Article snippet: Posted at 9:15 pm on June 26, 2017 by streiff Yesterday, CNN pulled what was promoted as a major story from the its website, disabled all leaks to the story, and issued an apology to the subject, Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci. The ostensible reason was that the story failed to meet CNN’s editorial standards… which tells you all you need to know about how bad the story was. BuzzFeed reported that CNN honcho Jeff Zucker was personally leading the investigation, an act that can only be interpreted as desperately trying to head off a multi-million dollar lawsuit. This evening the heads started bouncing. The people getting the ax should tell you just how bad the story was. These are not nameless interns or low level writers. These are major names. I hate seeing people get fired but CNN has deteriorated to the point where there is literally no lie they will not tell if they think in will damage the Trump administration and get clicks. Note that one of the bylines in the story cited above belongs to one of the guys fired over the Scaramucci story and another is Jake Tapper who, for reasons that escapes me, has reduced a lot of alleged conservatives to a fanboi status that borders on homoeroticism. What is funny about the story, other than just about every thing, is the utterly craven statement issued by Lex Haris, one of those dismissed, as reported, of all places, on CNN’s website: This sounds like the victims of Stalin’s show trials who, as they were sentenced... Link to the full article to read more