Huge list with examples of misleading and false reporting coming from the major media networks. CNN, Washington Post, Fox News, New York Times, RT, Guardian, NBC, ABC, etc.

Bernie supporters know how manipulative the media can be (see my first example). But everyone else should be just as aware of media manipulation, misleading reports, and fabrications. No matter what your political leanings are, we can all agree that skepticism of the media is necessary in this age.

This list is not nearly complete, but it should be sufficient to make the point. A claim is not fully retracted in my mind unless the media outlet tries just as hard to spread the correct information as they did the original false claim. Very often we see the original article go viral, and when traffic to that article slows down considerably, it is amended with a correction that very few people will see. I think that a real correction would be an entirely new article that has a title which accurately describes the mistake. If the original article was on the front page of the newspaper, the retraction article should also be placed on the front page.

1. Former MSNBC host Ed Schultz recently revealed that he was told what to cover and what not to cover at MSNBC, saying that the President of MSNBC Phil Griffin was a "watchdog." An example he gives is when he wanted to cover Bernie Sanders announcing his run for president, and Phil Griffin calls him telling him to report on something else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGu3PDKFIg&t=10m10s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGu3PDKFIg&t=10m10s

2. From CNN

Washington (CNN) In his much-anticipated congressional testimony on Thursday, fired FBI Director James Comey will dispute President Donald Trump's blanket claim that he was told he was not under investigation multiple times, according to sources familiar with Comey's thinking.

CORRECTION AND UPDATE: This article was published before Comey released his prepared opening statement. The article and headline have been corrected to reflect that Comey does not directly dispute that Trump was told multiple times he was not under investigation in his prepared testimony released after this story was published.

3. Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand.

4. From CNN

"In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story's publication," a spokesman said Monday evening. The story, which reported that Congress was investigating a "Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials," cited a single anonymous source.

5. Fox News uses pictures of Eagles players praying to pretend they were kneeling for the national anthem (no Eagles player actually did) https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/06/05/fox-news-fails-to-recognize-prayer/?noredirect=on

6. From Wash Post

Original title that they have changed, which you can verify by checking the url: "Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, officials say.”

Correction article: Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility, say people close to investigation

7. Slate, which didn't even retract the story yet: Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?

Debunked by Wash Post

8. Fortune Magazine: Correction: This story originally ran under the headline “C-SPAN Confirms It Was Briefly Hacked by Russian News Site.” C-SPAN confirmed that an interruption took place but has not yet identified the cause of the interruption.

9. The Guardian: "This article was amended on 29 December 2016 to remove a sentence in which it was asserted that Assange “has long had a close relationship with the Putin regime”. A sentence was also amended which paraphrased the interview, suggesting Assange said “there was no need for Wikileaks to undertake a whistleblowing role in Russia because of the open and competitive debate he claimed exists there”. It has been amended to more directly describe the question Assange was responding to when he spoke of Russia’s “many vibrant publications”."

10. New York Times: James Comey: a controversial New York Times story in February about alleged contacts between Trump intimates and Russian officials was bogus. “In the main, it was not true,” he said. “The challenge, and I’m not picking on reporters, about writing stories about classified information is the people talking about it often don’t really know what’s going on and those of us who actually know what’s going on are not talking about it,” said Comey during questioning from Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho). “And we don’t call the press and say, ‘Hey, you got that thing wrong.’ ”

11. New York Times: Notorious "17 intelligence agencies agree" claim retracted by the New York Times. (It was actually 3 agencies according to Former director of National Intelligence Clapper)

12. NBC News:

“EXCLUSIVE: Putin does not deny having compromising information on President Trump in interview with @megynkelly.” https://twitter.com/keridouglas/status/871514544480415744/photo/1

"CORRECTION: Putin denies having compromising information about President Trump, calls it nonsense https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/871519148085583873

13. from ABC News:

JUST IN: @BrianRoss on @ABC News Special Report: Michael Flynn promised "full cooperation to the Mueller team" and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump "directed him to make contact with the Russians." https://web.archive.org/web/20171201162158/https:/twitter.com/ABC/status/936628560374071296

CLARIFICATION of ABC News Special Report: Flynn prepared to testify that President-elect Donald Trump (not candidate Trump as initially reported) directed him to make contact with the Russians during the transition -- initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria, confidant now says. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/936760299146956800

Mediaite on ABC's error: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/abc-news-issues-on-air-clarification-to-report-about-flynn-russian-outreach-and-trump/

The reason this "news" was so big was because it was basically evidence of collusion. After they corrected it, it's no longer evidence of collusion. It's just normal presidential business.

14. ProPublica now retracting parts of its story that linked Gina Haspel, Trump's choice to lead the CIA, with waterboarding of a suspected al-Qaida leader. "Nearly every piece of the reporting that you are seeking comment on is incorrect in whole or in part."

15. RT: Several journalists who work for Russia Today have told The Independent that while some coverage of problems in Russia and sensitive issues is allowed, any direct criticism or questioning of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin or President Dmitry Medvedev is strictly prohibited.

16. According to a former RT reporter, "We do work for Putin. We are asked on a daily basis if not to totally ignore then to obscure the truth."

17. NBC posted an article claiming Menendez, charged with bribery and fraud, was a Republican.

CORRECTION (Sept. 6, 2017, 5:35 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misstated the party affiliation of Menendez. He is a Democrat, not a Republican.

18. A New York Times story on the bribery trial of Sen. Robert Menendez (N.J.) initially failed to mention his party (Democratic).

