Journalist Clarissa Ward was part of a CNN team that reported it had discovered and helped to free a man still locked up in a ...
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man ...
CNN’s Clarissa Ward confirmed Tuesday evening that her recent story on the release of a Syrian prisoner was, in fact, ...
CNN and its journalist Clarissa Ward are drawing criticism for a video that purported to show a man being rescued from a ...
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed ...
The latest fiasco further highlights the sensationalism, inaccuracy, and imbalance that have characterised CNN's coverage of ...
A report by CNN's Clarissa Ward about a freed Syrian prisoner provided some dramatic scenes, but the network has since found ...
CNN admitted on Monday that it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported to be a Syrian prisoner freed from ...
Robby Soave delivers radar on CNN's international Clarissa Ward inadvertently producing a fake story about a Syrian prisoner ...
The "prisoner's" true identity as a notorious torturer and extortionist was first established during an investigation by Verify-Sy, an independent Syrian news organization.
In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former ...