HERE ARE THE MOST EGREGIOUS FAKE NEWS STORIES OF 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, it’s time to review the year’s worst cases of media misquotes, misleading narratives, major corrections and straight-up fake news.Without further ado, here is the list of 2018’s worst examples of fake news:
1. WAPO BLAMES BORDER PATROL FOR DEATH OF 7-YEAR-OLD MIGRANT
2. CNN AND THE HILL SPREAD RETRACTED s*xual ASSAULT CLAIM AGAINST KAVANAUGH
3. BOSTON GLOBE CORRECTS LIZ WARREN STORY — MAKES HER LESS NATIVE AMERICAN
4. NYT ACCUSES NIKKI HALEY OF PURCHASING EXPENSIVE CURTAINS
5. MEDIA STILL BLAMING REPUBLICANS FOR STEELE DOSSIER
6. CNN ANALYST PUBLISHES DUBIOUS REPORT ON ADDITIONAL KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS
7. CNN ACCUSES TED CRUZ OF BEING AFRAID TO APPEAR ON THEIR NETWORK
8. CNN SPREADS FALSE STATISTIC ON SCHOOL SHOOTING
9. NBC SAT ON INFORMATION THAT CONTRADICTED KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS
10. MCCLATCHY CLAIMS MUELLER HAS EVIDENCE THAT CORROBORATES PIECE OF DOSSIER
11. JIM ACOSTA SAID ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WOULDN’T CLIMB BORDER
12. WAPO RAN KAVANAUGH STORY WITH KNOWINGLY FALSE INFORMATION
13. ANDREA MITCHELL SAYS DISGRACED FL ELECTION OFFICIAL IS A REPUBLICAN
14. WAPO FORCED TO CORRECT NIKKI HALEY MISQUOTE
15. CHRIS CUOMO SHARES FALSE STORY ABOUT AR-15 PURCHASE
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