This episode of CNN Fake News concerns what Rudy Giuliani said during a contentious interview with Chris Cuomo on his prime time show.
CNN has been telling us, all day, that Giuliani contradicted himself by first saying he did not ask the Ukraine to look into Joe Biden’s interactions the the country and then saying he did.
It keeps playing video of this exchange:
“So you did ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden,” Cuomo said.
“Of course I did,” Giuliani replied.
“You just said you didn’t,” Cuomo responded.
But is that real? Is that the true story?
Here’s the actual verbiage, straight from Rachel Frazin’s article at thehill.com:
After CNN host Chris Cuomo questioned whether Giuliani had asked Ukraine to investigate Biden, Giuliani said, “No, actually I didn’t. I asked the Ukraine to investigate the allegations that there was interference in the election of 2016 by the Ukrainians for the benefit of Hillary Clinton.”
“You never asked anything about Hunter Biden? You never asked anything about Joe Biden?” Cuomo followed up.
“The only thing I asked about Joe Biden is to get to the bottom of how it was that Lutsenko … dismissed the case against AntAC,” Giuliani said, referring to former Ukrainian prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko and the Ukrainian-based Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAC).
“So you did ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden,” Cuomo said.
“Of course I did,” Giuliani replied.
“You just said you didn’t,” Cuomo responded.
“I didn’t ask them to look into Joe Biden,” Giuliani shot back. “I asked them to look into the allegations that related to my client which tangentially involved Joe Biden.”
As you can plainly see, CNN edited the tape to eliminate context.
Once you read what Giuliani actually said, you realize he did not contradict himself at all – and explained this to Cuomo.
Too bad CNN viewers are shown neither his initial statement nor how he schooled Cuomo on why his subsequent statement was fully consistent with the first one.
CNN: Fake News Central. Wear the mantle proudly. You’re certainly earning it.
