Frederik Pleitgen
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CNN Suggests Trump Is Acting on Behalf of Putin Against Ukraine
August 18th, 2025 4:15 PM
In a follow up to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, President Trump sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European and NATO leaders on Monday in hopes of striking a peace deal. But according to some CNN journalists and experts, during CNN News Central, Trump was actually working on behalf of Putin and Russia, acting like their…
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Shock: CNN Notices Syrian Christians Fighting Islamic Persecution
May 16th, 2016 10:54 AM
Monday morning on CNN’s Newsroom with Carol Costello, international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen gave an excellent and respectful report on a topic the media often ignores: Christians persecuted by Islamic radicals. Costello introduced Pleitgen’s report on “Syria’s most famous Christian town” by describing how “Jihadist groups” were “vowing to oust Christians from Syria, burning down Christian…
CNN Spins Pope's 'Blunt Words' on Abortion as Reply to 'Conservative
January 14th, 2014 6:18 PM
Tuesday's New Day on CNN followed the lead of Reuters in giving ideologically-tinged reporting about Pope Francis's latest condemnation of abortion. Kate Bolduan hyped the "blunt words from Pope Francis on abortion", and played up how "conservative Catholics have complained the new pontiff...hasn't been tough enough on the issue until now."
Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen added that "this is…
