Last week, CNN ran a disgraceful segment uncritically reproducing the McCarthyist accusations of Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol's group, Keep America Safe. On Friday, Wolf Blitzer apologized on behalf of CNN for the graphic, saying that "CNN had no intention of suggesting the Justice Department supported terrorism, lawyers at the Justice Department are patriotic Americans and we certainly reject any confusion that may have been caused by our graphic."
Here's the video, via TPM:
Good for CNN and Blitzer, for taking responsibility. Although it would have been better if they hadn't simply reproduced the smear in the first place.
-- A. Serwer
