Super Bowl spin proved a halftime hoax that was readily accepted by one CNN anchor, as the “most trusted name in news” was brutally burned by a Community Note.
The same network that delivered “fiery but mostly peaceful” commentary on riots found an anchor caught up in elevating clickbait propaganda meant to advance a narrative demonizing federal immigration officers.
After social media miscreant Ed Krassenstein lauded the “Amazing!” claim that a little boy featured in the Super Bowl halftime show was the latest darling of corporate media, alleged to have been used as “human bait” during an immigration enforcement operation, Jim Sciutto was caught failing to conduct a fact check before reposting “blatant … misinformation.”
The side-by-side image shared by Krassentein depicted a boy being presented with rapper Bad Bunny’s Grammy Award during the halftime act beside the blue hat-adorned Liam Ramos during a January Department of Homeland Security operation in Minnesota. “Many of you may have missed this, but the little boy who Bad Bunny handed his Grammy to at the Super Bowl was Liam Ramos! Amazing!”
Western Lensman’s X account followed the post with his own side-by-side, showing Sciutto’s profile alongside a screenshot depicting how he’d reposted Krassenstein’s claim, complete with its readily earned Community Note, “A CNN anchor retweeting blatant Krassenstein misinformation is just too perfect. Stellar stuff.”
A CNN anchor retweeting blatant Krassenstein misinformation is just too perfect.
Stellar stuff. pic.twitter.com/EZz9t3FGw1
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 9, 2026
The fact check added to the post refuted the claim of the child’s identity and pointed out that the boy was actually child actor Lincoln Fox. Krassenstein issued updates rather than delete his fallacious post, first pointing to “conflicting reports,” then acknowledging the actor’s identity.
Sciutto, however, did delete his repost of Krassenstein’s claim after the hoax was debunked.
Leftists promoting the falsehood on social media only compounded an incident that had already been debunked. Specifically, corporate media and elected officials alike had perpetuated a claim that the child had been detained while DHS had endeavored to take his father, Ecuadorian Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, into custody. The father fled the scene — and his son.
“It’s shameful that the media so quickly runs with the fake Democrat narrative without first getting the facts,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Fox News. “Here’s the reality: ICE officers work heroically with the utmost professionalism to make American communities safer. In this instance, they stayed with a child who was abandoned by his father — an illegal alien from Ecuador.”
While many reactions ripped into Krassenstein for spreading the claim, even more tore into “news anchor” Sciutto and CNN for allegedly abandoning “integrity and accuracy for eyeballs.”
“Why is it that those who complain the most about ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation,’ are the ones who spread the most ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation?'” asked one user in summation of the latest example.
Why is it that those who complain the most about “misinformation” and “disinformation,” are the ones who spread the most “misinformation” and “disinformation?”
— Not Simo Häyhä (@h2av8tor) February 9, 2026
He’s a “news anchor” in the same way George Stephanopoulos is a news anchor.
— Chris Knowles (@chrisknowlestv) February 9, 2026
Because CNN has devolved into the source of dreck you had to watch TMZ for. They abandoned integrity and accuracy for eyeballs.
— 5.0FOX 🇺🇸 (@JMW1985GT) February 9, 2026
These liars don’t even care if they get caught, they just ignore it and keep pushing the lie
— Alix (@AlixG_2) February 9, 2026
Can you understand why I say
When grifters post misinformation … post must be fined 100% of that post.This way X payouts will only be for true information @nikitabier @elonmusk
— OneTwoThree (@GrokUser1007) February 9, 2026
But I’ve been told repeatedly that journalists are better than everyone else at reporting and never spread “disinformation”
— Tony Casual (@BumpDatMess) February 9, 2026
It’s CNN – what do you expect ? pic.twitter.com/BMuQdtHTOh
— Tim McClelland (@Chiefmac3500) February 9, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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