EDITORIAL_ The opposite of journalism: CNN is encouraging government officials to lie

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

EDITORIAL

The opposite of journalism: CNN is encouraging government officials to lie


by Washington Examiner | August 26, 2019 12:00 AM


In March 2013, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied under oath before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden asked Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper responded with a flat denial.

“No, sir. … Not wittingly. There are cases where it could, inadvertently perhaps. But not wittingly.”

This was a blatant lie, told knowingly and willingly, in public and under oath. Just months later, Edward Snowden's leaks proved it. Clapper had been exposed, and he could have been prosecuted, if not for the chummy Washington culture in which the powerful protect one another. Yet, this posed no problem for him after his career in government ended. CNN hired Clapper as a commentator in 2017. As Jonathan Turley pointed out, this was before the five-year statute of limitations had even run out on his perjury.

Last week, CNN announced that it is hiring Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI. According to the FBI inspector general, McCabe lied repeatedly to investigators, including FBI Director James Comey. Some of the lies were under oath. McCabe's lies were designed to cover up "misconduct" on his part: He had violated FBI policy by leaking information about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation to the Wall Street Journal during the 2016 election. The leak was “designed to advance his personal interest at the expense of department leadership,” the IG reported.

Naturally, McCabe also lied to the public immediately after his firing, claiming it had been some form of political retaliation. That gained him a lot of sympathy, until the inspector general's report showed otherwise. McCabe has in fact been referred to the Justice Department for prosecution and is still, to this day, under federal investigation.

So, if one day he suddenly has to stop appearing on CNN, that might explain why.

If you're wondering why people don't trust the media, look no further than the hiring of these two liars. CNN has sent a clear message to those in government: If you lose your position of public trust because you lie under oath, you can always land a job at CNN — at least as long as your lie was for a good cause, such as the resistance to Trump, or presumably to whatever Republican presidents are elected in the future.

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