19. Fox News ran footage of Mark Sanford admitting to an extramarital affair on Wednesday with a Chyron identifying the South Carolina Republican — near tears — as a D, for Democrat.

20. When former congressman Mark Foley admitted to having problems with alcoholism — after reports that he had behaved inappropriately with congressional pages — Fox News also identified him as a Democrat. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/fox-news-identifies-sanfo_n_220377.html

Here are Fox's four fake experts:

21. Fox News Apologizes for Featuring Veteran Who Lied About Being a Navy SEAL.

22. A Fake Antifa Member Trolled A Fox News Host

23. Fox News commentator who feds say faked a CIA career sentenced to 33 months in prison

24. A man described as a Swedish defense and national security adviser appeared on Fox News last week to defend President Trump’s claim that criminal immigrants are wreaking havoc in Sweden. But according to court records and Swedish officials, the man, identified as Nils Bildt, has a criminal record in the United States and no ties to Sweden’s security establishment.

25. CNN Selectively Edits Police Shooting Victim’s Sister’s Words to Protesters

26. After the shooting of a congressman at the Congressional Baseball game:

"Members of the Democratic team gather on the field for a prayer before the Congressional Baseball Game" http://archive.is/NOrep

Correction: Members of both teams gather on the field for a prayer before the Congressional Baseball Game (corrects who prayed) https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/875694395122741248

27. The Hill writes article and Tweets claim that "Report: Trump admin denied Puerto Rico request to let victims use food stamps for fast food."

This is the article after it has been corrected: Trump officials allow Puerto Ricans to use food stamps for hot food

28. 2-second video causes headache for ABC News. ABC News faked part of a video of a Toyota with acceleration problems. They show a reporter in the moving vehicle, then cut to a shot of the tachometer revving to 6,000 RPMs while in park. They later apologized for faking the video. You can still view the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRN1CnKrc84 The fake shot is at 2:15.

29. ABC: Brian Ross of ABC News reported that James Holmes, the suspect of the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., may have connections to the tea party — basing that on a single web page that listed an Aurora-based “Jim Holmes” as a member of the Colorado Tea Party Patriots. The claim was later retracted and Ross appologized.

30. NPR: Airing The Dirty Laundry: Too Few Of NPR's Corrections Are Heard On The Radio

31. NPR claims Wikileaks posted Macron leaks and also claims some of the documents were fake so they could tarnish Wikileaks' reputation, had to issue a correction stating that they don't know who leaked them. See the tweet and comments here: https://twitter.com/NPR/status/860936844942430210

32. "Correction: In this report, it's said that North Korea has continued to develop and test nuclear weapons despite warnings from the Trump administration. While North Korea is believed to still be developing nuclear weapons, it has not tested any since President Trump took office." http://www.npr.org/2017/06/19/533494139/how-to-deal-with-north-korea-some-options-are-worse-than-others

33. Fox News headline: "Doctors claim baby's 2015 death was caused by marijuana overdose." This is false. The doctors do not claim marijuana was the cause of death. They claim that the death was associated with marijuana in the system and that other possible causes of the death couldn't be tested for.

34. CNN claimed the Trump campaign was given special access to Wikileaks documents before they were published based on an email they said was dated September 4, prior to the release of those documents. They updated the story to show that the email was actually dated September 14, after the documents were made public, which means some random person messaged the Trump Campaign about public information, which is a non-story. Updated CNN article.

35. Fox News scrubbed any mention of Russian government when reporting on Trump Jr. emails.

36. In 1992, NBC fabricated a news story entitled "Waiting to Explode," claiming that a line of trucks produced by General Motors can explode on impact. They ensured that a fire would occur by using a planted incendiary device to cause the fire, used the wrong gas cap, and overfilled the tank. [4:33]

37. "If any company can relate to Toyota's current recall woes, it's Audi. The German automaker was hit with similar allegations of unintended acceleration during the 1980s, when supposed faulty gas pedals on its popular 5000 series sedan were linked to six deaths and 700 crashes. Though the problem was eventually determined to be a case of driver error—people were hitting the gas instead of the brake—Audi had to issue a major recall. A 1986 60 Minutes investigation plunged the knife in. The investigation was later debunked when it was discovered that an expert had rigged a car to accelerate irregularly. But the damage was done. Audi sales dropped 80 percent over the next five years. It wasn't until 2000 that it regained its peak from 1985." http://www.newsweek.com/what-toyota-can-learn-audis-80s-recall-75191

38. "A little girl who became the public face of US migrant family separations was not taken away from her mother at the US border, says her father. A photograph of the Honduran toddler sobbing in a pink jacket was snapped at the scene of a border detention. Time magazine has used the image for its latest cover, depicting President Donald Trump looming over the girl with the caption: "Welcome to America". Time magazine also corrected its story, which said the girl was "carried away screaming by US Border Patrol agents", to instead say the mother and daughter were "taken away together". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44578339

39. "How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years. Not correcting the story of Richard Engel’s kidnapping is worse than the Brian Williams scandal." https://www.thenation.com/article/how-nbc-knowingly-let-syria-rebels-false-war-propaganda-stand-years/

40. CNN's Hadas Gold tweets out viral photos of caged migrant children at an ICE detention facility, giving the impression they were recent photos. The photos were also tweeted out by the editor-in-chief of NYT Magazine, Shaun King of The Intercept, Lauren Wolfe of NYT and Guardian, and senior investigative reporter at ProPublica T. Christian Miller without specifying that they were from 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/media_criticism/comments/8mqylx/those_viral_photos_of_caged_migrant_children_at/