MSNBC’s Joy Reid, host of “AM Joy,”
was forced to issue a correction and apology recently after her show aired
a photo of white supremacist Richard Bertrand Spencer during a segment on an
op-ed former Navy Secretary Richard Vaughn Spencer had written for the Washington
Post. Reid was informed of the error later in the show and said: “I want to
make a quick correction—this is a big correction. Earlier in the segment, as we
were talking about Richard Spencer, we mistakenly showed the wrong image of
white supremacist Richard Spencer.” She added, “Very, deeply sorry for that
mistake.” Actually, “AM Joy” didn’t show “the wrong image of white supremacist
Richard Spencer,” as it showed an image of…white supremacist Richard Spencer. it
showed the wrong image of former Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer,
so that was technically another error. But, what the hell, give them a break.
It’s hard for a cable news network to get its facts straight.
Apparently,
it’s hard for a news magazine to get its facts right, too. Newsweek
recently fired Jessica Kwong, the reporter who wrote a story-- published on
Thanksgiving morning-- claiming President Donald Trump would spend his
Thanksgiving holiday golfing.
The report was headlined, “How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting,
golfing and more.”
Kwong was wrong.
Turns out, the president flew to
Afghanistan to spend Thanksgiving with American troops stationed there. Don’t
you just hate it when someone you’re trying to embarrass does something
so kind and unselfish? Newsweek subsequently issued a statement to the Washington
Examiner, explaining that the cock and bull story had been fully corrected,
Kwong had “been terminated,” and promising that it would take further action if
an investigation deems it necessary.
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