It’s hard to believe that CNN is still regarded as a legitimate news network, especially after reports like this.
President Donald Trump has spent plenty of time as the organization’s main target, with the most recent incident taking place this week when they published a story claiming that he hadn’t planned for the Strait of Hormuz to be closed following Operation Epic Fury. This was quickly refuted by not only White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, but Senator Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., as well.
Look:
I received a classified briefing from the administration. It is categorically false that they did not plan for Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Lawmakers and national security officials have known for years that this was Iran’s plan once their backs were against the wall. https://t.co/3jHvdnKZRg
— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) March 13, 2026
“I received a classified briefing from the administration. It is categorically false that they did not plan for Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. Lawmakers and national security officials have known for years that this was Iran’s plan once their backs were against the wall,” he wrote.
That’s not to mention Abby Phillip incorrectly claiming that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was the target of the ISIS-inspired IED attack, which she later apologized for getting wrong.
Watch:
WATCH: @abbydphillip issues an on-air correction, complementary of the one published this morning on X, for stating the Gracie Mansion bombers targeted Mayor Mandani. We seldom see on-air corrections for on-air botches but here it is. The right thing. On A-block.
ABBY PHILLIP:… pic.twitter.com/u4Cxurrv5g
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 12, 2026
One could chalk this up to a simple case of “accidents happen,” or perhaps “nobody’s perfect,” since no news organization in the history of the world has gotten every single story correct every single time, but a Newsbusters story reveals the problems at CNN go far deeper than simple errors.
“The hits just kept coming for CNN this week. Amid criticism of the network’s biased reporting from Iran, bias about the conflict, and how they got access to the country, two high-ranking CNN officials were caught at the Iranian Embassy in London attending a celebration for the founding of the Islamic regime,” the outlet reported. “Additionally, the daytime edition of CNN News Central on Thursday aired four uninterrupted minutes of Iranian state television delivering a purported written statement from the latest ayatollah, who’s in a coma.”
“On March 12, the U.K.-based newspaper The Telegraph published an article about the unfolding scandal engulfing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government where his Foreign Ministry attended a February 12 celebration at the Iranian Embassy to mark the founding of the Islamic Republic. The party was happening at the same time they were slaughtering thousands of their own citizens in the streets,” the article continued.
But how does this relate to CNN? One of the pictures taken by Iranian state media appears to show “CNN London bureau chief Andrew Roy and CNN chief global affairs correspondent Matthew Chance can be seen meeting and shaking hands with Iran’s Ambassador to the U.K., Seyed Ali Mousavi.” Even worse? There were camera crews visible in the image, indicating that it’s possible the CNN bigwigs weren’t attending the event in a journalistic capacity.
A CNN spokesperson issued a statement to Newsbusters defending Roy and Chance.
“Journalists attend different functions as part of normal work as an opportunity to speak with government officials whom they cover. The individuals photographed were there briefly for that reason and joined journalists from several different news outlets at this event,” they said.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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