On Thursday morning, CNN’s The Situation Room walked back the network’s original narrative that the Trump administration was at fault in the preparation and response to the deadly Texas floods. CNN senior crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz pointed out that the burden fell on local government response and not on the federal government’s spending cuts as CNN originally reported.
CNN analysts and correspondents spread misinformation in the first hours and days following the flooding in Kerr County, TX. Original reports stated that the cutting of funding to FEMA and the National Weather Service were the reason for the loss of life. This spun a narrative of blame, pinning the Trump administration as responsible for innocent lives lost due to the tragedy.
Prokupecz led with this when asked about the federal government’s warnings prior to the flooding and the state government prepositioning resources:
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