CNN should take away the positives from being misled by a man who was freed from a Syrian prison last year, according to Mark Thompson. ... but was later identified as Salama Mohammad Salama.

CNN has acknowledged that a man it portrayed as a former prisoner freed from a Syrian jail was actually a former intelligence officer involved in mul. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad's regime was not what it seemed ...

CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad's regime was not what it seemed ...

But a few days later, a Syrian fact-checking site, Verify-Sy, said that the man was really Salama Mohammad Salama, and that he was a former intelligence officer for the Assad government.