CNN Fact Check Aligns with White House Memo to Media

Cnn this past week published an egregious example of news media deferring to power — one that stands out in a sea of such examples in recent years.

On September 12, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he is launching a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden to investigate allegations of obstruction, corruption, and abuse of power by the chief executive. Later that day, the White House sent a 14-page memo to editors at the biggest and most powerful newsrooms in the United States, urging them to “ramp up [their] scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies.”

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Cnn this past week published an egregious example of news media deferring to power — one that stands out in a sea of such examples in recent years.

On September 12, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he is launching a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden to investigate allegations of obstruction, corruption, and abuse of power by the chief executive. Later that day, the White House sent a 14-page memo to editors at the biggest and most powerful newsrooms in the United States, urging them to “ramp up [their] scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies.”