{"id":360731,"date":"2018-05-11T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-hypocritical-cnn-fights-in-court-to-keep-editorial-standards-secret\/"},"modified":"2018-05-11T15:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:36:49","slug":"prison-planet-com-hypocritical-cnn-fights-in-court-to-keep-editorial-standards-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-hypocritical-cnn-fights-in-court-to-keep-editorial-standards-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Hypocritical CNN Fights in Court to Keep Editorial Standards Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/randy-hall\/2018\/05\/10\/hypocritical-cnn-fights-court-keep-editorial-standards-secret\"><strong>Newsbusters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>May 11th, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN\u2019s slogan may be \u201cThe Most Trusted Name in News,\u201d but the cable TV channel is not so trusting when it comes to letting other people know the internal editorial standards the network uses when reporting the news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In fact, CNN is <strong>embroiled in a court struggle<\/strong> while trying to keep those guidelines a secret, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/erik-wemple\/wp\/2018\/05\/07\/cnn-fights-to-keep-internal-editorial-guidelines-under-wraps-why\/?utm_term=.edf0bd6c4fce\">an article<\/a> posted on Monday by <em>Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>media critic Erik Wemple. Wemple began by noting that other news services, including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytco.com\/who-we-are\/culture\/standards-and-ethics\/\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/policies-and-standards\/?utm_term=.8e4729154044\">The Post<\/a><\/em> and even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/shani\/the-buzzfeed-editorial-standards-and-ethics-guide?utm_term=.aoEalREKV#.ii0qo4VJ9\">Buzzfeed<\/a>, post their standards online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile,\u201d he stated, \u201cCNN is waging a legal battle in Florida in part to keep its internal news standards guide out of the public realm.\u201d And, as a reminder, this is the same news outlet that has all but declared war on Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group over what their Media Team has deemed shoddy journalism and lines burred between advocacy and journalism.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/erik-wemple\/files\/2018\/05\/cnnstandardsmotion.pdf?tid=a_mcntx\">a court document<\/a>, that guide <strong>contains \u201cprivileged, confidential and proprietary information about CNN\u2019s business practices<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tussle over the guide is part of a larger fight over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/health\/2015\/06\/01\/the-hospital-with-a-serious-heart-problem.cnn\/video\/playlists\/st-marys-investigation\/\">CNN investigative piece<\/a> that dates to June 2015\u201d and claimed \u201cthe mortality rate for babies undergoing heart surgery at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarysmc.com\/about-us\/about-st-marys-medical-center\">St. Mary\u2019s Medical Center<\/a> in West Palm Beach, Fla., was three times the national average.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/randy-hall\/2018\/05\/10\/hypocritical-cnn-fights-court-keep-editorial-standards-secret\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, May 11, 2018  at  8:30 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/hypocritical-cnn-fights-in-court-to-keep-editorial-standards-secret.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/hypocritical-cnn-fights-in-court-to-keep-editorial-standards-secret.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsbustersMay 11th, 2018 CNN\u2019s slogan may be \u201cThe Most Trusted Name in News,\u201d but the cable TV channel is not so trusting when it comes to letting other people know the internal editorial standards the network uses when reporting the news. 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