I’ve called out CNN twice before, for serious factual errors. This error occurs in Fighting flares in eastern Ukraine, dateline “Updated 6:39 PM ET, Tue January 31”. The “Story Highlights” states, “Russia says rebels are using banned weapons.”

Wrong. Ukraine says it. And even if it came over the wire like that, a little common sense says that Russia would not impugn their own proxies. Fact check time?

For preceding events, see CNN, Shame! Raise Your Standards! “Russia unveils ‘Satan 2 Missile” According to CNN, Russia  has a Russian missile that can loft an entire dealer lot-full of SUVs. This is false.

When in January ’16, I pointed out that the CNN report that a B-52 bomber flew over the Korean DMZ was false, and would have been an act of war had it occurred, they made the appropriate correction. In the case of the missile, they did not. Perhaps they checked with their stringer, who replied “It must be true. That’s what my source told me.” Or perhaps they just don’t care.

In this case of who said what, there might be some people who would catch this not-so- subtle error. It certainly would mark a major change in the Russian position if they had stated what you said they did. CNN, your mistake is significant.

What’s the problem, CNN? Too busy scoring music? Time to double down and get it right.