text: Good morning, Dick. If this were a one-off I'd agree with you, but fake news is not lies or propaganda when it's proven CNN (and the NYT and WaPo, et al) do it over and over and over again. The one-off in this case is that CNN actually did something about it. Normal they print the story in bold print on the front page above the fold (so to speak) and the retraction (if any) on page 23 in fine print. It's called The Drive-by Media for a reason.