Ho. Lee. Crap.
Notice anything about this ABC News chyron?
https://twitter.com/TheTenArms/status/1009473319391940609
Paul Manafort pleads guilty to five charges of WHAT???
https://twitter.com/katiecarman/status/1009472533261897728
ABC News' banner briefly reported this afternoon that Paul Manafort pleaded guilty to killing five people. (He has not) pic.twitter.com/ZnL94QJKOh
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 20, 2018
But ABC News may have helped murder their own credibility.
Statement from @ABC News: We regret and apologize for the false lower third graphic that aired during our special report. We are investigating how incorrect information was in our system and how and why it was allowed to air. (1/2)
— ABCNews PR (@ABCNewsPR) June 20, 2018
(cont.) We apologize to our viewers and to Mr. Manafort. There simply is no excuse for this sort of mistake. (2/2)
— ABCNews PR (@ABCNewsPR) June 20, 2018
Yikes.
Ambien chyroning? https://t.co/Qp2ySVFsDj
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 20, 2018
what the hell https://t.co/IKQUy4w9da
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) June 20, 2018
brooooooo that is a big one. https://t.co/lZpfJr2kBX
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) June 20, 2018
Uh, yeah it is.
https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/1009494828189659136
Oh man.
ABC is very fake news!
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 20, 2018
Hard to argue with that today.
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