CNN Continues to Advocate for US Sanctions on Israel
In both televised and print reports, Katie Polglase advocates for sanctions on Israel. The televised segment also contained an echo of an ancient antisemitic stereotype.
Katie Polglase
CNN’s Investigations: Biased Expert Analysis
Expert analysis, when used properly, can help audiences contextualize factual reporting. But when used improperly, it can mislead audiences by exaggerating or downplaying certain details to fit into a preconceived narrative. Repeatedly, CNN’s investigations have fallen into the latter category by portraying demonstrably biased “experts” as neutral sources.
CNN’s Investigations: Glossing Over Questions of Credibility
A consistent concern with CNN investigations is their habit of misleading the audience about the reliability of the evidence presented.
CNN’s Investigations: Omitting Exculpatory Information
Good investigative journalism is journalism at its best. Unfortunately, that kind of good journalism is rare at CNN. Rather than producing impartial, professional investigations, many of the network’s journalists are acting as one-sided prosecutors when it comes to Israel.
CNN Grasps at Straws to Imply an IDF Conspiracy
CNN has repeatedly gone to great lengths to bestow undeserved credibility on the claims of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Hamas. In the latest iteration, after Israel brought in cameras to show visual evidence of Hamas’s crimes, two CNN journalists in a contrived, fact-free, and specious story sought to undermine the IDF’s credibility.
Additional Error Found in CNN’s Investigation into the Death of Shireen Abu Akleh
Even as the news network's ratings and profitability continue to decline, CNN continues to degrade the public trust in its reporting.
CNN’s Farce of an “Investigation”
Cobbling together speculation, assumptions, mindreading witnesses, and partisan “experts,” CNN falls far short of proving the serious allegation that Israeli forces deliberately targeted Abu Akleh.