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<p>On Monday, three distinguished journalists at <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/media/cnn-announcement-retracted-article/index.html" target="_blank">CNN resigned</a> after their story, linking Trump associate Anthony Scaramucci to a shady &quot;Russian investment fund,&quot; was retracted from the news network&#39;s website, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/business/3-cnn-journalists-resign-after-retracted-story-on-trump-ally.html?mtrref=spike.newswhip.com" target="_blank"><em>The New York Times</em></a>.</p><p>If you thought this would give birth to a series of embellished tweets from Donald Trump about &quot;fake news,&quot; you have a good instinct for the obvious.</p><p>On Tuesday morning, Trump was scathing.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow, CNN had to retract big story on &quot;Russia,&quot; with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/879648931172556802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/6sDcyiW4Kt">pic.twitter.com/6sDcyiW4Kt</a></p>&mdash; Jeff (@JeffTutorials) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffTutorials/status/879406107680276482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>(Trump retweeted the above.)</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/879678356450676736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS &amp; ABC? What about the failing <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a>? They are all Fake News!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/879682547235651584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The president also used retweets to divert attention from the investigation into his own alleged collusion towards his political opponents:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mark Levin: The collusion is among the Democrats <a href="https://t.co/Qrca7r01BI">https://t.co/Qrca7r01BI</a></p>&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/879616573572608001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hannity: Russia allegations &#39;boomeranging back&#39; on Democrats <a href="https://t.co/lvdrpxpcp9">https://t.co/lvdrpxpcp9</a></p>&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/879601466582978560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another Dem &#39;queasy&#39; over claim of Loretta Lynch meddling in Clinton case <a href="https://t.co/wdQ9MduxOO">https://t.co/wdQ9MduxOO</a></p>&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/879624115405172736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/media/cnn-announcement-retracted-article/index.html" target="_blank">CNN also noted</a> that &quot;the retraction did not mean the facts of the story were necessarily wrong. Rather, it meant that &#39;the story wasn&#39;t solid enough to publish as-is.&quot;</p><p>The &quot;facts of the story,&quot; which may or may not be true, are that the Russian investment fund, which might be undergoing an investigation by the Senate, might have ties to people in Trump&#39;s network of confidants. The story cites &quot;a single anonymous source.&quot;</p><p>Scaramucci, the subject of the retracted CNN article, actually accepted the network&#39;s apology and asked everyone to &quot;move on.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on. <a href="https://t.co/lyVajCKNHx">https://t.co/lyVajCKNHx</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/878568965471186944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>We&#39;ll know if Trump got that message after three more weeks of tweets on the topic.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

CNN retracted a story and gave birth to Donald Trump's latest Twitter rampage.

On Monday, three distinguished journalists at CNN resigned after their story, linking Trump associate Anthony Scaramucci to a shady &quot;Russian investment fund,&quot; was retracted from the news network&#39;s website, according to The New York Times.If you thought this would give birth to a series of embellished tweets from Donald Trump about &quot;fake news,&quot; you have a good instinct for the obvious.On Tuesday morning, Trump was scathing.Wow, CNN had to retract big story on &quot;Russia,&quot; with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017  pic.twitter.com/6sDcyiW4Kt&mdash; Jeff (@JeffTutorials) June 26, 2017 (Trump retweeted the above.)Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017 So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS &amp; ABC? What about the failing @nytimes &amp; @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017 The president also used retweets to divert attention from the investigation into his own alleged collusion towards his political opponents:Mark Levin: The collusion is among the Democrats https://t.co/Qrca7r01BI&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) June 27, 2017 Hannity: Russia allegations &#39;boomeranging back&#39; on Democrats https://t.co/lvdrpxpcp9&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) June 27, 2017 Another Dem &#39;queasy&#39; over claim of Loretta Lynch meddling in Clinton case https://t.co/wdQ9MduxOO&mdash; FOX &amp; friends (@foxandfriends) June 27, 2017 CNN also noted that &quot;the retraction did not mean the facts of the story were necessarily wrong. Rather, it meant that &#39;the story wasn&#39;t solid enough to publish as-is.&quot;The &quot;facts of the story,&quot; which may or may not be true, are that the Russian investment fund, which might be undergoing an investigation by the Senate, might have ties to people in Trump&#39;s network of confidants. The story cites &quot;a single anonymous source.&quot;Scaramucci, the subject of the retracted CNN article, actually accepted the network&#39;s apology and asked everyone to &quot;move on.&quot;.@CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on. https://t.co/lyVajCKNHx&mdash; Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 24, 2017 We&#39;ll know if Trump got that message after three more weeks of tweets on the topic.

The subject of the retracted CNN article asked everyone to "move on."