claim: CNN posted and then deleted an article which defended Bill Maher's use of the n-word.
origin: In June 2017, television show host Bill Maher dropped an offensive racial slur on his show â€œReal Time with Bill Maherâ€, sparking the usual wave of opinion articles and think pieces. The Chicago Tribune looked at what could be learned from Maherâ€™s remark, the Hollywood ReporterÂ wondered aloud if Maher had just lost his chance at winning an Emmyâ€¦ and CNNÂ wrote an article explaining why it was acceptableÂ for Maher to use the racial slur. Or did it? Â On 3 June 2017,Â a web site calling itself 70NewsÂ published an articleÂ appearing to reportÂ that CNN had posted â€” then subsequently deleted â€” an article by Laura Jarrett, daughter of Valerie Jarrett:Â < CNN deleted this article written by Laura Jarrett,Â daughter of Obamaâ€™s topÂ adviserÂ Valerie Jarrett : â€˜Bill Maher just dropped the â€œNâ€ word, hereâ€™s 5 reasons why thatâ€™s okayâ€ After realizing nobody is going to buy their five stupid reasons, CNN decided to delete it. Well, maybe sheâ€™ll change her mind and tell us what those five reasons are, right CNN? > This obvious hoax received wide attention after it was promulgated by conservative pundits, such as Jack Posobiec and Dinesh Dâ€™Souza. Although Dâ€™Souza later issued a correction, which stated thatÂ he had been duped by a fake news article, Posobiec did not retract his claim: It further appears that 70Newssimply put a fake title on an image of a genuine article published by Laura Jarrett. A look at the actual story article published by CNN above the doctored image shows that they have identical timestamps: 70News is not a reliable source for factual information. The WordPress site peddles little more than conspiracy theories and misinformation, and was largely responsible for spreading the (completely and demonstrably false) rumor that President Trump won the popularÂ vote.