CNN says its report on Trump different from Buzzfeed's
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CNN said it's decision to publish 'carefully sourced reporting' was different from Buzzfeed's 'unsubstantiated memos'
News agency CNN saidits decision to publish "carefully sourced reporting" on unverified intelligence documents concerning Donald Trump is "vastly different than BuzzFeed's decision to publish unsubstantiated memos," on Wednesday.
CNN's statement came after President-elect Trump called the news outlet "fake news" and refused to take a CNN reporter's questions at a news conference.
BuzzFeed on Tuesday published a story about a dossier of documents that it said were unverified and "potentially unverifiable" allegations of contact between Trump aides and Russian operatives.
Included in the documents were claims that Russian intelligence had compromising information about Trump.
A BuzzFeed spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.
Throughout the news conference, Trump decried a CNN report on Tuesday that said USintelligence officials had presented Trump with claims that Russian operatives said they had compromising personal and financial information about the president-elect.
(Reuters)