CNN’s credibility has plunged since President Trump took office, thanks to the unending cheap shots the network takes in an attempt to undermine and embarrass him.

In its latest weak-kneed salvo, CNN spotlighted a random man’s obituary simply because it mentioned Trump in a negative light.

According to the obit, Michael Garland Elliott of Oregon died “peacefully” on April 6 after being told that Trump had been impeached:

Mike ran out of family long ago and is survived by his ex-wife and best friend, Teresa Elliott. Though their marriage ran aground, their friendship only grew stronger and hers was the last voice Mike heard. And the last thing she said to him was ‘Donald Trump has been impeached.’ Upon hearing that he took his final, gentle breath, his earthly work concluded.

CNN comically noted in its story that “To be clear, Trump has not been impeached — but it’s safe to assume that Elliott, who was born in Charlottesille (sic), Virginia, around 1940, was not a fan of the President.”  CNN even misspelled “Charlottesville” in its inane post.

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An Oregon man died peacefully after falsely being told President Donald Trump was impeached https://t.co/L3q5RnQPqF pic.twitter.com/0D7PO1tysJ

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 17, 2017

While you shouldn’t speak ill of the dead, there’s no rule saying you can’t do the same of the deceased’s survivors. In this case, the family of the deceased must have known their tongue-in-cheek obituary would get news coverage, and plenty of it. It’s unclear if the deceased would’ve approved of his family exploiting his death for 15 minutes of fame.

It’s because of this kind of nonstop, anti-Trump media coverage that the president shut down a CNN reporter in January by declaring: “You are fake news.”

Meanwhile, Twitter reacted to CNN’s “breaking news” coverage of an obscure anti-Trumper’s obituary with snarky hilarity.

Wow! Lying to a dying man is your news?

— Lorna Sandiko (@sandlorn) April 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/realjbullock/status/854076771074965504

https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/854093103577387016

https://twitter.com/merrow_a/status/854075864715321347

https://twitter.com/Dan_Machado1/status/854078526521212929

Impeachment is sad for a country and certainly nothing to hope for. @CNNPolitics once again reports like a rag

— ᏢᎥᎪBongiorno (@piasnogeki) April 17, 2017

This should be expected from the "news company" that said Hillary would win in a landslide. Journalism = viewers/ #fakenews = no viewers!

— Charlie Hall (@charliehall67) April 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/stand4honor/status/854114073054560256

Boy CNN just can't help themselves can they? They really are a pathetic excuse for news, which they obviously don't report.

— ❌Nick the American-Italian 🇺🇸🇺🇸❌ (@nickgiordano3) April 18, 2017

https://twitter.com/Bobripple1/status/854502533955555328

CNN’s coverage has become so biased that a child at the White House Easter Egg Roll mouthed the words “fake news” behind an unsuspecting Jim Acosta.

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