12/22/2018 By Amber Athey

As 2018 comes to a close, it’s time to review the year’s worst cases of media misquotes, misleading narratives, major corrections and straight-up fake news.

While last year’s fake reporting largely occurred during the media’s relentless pursuit to prove Russian collusion, this year’s list is much more varied. However, some themes emerged: stories about then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the U.S. border were routinely flagged for misinformation.

Without further ado, here is the list of 2018’s worst examples of fake news:

1. WAPO BLAMES BORDER PATROL FOR DEATH OF 7-YEAR-OLD MIGRANT

2. CNN AND THE HILL SPREAD RETRACTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIM AGAINST KAVANAUGH

3. BOSTON GLOBE CORRECTS LIZ WARREN STORY — MAKES HER LESS NATIVE AMERICAN

4. NYT ACCUSES NIKKI HALEY OF PURCHASING EXPENSIVE CURTAINS

5. MEDIA STILL BLAMING REPUBLICANS FOR STEELE DOSSIER

6. CNN ANALYST PUBLISHES DUBIOUS REPORT ON ADDITIONAL KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS

7. CNN ACCUSES TED CRUZ OF BEING AFRAID TO APPEAR ON THEIR NETWORK

8. CNN SPREADS FALSE STATISTIC ON SCHOOL SHOOTING

9. NBC SAT ON INFORMATION THAT CONTRADICTED KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS

10. MCCLATCHY CLAIMS MUELLER HAS EVIDENCE THAT CORROBORATES PIECE OF DOSSIER

11. JIM ACOSTA SAID ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WOULDN’T CLIMB BORDER

12. WAPO RAN KAVANAUGH STORY WITH KNOWINGLY FALSE INFORMATION

13. ANDREA MITCHELL SAYS DISGRACED FL ELECTION OFFICIAL IS A REPUBLICAN

14. WAPO FORCED TO CORRECT NIKKI HALEY MISQUOTE

15. CHRIS CUOMO SHARES FALSE STORY ABOUT AR-15 PURCHASE

16. MEDIA CLAIMS TRUMP CALLED THE FBI A ‘CANCER’

17. RACHEL MADDOW ACCUSES WH OF EDITING PUTIN TAPE

18. CNN’S TRUMP TOWER STORY OBLITERATED BY LANNY DAVIS

19. NBC’S BRIAN WILLIAMS BUNGLES HIT PIECE ABOUT TRUMP AND DOGS

20. WAPO CLAIMS MCSALLY ACCUSES OPPONENT OF TREASON

21. NPR: DONALD TRUMP JR. COMMITTED PERJURY

22. NBC NEWS MISQUOTES SEN. CASSIDY, CREATES FALSE ANTI-TRUMP NARRATIVE

23. TIME MAGAZINE’S FAMILY SEPARATION COVER FEATURING CRYING HONDURAN CHILD

24. MIC WRITER CLAIMS RUSSIAN SPY WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE

25. LAWRENCE O’DONNELL SPREADS FAKE LINDSEY GRAHAM QUOTE

26. JENNIFER RUBIN MAKES FALSE ACCUSATION ABOUT GOP’S KAVANAUGH PROSECUTOR

27. MEDIA SPREADS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT MELANIA POST-SURGERY

28. NEW YORKER PUBLISHES KAVANAUGH ACCUSATION WITH ZERO CORROBORATION

29. DAILY BEAST CLAIMS MIGRANTS IN CARAVAN DON’T HAVE DISEASES

30. AP PINS IMMIGRANT ABUSE ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

31. KAVANAUGH CLERK FLASHED ‘WHITE POWER’ SYMBOL

32. MEDIA CLAIMS OBAMA DIDN’T SEPARATE FAMILIES AT THE BORDER

Check website for the back story on these headlines:
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/22/worst...s-cnn-nbc-2018/