Ari Fleischer RIPS Nightline for editing his quote on Sean Spicer

Greg P.

Jan 24, 2017 11:34 AM January 24, 2017 11:34 AM

This is how the MSM sausage is made, courtesy of Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W. Bush press:

@Nightline proves Spicer right about MSM's dedication to negativity. Here is what I told them in a taped interview: 1/4

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 24, 2017

"It looks to me if the ball was dropped on Saturday, Sean recovered it and ran for a 1st down on Monday." 2/4

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 24, 2017

Here is how they chopped my quote: "It looks to me if the ball was dropped on Saturday" after ABC referred to "deliberate falsehoods." 3/4

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 24, 2017

If this is how the press reports, Trump is right to go after them. 4/4

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 24, 2017

The New York Times, FWIW, did report the quote accurately:

“I saluted Sean at that point,” Mr. Fleischer said in an interview. “This is a longstanding and, in my view, legitimate complaint about the coverage,” referring to what he called an anti-Republican bias in the mainstream press.

“Saturday, the ball was dropped,” he added, “and on Monday, Sean recovered the ball and scored.”