On the one hand, there is the ever-increasing pressure to be first with major breaking news. This was what happened when CNN almost fell for fake news. (In full transparency, I worked as a news writer and editor at CNN and CNN Headline News off and on between 1984 to 2009. A brief burst of extremely intense debate among CNN Headline News’ senior producers followed. At 9:45 a.m. Harrison said, “This just in to CNN Headline News.

Source: CNN September 04, 2022 19:09 UTC