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CNN Hosts Busted for Lying As They Defend Their Fake News Reporting on Trump's Iran Strikes

God, this network sucks. If only they admit they hate Donald Trump and the Republican Party, they can get past this wildly entertaining drubbing from the president and his officials. It’s okay to be biased, CNN. We’re biased as hell here at Townhall—you know what you’re getting. The Guardian is the same way: it’s an unabashed left-wing newspaper, and they make no effort to hide it.

After CNN’s reporting was sent through the shredder on the Iran air strikes—they claimed it did little to no damage to its nuclear program—the final assessment showed what we’ve known since the night Operation Midnight Hammer was executed, which is that Trump’s strikes did severely degrade the nation’s nuclear capabilities. CNN peddled this shoddy report, which originated from a low-confidence and top-secret document leaked to the press. Trump slammed it. CNN circled the wagons and looked even more mentally challenged. In truth, the mission was a resounding success:

When it comes to our military, never doubt it, especially with weapons systems that can only be delivered by us. And yes, in a way, these legacy media clowns are denigrating the service of the pilot who executed this epic mission. After Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth torched the media this morning for their fake news antics, CNN hosts Kate Bolduan and Sara Sider doubled down, saying that everything the secretary said about the report was included in their fake news story about the strikes. Well, no. CNN won’t apologize, so with help from our friends at Newsbusters, specifically Mr. Nicholas Fondacaro, we will do it for them. They claim they said this story was based on an intelligence report with low confidence and preliminary information. Natasha Bertrand, who filed this story, said no such thing in her initial appearance:

Oh, the cope is fantastic: