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CNN has endured a particularly challenging week, marred by multiple inaccuracies in their reporting.
If that phrasing sounds familiar, it echoes the children’s book, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” where everything goes awry. Unlike Alexander, however, CNN’s troubles stem from their own mistakes.
In response, CNN Chair and CEO Mark Thompson issued a statement that seems to miss the mark entirely. It’s astonishing—and not in a positive way—how disconnected it feels from the week’s events.
Given the volume of inaccurate stories and remarks from their personnel, it’s unclear which specific incident Thompson’s statement addresses, or if it’s a response to the entire series of blunders. They claim their “only interest is in telling the truth,” which raises the question: when will they begin?
Let’s delve into these erroneous stories. It’s a difficult stance to refute, considering CNN has been compelled to retract tweets and issue multiple corrections and clarifications throughout the week.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) March 13, 2026
“We stand by our journalism. Politicians have an obvious motive for claiming that journalism that raises questions about their decisions is false. At CNN our only interest is in telling the truth to our audiences in the U.S. and around the world and no amount of political threats or insults is going to change that,”
The first thing I would note is that because they’ve had so many false stories/comments this week from their people, I’m not sure what story they’re referencing here, or if they’re just referencing all their bad reporting. Can I laugh my head off at them, saying their “only interest is in telling the truth.” When are they going to start?
But let’s review some of those false stories. It’s hard for them to argue against that terminology because CNN had to delete tweets and issue corrections/clarifications throughout the week.
There was this tweet that misled people on who the suspected bombers were and who the target of their actions was.
Who wrote this and who approved it to be published? pic.twitter.com/Bi4SYX2Xi9
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 10, 2026
Then they deleted that, and even the “clarification” got a Community Note.
A post regarding the two individuals arrested for throwing homemade bombs outside of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home failed to reflect the gravity of the incident thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It has therefore been deleted.
— CNN (@CNN) March 10, 2026
Then there were Abby Phillip and Edward Isaac-Dovere claiming the target of the bombers was NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, when it was the people who were protesting him; and the suspects allegedly said they were influenced by ISIS. Both Phillip and Isaac-Dovere had to issue corrections for what they said. Phillip’s correction also got a Community Note.
I want to correct something I said last night. The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead…
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) March 11, 2026
So seriously, how can you have a week like that and then try to end it by blaming others? If they’re trying to blame the Trump administration, that’s the victim in the last story. They then put on an aggrieved act like they’ve been threatened.
Here’s the thing. Put out stories/tweets/comments that aren’t false, and you wouldn’t have a problem.
😂 https://t.co/JzwEMDJoP2
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) March 14, 2026
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