CNN Under Fire After Changing Headline from “Democrats Block” to “Senate at Stalemate”
DailyCaller reports a CNN headline was the subject of a quick-change Thursday — a headline that appeared critical of Senate Democrats was edited within an hour to be less critical.
The story, posted by CNN after the Senate reached a stalemate over a boost to the small business coronavirus relief program, detailed the competing proposals put forward by Democrats and Republicans.
The original headline read, “Democrats Block GOP-Led Funding Boost For Small Business Aid Program.”
But less than an hour later, the headline had been changed to read, “Senate at Stalemate Over More COVID-19 Aid After Republicans And Democrats Block Competing Proposals.”
This is CNN.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 9, 2020
10:36AM
vs.
11:15AM
Their headline at 10:36AM was the accurate one. pic.twitter.com/N89U8ZuXSM
And this is why we call them #FakeNews
— Shiva Bagheri (@shivasdancefit) April 9, 2020
And this is why we call them #FakeNews
— Shiva Bagheri (@shivasdancefit) April 9, 2020
Alex, I will take Yellow Journalism for $500
— Ernesto Ronin (@Ronin1021) April 9, 2020
UPDATE:
Matt Dornic of CNN offered the following explanation:
I understand it’s more fun for you to ignore the facts but here you go: we published a story based on the Dems blocking the GOP small biz bill. Then it was updated and headline changed when the GOP blocked the Dems’ proposal. It’s a developing story. But you know that.
I understand it’s more fun for you to ignore the facts but here you go: we published a story based on the Dems blocking the GOP small biz bill. Then it was updated and headline changed when the GOP blocked the Dems’ proposal. It’s a developing story. But you know that.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) April 9, 2020
This statement also sparked backlash.
— T Kov (@TKO_v2) April 9, 2020
Is anyone buying this?
— Andrew Kelly Borel (@ndrewkellyborel) April 9, 2020