'I spit my coffee out laughing': This CNN story on Ted Lieu earns the 'correction of the year' award

CNN reported the other day that Twitchy regular Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) “grabbed a crowbar” before leaving his office on January 6 when rioters took over the Capitol, which, to be honest, was pretty awesome.

Alas, it wasn’t true.

According to this correction, the California Dem grabbed a “ProBar energy bar” which would be slightly less effective for use in self-defense:

Correction of the day pic.twitter.com/UyvQmRCNXl

— David Uberti (@DavidUberti) January 14, 2021

There’s a lot of time left, but, yes . . . it’s in the running:

Correction of the year https://t.co/LBs6qi5uY2

— Zachary Fryer-Biggs (@ZachFB) January 14, 2021

Yes, it IS funny:

I spit my coffee out laughing https://t.co/pbqWkWyyUc

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 14, 2021

Take a bow, CNN:

I'd like to think that, had I reported this story, that I would stop and think: Wait, why would Ted Lieu have a crowbar in his office?
In reality, this is the very definition of too good to check. https://t.co/zdeSSu1KKL

— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 14, 2021

So close!

that's slightly different . . . https://t.co/8Z4vAuGNIP

— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) January 14, 2021

But we really would’ve respected Rep. Lieu if he did have a crowbar in his office for just such a situation:

And here I thought @tedlieu was going the way of John Wick over there https://t.co/CglX059vE8

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 14, 2021

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