WHOOPS!
The New York Times issued a major correction on its reporting from last night that said Paul Manafort had attempted to pass internal Trump polling data to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who reportedly has close ties to the Kremlin. The corrected version now says Manafort attempted to pass the data to two Ukrainian oligarchs, Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov:
CORRECTION: PAUL MANAFORT asked KONSTANTIN KILIMNIK to pass TRUMP polling to the Ukrainian oligarchs SERHIY LYOVOCHKIN & RINAT AKHMETOV, & not to OLEG DERIPASKA, as originally reported. We have corrected the story & I deleted a tweet repeating the error. https://t.co/xfnnr5KNQR
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) January 9, 2019
Journos, start your deletions:
We have corrected this article to say that Manafort, via Gates, directed Kilimnik to make sure polling data got to Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov, not Deripaska. I am deleting my earlier tweet to limit recirculation. https://t.co/NF0iKWdOpc
— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) January 9, 2019
Time to cancel the “HOLY S*IT”?
Here’s the correction from the paper:
Notable NYT correction re: Manafort and polling data:
"Mr. Manafort wanted the data sent to two Ukrainian oligarchs, Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov, not Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch close to the Kremlin."https://t.co/3YsXj6uTKZ pic.twitter.com/N3p0cxIZJD
— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) January 9, 2019
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Can’t spell Deripaska without DERP:
Apparently, you CAN spell "oligarch" without "OLEG." Oh, and you can't spell Deripaska without "DERP." https://t.co/cIAHtBaiHU
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) January 9, 2019
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