ABC News Apologizes To Ari Fleischer For Misleading Quote
- 7 years ago
ABC News has issued an apology for editing the words of Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary, in a misleading way.
ABC News has issued an apology for editing the words of Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary, in a misleading way.
The correction states, “Nightline aired a segment Monday night about the first three days of the new administration including Sean Spicer’s statement to the press on Saturday. As part of the report, we interviewed former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.”
It goes on to say, “In editing the piece for air, his quote was shortened and as a result his opinions mischaracterized. We are fixing the piece online to include his full quote and context. We apologize and regret the error.”
Fleischer himself pointed out the discrepancy, tweeting on Tuesday, “Here is how they chopped my quote: ‘It looks to me if the ball was dropped on Saturday’ after ABC referred to ‘deliberate falsehoods.’”
He then posted his full quote which read: “It looks to me if the ball was dropped on Saturday, Sean recovered it and ran for a 1st down on Monday.”
Fleischer added, “When the press distorts someone's quote and twists their words, we all have a problem.”
He also said, “If this is how the press reports, Trump is right to go after them.”
However, he did tweet a note of thanks after ABC News posted the correction.
According to The Hill, “It is not known if anyone responsible for the report was reprimanded.”
ABC News has issued an apology for editing the words of Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary, in a misleading way.
The correction states, “Nightline aired a segment Monday night about the first three days of the new administration including Sean Spicer’s statement to the press on Saturday. As part of the report, we interviewed former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.”
It goes on to say, “In editing the piece for air, his quote was shortened and as a result his opinions mischaracterized. We are fixing the piece online to include his full quote and context. We apologize and regret the error.”
Fleischer himself pointed out the discrepancy, tweeting on Tuesday, “Here is how they chopped my quote: ‘It looks to me if the ball was dropped on Saturday’ after ABC referred to ‘deliberate falsehoods.’”
He then posted his full quote which read: “It looks to me if the ball was dropped on Saturday, Sean recovered it and ran for a 1st down on Monday.”
Fleischer added, “When the press distorts someone's quote and twists their words, we all have a problem.”
He also said, “If this is how the press reports, Trump is right to go after them.”
However, he did tweet a note of thanks after ABC News posted the correction.
According to The Hill, “It is not known if anyone responsible for the report was reprimanded.”