Earlier today, a video of Joy Behar reading the now-corrected report from ABC News and Brian Ross on “candidate” Trump went viral as giddy libs cheered on “The View” co-host’s giddy reaction to the “breaking news” report:
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/936704489817624583
Behar retweeted the clip to her nearly 900,000 followers twice…
https://twitter.com/TheView/status/936639672666562560
…as well as this GIF with the caption, “Christmas came early. Thank you, Santa!”
https://twitter.com/JoyVBehar/status/936646147585859584
But as we told you earlier, ABC News corrected the report, which relied on a single source:
UPDATE: Brian Ross blames his single source for 'candidate' Trump vs. President-elect Trump confusion https://t.co/8U7vu8bFSZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 2, 2017
Well, now that ABC News has clarified, Behar and The View should correct the record, too:
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/936765009211817985
As for Brian Ross, his only acknowledgment of the screwup was a retweet of the ABC News correction, which the network called a “clarification” (which is BS):
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/936764877816856576
Jay Rosen agrees:
Clarification is PR for mistake. https://t.co/qFDUQh4Sgy
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 2, 2017
What a joke.
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Related:
HEADS SHOULD ROLL: ABC News corrects Brian Ross on 'candidate' Trump vs. President-elect Trump https://t.co/8U7vu8bFSZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 1, 2017
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