involving Russia without coming to me and Jason,” a CNN vice president.
“This applied to social, video, editorial, and MoneyStream. No exceptions,” the email added. “I will lay out a workflow Monday.”
The new restrictions also apply to other areas of the network — not just CNNMoney, which wasn’t involved with the article that was deleted and retracted.
CNN didn’t immediately return a request for comment and a question about what the previous workflow was.
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Source: buzzfeed.com
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