{"id":61665,"date":"2022-01-27T20:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T01:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61665"},"modified":"2022-01-27T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T01:49:11","slug":"cnn-in-meltdown-mode-over-biden-ukraine-phone-call-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61665","title":{"rendered":"CNN In Meltdown Mode Over Biden-Ukraine Phone Call Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__11o5_\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__2cUI6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/ukraines-president-told-biden-calm-down-phone-call\">CNN In Meltdown Mode Over Biden-Ukraine Phone Call Fiasco<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__38L44\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p><strong><em>Update (2023ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0journos doing damage control after the network&#8217;s Natasha Bertrand\u00a0<strong>panicked and deleted tweets\u00a0<\/strong>containing harsh comments reportedly made by President Biden to Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky &#8211; namely that\u00a0<strong>a Russian invasion was &#8220;imminent,&#8221; that the Capital city of Kyiv could be &#8220;sacked,&#8221; and to &#8220;prepare for impact.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now &#8211; none of that apparently happened according to\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>&#8216;s Jim Sciutto, the White House, and apparently Ukraine itself. Of note,\u00a0<em>CNN\u00a0<\/em>claims their source was a &#8220;senior Ukrainian official.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/\">Human Events<\/a>&#8216;<\/em> Jack Posobiec lays it out:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1486855286413479948&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fukraines-president-told-biden-calm-down-phone-call&amp;sessionId=ae6dec0a70657cccb6fb99bb91026f608e3ef647&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=75b3351%3A1642573356397&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1486855286413479948\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Bertrand apparently didn&#8217;t get the message to\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>&#8216;s Jake Tapper and Senior International Correspondent Matthew Chance, who repeated the now-disputed report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1486848578370912260&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fukraines-president-told-biden-calm-down-phone-call&amp;sessionId=ae6dec0a70657cccb6fb99bb91026f608e3ef647&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=75b3351%3A1642573356397&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1486848578370912260\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And the White House disputes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1486859410551025664&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fukraines-president-told-biden-calm-down-phone-call&amp;sessionId=ae6dec0a70657cccb6fb99bb91026f608e3ef647&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=75b3351%3A1642573356397&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1486859410551025664\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Now, Posobiec reports that\u00a0<strong>Zelensky&#8217;s office is also denying CNN&#8217;s report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1486868443945222156&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fukraines-president-told-biden-calm-down-phone-call&amp;sessionId=ae6dec0a70657cccb6fb99bb91026f608e3ef647&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=75b3351%3A1642573356397&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1486868443945222156\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>CNN<\/em>&#8216;s Alexander Marquardt gives a master class in walking back misinformation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/walkback.PNG?itok=m2Hnrzoc\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/walkback.PNG?itok=m2Hnrzoc\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/walkback.PNG?itok=m2Hnrzoc\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"800\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5bb96c0a-63e5-4412-8711-225c83380042\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>In their Thursday afternoon phone call which the White House called &#8220;a check-in&#8221;, it seems President Joe Biden took the opportunity to continue with an alarmist posture as he told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy that a Russian invasion is\u00a0<strong>&#8220;now highly certain&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreakingLive_\/status\/1486822806457311236\">according<\/a>\u00a0to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Further,\u00a0&#8220;President Biden reaffirmed the readiness of the United States along with its allies and partners to\u00a0<strong>respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine<\/strong>,&#8221; according to the White House\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/01\/27\/readout-of-president-bidens-call-with-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-2\/\">call readout<\/a>. But it remains that two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/white-house-ukraine-odds-over-threat-russian-invasion-awkward-back-forth\">conflicting narratives have emerged<\/a>, given just prior to the call it was being reported that\u00a0Zelensky was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaBertrand\/status\/1486781657520685058\">expected to request that<\/a>\u00a0<em><strong>the US be more cautious in its messaging surrounding a potential Russian attack<\/strong>, per source&#8211;particularly the word &#8220;imminent,&#8221; as it risks causing panic and negative economic consequences for Ukraine<\/em>. That was also according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN In Meltdown Mode Over Biden-Ukraine Phone Call Fiasco Update (2023ET):\u00a0CNN\u00a0journos doing damage control after the network&#8217;s Natasha Bertrand\u00a0panicked and deleted tweets\u00a0containing harsh comments reportedly made by President Biden to Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky &#8211; namely that\u00a0a Russian invasion was &#8220;imminent,&#8221; that the Capital city of Kyiv could be &#8220;sacked,&#8221; and to &#8220;prepare for impact.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[145,1320,1426,14545,821,827,14907,4318],"class_list":["post-61665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-cnn","tag-joe-biden","tag-misinformation","tag-narrative-control","tag-ukraine","tag-united-states","tag-us-white-house","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61666,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61665\/revisions\/61666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}