Corrections Deployed

For John, BLUF:  Depending on the mainstream Newspapers and Radio and TV can lead one to draw wrong conclusions..  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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New York Times, WaPo, NBC forced to retract false claims about Giuliani

From The New York Post, by Reporter Kathianne Boniello, 1 May 2021, 9:05pm.

Here is the lede plus three:

The New York Times, Washington Post and NBC News all issued retractions Saturday for their coverage of Rudy Giuliani following a raid of his Manhattan apartment by the FBI.

The Times appended their correction to a story about the role Giuliani may have played in the 2019 recall of ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch and whether he received a warning from the FBI about Russian disinformation.

“An earlier version of this article misstated whether Rudolph W. Giuliani received a formal warning from the F.B.I. about Russian disinformation.  Mr. Giuliani did not receive such a so-called defensive briefing,” The Times wrote Saturday in a note attached to the piece.

The Washington Post’s correction, on a story about prominent Americans being targeted by Russian disinformation, was similar.

The problem is, the correction gets less attention than the originial assertion.

This does not speak highly of professional journalism.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff