Usually, the very first article they run on a story that is harmful to Democrats is "Democrat denied bad facts." It is interesting, because sometimes it takes a week to get the denial statement out, and CNN is totally silent during that time. If someone only got their news from CNN, their reaction could reasonably be "Denied it? What is "it" all about?" because they will not have heard the allegations first, they hear the denial first. That was how I noticed them operating during the Obama administration...the first story about a scandal (e.g., IRS stuff) would be "White House denies...." Very effective to down play a story's effects that way, and yet still claim you are reporting on it.
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