The Associated Press has finally corrected its story from earlier this week alleging that Parkland, Fla. mass murderer Nikolas Cruz was a member of a white nationalist group. According to the AP, the group’s leader lied to the new organization:
White nationalist appears to have lied to the AP, other news outlets when he claimed that Florida school-shooting suspect was a member of his group. https://t.co/E09NtwL5qF
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 17, 2018
Friday nights are for corrections!
https://twitter.com/brandondarby/status/964683187883511808
Shouldn’t they have done this before their article?
https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/964676652314890242
A number of news outlets appeared to accept this on the white supremacist's word. Not good. https://t.co/btFDroH4Q3
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) February 17, 2018
What’s the world come to when you can’t just trust everything white nationalists say? https://t.co/NWPgt4EBye
— Ross Garber (@rossgarber) February 17, 2018
Remember, the original tweet went mega-viral:
I’m sure your correction (24+ hrs later) will get 41K retweets & 49K likes, toohttps://t.co/2GzRLfKs9m https://t.co/ca9fvy0Dnp
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) February 17, 2018
But despite the correction, it’s still up:
BREAKING: Leader of white nationalist group has confirmed suspect in Florida school shooting was member of his organization.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 15, 2018
And, yes, it is a big screw up:
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/964681814387363840
Now it’s The Daily Beast’s turn to correct:
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/964682735880228864
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