Earlier two, blue-checks got themselves all worked up after the program at the Munich Security Conference listed Mike Pompeo’s wife as a “Special Assistant to the Secretary of State.” From Politico’s Nahal Toosi:
Susan Pompeo, the wife of Mike Pompeo, is listed in the Munich Security Conference program as “Special Assistant to the Secretary of State.” (And read the note at the bottom.) ? #MSC2020 pic.twitter.com/mYvodDWWnN
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 14, 2020
Understandably, this was odd and the language at the bottom of the program said that the descriptions were provided by the participants:
For those having a hard time reading the note at the bottom, the key sentence is: "Their names, titles and origin are listed in the way each participant has chosen."
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 14, 2020
But then around midday EST, it became clear that that there was some sort of mistake on the part of the MSC:
State Dept said this was an error by the Munich Security Conference and has been corrected, according to pooler @nwadhams –> https://t.co/ffImzobBzL
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) February 14, 2020
Not good enough?
According to reports, per pool reporter @nwadhams, the @StateDept says this was a mistake by the Munich Security Conference. I'm not sure *how* they made the mistake (neither State nor MSC are responding to me), but that's what State is saying, per reports. (I'm not in the pool.)
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 14, 2020
Anyway, the MSC fessed up to journos and said “we feel very sorry about it”:
Ok folks, the Munich Security Conference press guy got back to me. Says the MSC team made a “mistake/typo” in the official program. And: “We feel very sorry about it.” https://t.co/9hnpff2UM8
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) February 14, 2020
It’s time to stand down, journos. From Katie Pavlich:
Susan Pompeo’s position was listed incorrectly by the @MunSecConf in the program. They’ve admitted it. And yet, reporters are still focused on this “controversy” while there is real news to report about Iran, historic flights between Kosovo/ Serbia, Syria, etc.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 14, 2020
And note how many retweets the first tweet got compared to the correction:
This tweet got six retweets. The initial tweet implying something nefarious was going on, received over 2000. Terrific. https://t.co/KqAPcD2MTB
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 14, 2020
And since the first tweet is still up, this non-controversy is still getting picked up by other journos:
Under these new guidelines, my mother Louise will be joining the @NBCNews family as my “special assistant”. Prepare for regular appearances on live broadcasts & digital post-show critiques https://t.co/05CvREhuU8
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) February 14, 2020
More from Amb. Richard Grenell:
“But I’ve already tweeted about the mistake for hours….” https://t.co/4gEnQHi4xA
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 14, 2020
The desire to be first strikes again:
“not responding to me” – but, I’ll go with it anyway.
Only to find out later she’s wrong. #embarrassing https://t.co/TE7Yeykqk3
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 14, 2020
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