'DOH'! Pro Publica has to make a YUGE correction about Trump's CIA pick overseeing waterboarding

Jacob B. | 8:28 PM on March 15, 2018

No, the following is not an Onion headline. It is an actual correction that had to be made by Pro Publica.

Correction: Trump’s pick to head the CIA did not oversee waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah https://t.co/3Pb9bbSvJz

— ProPublica (@propublica) March 15, 2018

Errors happen. Corrections have to be made. But this … is a pretty big one.

We've updated the story on our site.

We're also deleting tweets we sent before this correction, to prevent false information from spreading. See the screenshots here: pic.twitter.com/0C5Ehy6sRv

— ProPublica (@propublica) March 15, 2018

It literally changes the entire narrative of the story.

We've also made the correction to the corresponding story: https://t.co/F0Awp27uy1

— ProPublica (@propublica) March 15, 2018

Sharyl Attkisson is all over the misreporting.

This is a big correction. https://t.co/Dm5zg06i49

— Sharyl Attkisson?️‍♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 16, 2018

If the NYT made the same mistake, as the ProPublica story says, does it make you wonder who were possibly the mutual sources for both incorrect stories? (As told in #TheSmear) #Itoldyouthisishowitworks https://t.co/Dm5zg06i49

— Sharyl Attkisson?️‍♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) March 16, 2018