Article snippet: MORE’s first year in office was a wild ride for the media. From the inauguration on, reporters have been working at a frenetic pace to keep up with the 45th president and the policy changes wrought by his administration. Here’s a look back at the Top 10 media stories of the year. 10.) CNN retracts false MORE report A June CNN report that connected Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci to a Russian investment fund managed by a Kremlin-controlled bank was run and subsequently retracted. CNN apologized to Scaramucci and said the story “did not meet CNN's editorial standards.” The three CNN staffers who wrote the piece offered their resignations, which the network accepted. Thomas Frank, the author of the story, Eric Lichtblau, an editor in the CNN investigative unit that ran the story, and Lex Haris, who oversaw the unit, all left CNN. Scaramucci went on to become White House communications director. His tenure would last just 10 days but was eventful, with both chief of staff MORE announcing their resignations. 9.) Brian Ross of ABC News suspended ABC News veteran Brian Ross falsely reported Dec. 1 that Michael Flynn, a former White House national security adviser, was prepared to testify that President Trump had ordered him to contact the Russians during the campaign. Ross later corrected the report, stating that the order to contact Russia came only after Trump had won the White House, and that the conversation centered on fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in Syr... Link to the full article to read more