The Trump administration criticized CNN for broadcasting part of a message from Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
The White House accused CNN, "fake news CNN just aired four straight minutes of uninterrupted Iranian state TV, run by the same psychotic and murderous regime that prided itself on brutally slaughtering Americans for 47 years." This followed CNN showing a Farsi reading with an English translation of Khamenei's remarks, his first since succeeding his father, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Other outlets like Sky News, Al Jazeera, AP, and The New York Times also covered it, highlighting vows of regional attacks and oil supply threats.
Two days back, White House communications director Steven Cheung also criticized the network anchor Erin Burnett's interview with former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian.
"Ever notice how CNN just regurgitates quotes and unverified information from Iranian terrorists? Total disgrace. They have become the murderous Iranian Regime’s version of Pravda." Cheung wrote on his social media and compared the network to the Soviet-era propaganda outlet Pravda.
CNN did not address Cheung's statement but did respond to the White House attack. The network defended airing the content for its "obvious news value" amid global war watching. “The world is watching with anticipation which direction this war will take,” CNN said.
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