CNN, Syria and Clarissa Ward

CNN’s Clarissa Ward Rambles For Nearly Four Minutes On Syria’s ‘Complexities’ After False Report
CNN’s Clarissa Ward confirmed Tuesday evening that her recent story on the release of a Syrian prisoner was, in fact,
CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
A report by CNN's Clarissa Ward about a freed Syrian prisoner provided some dramatic scenes, but the network has since found that it apparently wasn't all that it appeared.
CNN says it was misled by man freed in Syria report with Clarissa Ward
The network confirmed on Monday that the man gave a false identity. CNN confirmed Monday evening that it was misled by a man who was freed from a Syrian prison last week while the network’s cameras were rolling.
"One of the best trolls of all time" - Internet reacts as CNN clarifies anchor Clarissa Ward’s ‘man freed in Syria’ report was seemingly inaccurate
In her video report from Wednesday, CNN's Clarissa Ward was seen helping a prisoner escape from a jail in Damascus, Syria.
Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad regime torturer: report
We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity,” CNN said.
CNN Investigating Identity of Prisoner Freed in Clarissa Ward Video: He ‘May Have Given a False Identity’
“Despite the purported harsh treatment of detainees in secret prisons, Gharbal appeared clean, well-groomed, and physically healthy, with no visible injuries or signs of torture—an incongruous portrayal of someone allegedly held in solitary confinement in the dark for 90 days.”
CNN, Clarissa Ward draw criticism after man freed from Syrian jail turns out to be Air Force officer
CNN and its journalist Clarissa Ward are drawing criticism for a video that purported to show a man being rescued from a Syrian jail, after the man was revealed to be a former Air Force intelligence operative.
Fox News Reporter Defends CNN’s Clarissa Ward Against ‘Unfounded and Ridiculous’ Attacks
Ward was attacked over a report in which she and her CNN crew found a man under a blanket in a Syrian prison and gave him food and water.
CNN’s Clarissa Ward Frees Syrian Prisoner Left to Die in Windowless Cell | Video
CNN captured the incredible moment when a Syrian prisoner was found and freed by reporter Clarissa Ward. Watch the moving video.
CNN: Freed Syrian prisoner in report was intelligence officer
CNN acknowledged this week it had been misled by a man purporting to be a Syrian prisoner but who was, in fact, a former intelligence officer under the Assad regime. The outlet said in a report
Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad
The 35 or so bodies were found in a military hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, days after the regime fell. They are ...
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CNN Gets Trashed for Response to Fake Syria Story
In reality, the man is a former Syrian intelligence officer.