DAVID MARCUS: How jailing deep-state leakers could be good for journalism
CNN's rushed reporting on Fordow strike damage exposes deep state's desperate attempts to undermine presidential authority
By David Marcus Fox News
Published June 27, 2025 11:46am EDT
In the hours after the American strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, CNN’s Natasha Bertrand got what would once have been the scoop of a lifetime, a leaked report showing little damage had been done. But it turns out that it is now all but certain that Bertrand and CNN were manipulated by political actors.
In the days since, everyone from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Israeli government, the Central Intelligence Agency, to President Trump himself have all assessed that far more damage was done than the initial "low confidence" leaked report indicated.
The incident underscores a serious problem for journalism: The instant credulity which the liberal media gives to any leaker with information harmful to President Trump is leaving the American citizen badly misinformed.
We all owe a debt to the leaker who acts selflessly and altruistically to reveal important information the government is hiding. But leakers who peddle selective information simply to damage the president for partisan reasons? That's a different species altogether. Reporters have to be able to spot the difference in order to get the public good information put in proper context.
The reason that journalists have traditionally given leakers a high level of trust is that they are supposedly putting themselves in harm's way to reveal the truth. This is similar to the legal concept that an admission against one’s own interest carries greater weight.
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