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Stolen Validity – CNN/PBS

More like a major screwup, amirite?!

More like a major screwup, amirite?!

We are still attempting to make sense of this one.

Christiane Amanpour joined in on the criticism of Pete Hegseth over his slamming of the media in covering the Iranian war. She castigated him for comparing the press to the Pharisees, and dictated that what the press was doing was “bearing witness to the truth.” Was it a poor choice of words, or poor timing on her part, that the press - as we covered yesterday - immediately went out and bore false witness about Hegseth saying quotes from the movie “Pulp Fiction” were in the Bible?

But Ms. Amanpour went way outside the margins next.

She actually went on to say that she had the same military rank as Pete Hegseth. This is an astounding announcement, considering the woman has never served in the military. For clarity, while reporting from embedded positions, reporters are sometimes given the status of particular ranks, for the purpose of prioritizing evacuations or other movement provisions during a conflict. This does NOT mean, however, she ever had the rank of...any stature in the........

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