CNN carried it first. Then lots of outlets set out to confirm.
That's how it works.
The major media outlets do not make up stuff out of whole cloth. They just don't. They try to get it right.
Sometimes their preconceived notions get in the way of understanding what is happening; sometimes their sources get it wrong, or mislead; sometimes they make mistakes. But they do not make stuff up, despite what right-wing propaganda says.
The major media outlets do not make up stuff out of whole cloth. They just don't. They try to get it right.
Sometimes their preconceived notions get in the way of understanding what is happening; sometimes their sources get it wrong, or mislead; sometimes they make mistakes. But they do not make stuff up, despite what right-wing propaganda says.