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Journo's incorrect tweet about what Ken Starr said: 7,000 retweets and counting. The 'clarification': 400 retweets

There’s an old quote that goes “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” The tweet below from Fox News reporter Jen Griffin about what Ken Starr said on the same cable network helped serve as another example of that:

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As many tweeters noted, Starr was mostly paraphrasing what Rep. Adam Schiff said during a break in today’s impeachment inquiry hearings:

Griffin did later offer clarifications:

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The original tweet currently stands at 6,600 retweets, and both clarifications currently add up to just over 400 retweets.

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