Whoops!
The Boston Globe on Friday tweeted what they thought was a bombshell of sorts after recording Donald Trump answering “the press is ‘not behaving'” to a question asked after the president signed an executive order today on financial regulation reforms. Note — you can’t hear the actual question in the video:
VIDEO: Trump remarks that the press is "not behaving" after signing executive order https://t.co/t39RfhgFLF pic.twitter.com/jFbULWm6kr
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) February 3, 2017
And now for the correction, 3 hours later. The question was on Iran, not the the media, and it’s the Iranians who are “not behaving”:
Correction: Trump remarks "they're not behaving" after press pool asks question on Iran https://t.co/7USNhGvdX2
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) February 3, 2017
But why the error and why the delay in the correction? There was plenty of coverage at the time of just what President Trump said:
"They're not behaving," said Pres Trump about Iran, when asked about new US sanctions targeting Iran missile program.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 3, 2017
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Trump on Iran: "They're not behaving." pic.twitter.com/lBCysqmAwz
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) February 3, 2017
And we’d also like to point out this is the Boston Globe’s pinned tweet right now:
Real journalism matters, now more than ever. #PressOn #FactsMatterhttps://t.co/Yplg8yvVlU
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) February 3, 2017
#FactsMatter, indeed.
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