CNN political analyst April Ryan was called out on Tuesday for her “fake news” reporting that President Donald Trump was “heckled and booed” on the South Lawn of the White House.
A Tuesday event at the White House was originally scheduled to celebrate the NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles, but instead was turned into a patriotic event to celebrate America. Trump cancelled the team’s invitation over anthem kneeling on Monday.
Ryan told followers that she had confirmed Trump was being booed by an angry crowd when he arrived at the event — but to her surprise, CNN Producer Noah Gray quickly fact checked the lying political analyst. Ryan deleted her tweet — but not before critics took a screenshot.
“Breaking: Reporters on the south Lawn have confirmed the @realDonaldTrump was heckled and booed when he came out to celebrate America,” Ryan tweeted on Tuesday.
Gray quickly called out Ryan, tweeting that her reporting was fake news.
This is not true. There was a protester who shouted at Trump and was booed. https://t.co/6zOSCifHFi
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayDC) June 5, 2018
A CNN analyst takes one liberal protestor and turns it into a “confirmed report” about an angry, booing anti-Trump mob.
Is there any more clear example of the mainstream media’s unfair bias than this?
Here’s video of the one man that was shouting at Trump and later escorted out of the event.
After being called a cowboys fan after shouting @ POTUS, protestor shouted “let’s hear it for the Eagles!” pic.twitter.com/KtEwAhOj6I
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayDC) June 5, 2018
Three hours after her initial claim, Ryan backtracked that Trump was booed.
“Breaking: reporters are rewatching the event and found a heckler in the crowd started asking questions of @realDonaldTrump and the heckler was booed. The heckler was escorted out of the event. The booes were for the heckler,” Ryan tweeted.
Breaking: reporters are rewatching the event and found a heckler in the crowd started asking questions of @realDonaldTrump and the heckler was booed. The heckler was escorted out of the event. The booes were for the heckler
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) June 5, 2018
After correcting herself, Ryan tried to delete her “fake news” tweet. But that was not enough to stop Twitter users for calling out the analyst for spreading lies —
https://twitter.com/Zenebriated/status/1004097382685044738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2018%2F06%2F05%2Fcnn-contributor-april-ryan-backtracks-after-claiming-trump-was-booed-at-white-house-event.html
So basically, you tweeted out a lie, intimated that it was breaking news, and…oops?
— Josh (@JoshMcIntire72) June 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/SeattleBern/status/1004100623782932480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2018%2F06%2F05%2Fcnn-contributor-april-ryan-backtracks-after-claiming-trump-was-booed-at-white-house-event.html
One Twitter user even suggested that Ryan’s press credentials should be stripped following her “blatant lies” —
https://twitter.com/LlovesWings/status/1004126617474600960
The credibility of the media continues to plummet as analysts like Ryan spread “fake news.”
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