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CNN Producer 'Fesses Up: Russia Narrative 'Bullsh*t,' 'We Do It for the Ratings'

The CNN news channel loves the "Russia story" not because it's true but because it makes their ratings skyrocket, US conservative political activist James O'Keefe of Project Veritas discloses in his new series called "American Pravda."

In footage taken on a hidden camera by a Project Veritas journalist, CNN producer John Bonifield admitted that the news channel had been circulating the story of the Trump campaign's alleged ties with Russia having no proof to back the narrative.

The crux of the matter is that the Trump-Russia story sells, Bonifield noted.

"Our ratings are incredible right now," the CNN producer boasted.

Apparently therefore, CNN CEO Jeff Zucker had repeatedly urged his employees to return to the Russia story again and again.

"The CEO of CNN said in our internal meeting… good job everybody covering the climate accords…. But we're done with it, let's get back to Russia," Bonifield remarked citing Zucker.

But what do CNN employees themselves think about it?

"I just feel like they don't really have it but they want to keep digging," he continued. "And so I think the president is probably right to say, like look, you are witchhunting me. Like you have no smoking gun, you have no real proof."

However, it appears that the CNN producer doesn't believe that anything damning about Trump and his much discussed "ties with Russia" will surface anytime soon. According to Bonifield, if there were something damning it would have already been leaked.

Likewise, the CNN producer seems to be skeptical about the story of Russia's alleged meddling in the US 2016 presidential election.

So, even knowing the truth the CNN journalists couldn't help but disseminate "fake news" in order to get ratings.

However, it seems that finally "corporate greed" has done a disservice to the news channel.

On Saturday the broadcaster took down its new "Russia story" which linked Anthony Scaramucci, a member of Trump's transition team, with the ongoing Russian investigation.

"On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci," CNN wrote on the page where the article used to be.

It was also reported that three staffers with US media outlet CNN resigned over the controversial story.

According to Politico, CNN accepted the resignations of Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Thomas Frank, assistant managing editor Eric Lichtblau and executive editor in charge of investigations, Lex Harris.

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