ABC kicked off yesterday morning with a huge news report. They claimed that Donald Trump himself ordered Gen. Flynn to speak to Russians. They also failed to specify that these meetings took place after Donald Trump was elected President.
Oliver Darcy gives us a good timeline:
ABC News spokesperson tells me that “World News” will clarify that this should be president-elect Trump, not candidate Trump. https://t.co/Xm0BuvAstj
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 1, 2017
Here’s the full “clarification” @BrianRoss read on-air on “World News” tonight pic.twitter.com/bY2dE7QUmr
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017
I’m told that ABC News will soon remove the initial tweet and issue another correction — this time on Twitter.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017
A good reminder here on why it is best to get two sources when reporting — particularly when it is a bombshell report like this.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017
ABC News’ correction to bombshell Flynn report came after I had contacted them to ask why @BrianRoss‘ initial reporting wasn’t in network’s online story: https://t.co/qZRjfEBbwA pic.twitter.com/lqdVi0163H
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017
ABC News spox just emailed me: “We are changing clarification to correction and will correct it on air tomorrow”
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017
And here’s that change in language from “clarification” to “correction” https://t.co/tdAfTDV49R
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017
ABC’s final correction:
CORRECTION of ABC News Special Report: Flynn prepared to testify that President-elect Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians *during the transition* — initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria, confidant now says. https://t.co/ewrkVZTu2K pic.twitter.com/URLiHf3uSm
— ABC News (@ABC) December 2, 2017
So if you’re still confused let me clarify. Basically, the entire story was dropped on its head. Gen. Flynn got caught lying to FBI investigators about completely legal meetings with a Russian Ambassador. Reports are now surfacing that Jared Kushner asked Gen. Flynn to have these meetings.
Here is a more in-depth look at it: Everything you need to know about the Gen. Flynn situation
