Jussie Smollett Coverage 

CNN’s coverage of the initial Jussie Smollett allegations and later trial were scandals. The network took the actors word for everything and reported on the story as if it were all already proven despite the fact that police were beginning to look into Smollett. 

Jussie Smollett had faked a hate crime against himself in order to create a narrative that Trump’s America was racist and homophobic. The network was happy to promote this narrative which aligned more with its own coverage of the Trump presidency.