WHOOPS!
NBC News was forced to issue an embarrassing correction after incorrectly reporting that President Trump had discussed former White House counsel Don McGhan’s potential testimony in the House with Russian President Vladimir Putin:
NBC issues a correction on claim Trump discussed McGhan's potential House testimony with Putin.https://t.co/eT3aojpUHI
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 3, 2019
Here it is:
They just love giving Trump ammunition. pic.twitter.com/DZ6iX6yItO
— BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019
The correction forced a slew of blue-check firefighters to delete their hot-takes. For example, Maggie Haberman, NYT:
My feed has been full of people lighting their hair on fire over this, but no harm no foul, I guess. https://t.co/W4r1GowhZf
— BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019
Aaron Blake, Washington Post:
Seeing a lot of this right now. https://t.co/MSVs2W1Hbm
— BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019
Laura Rozen, @AIMonitor:
And another. https://t.co/gOaVsetnYK
— BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019
And NBC’s own Kelly O’Donnell:
Good job, everyone. https://t.co/WRNxQiryLL
— BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019
Well done, guys!
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