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CNN Chief Mark Thompson Reflects On Syrian Prisoner Report Storm: “We Want Critical Audiences”
CNN should take away the positives from being misled by a man who was freed from a Syrian prison last year, according to Mark Thompson.
Speaking at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London, the former New York Times boss addressed the storm over Clarissa Ward’s December report, purporting to show a civilian being freed from incarceration under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Thompson said it was important to speak with “honesty and candor about the frailties of news” during a discussion titled “rebooting legacy media.” He added: “I don’t think we want trusting audiences. Ward’s reporting went viral after she was filmed reassuring the prisoner, repeatedly telling him that he was “ok” as he clutched her arm.
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