While ABC News was covering Trump earlier today, they flashed a patently false headline in the chyron below Trump’s face about how Manafort had just plead guilty to five counts of manslaughter.
Trump took a screenshot of it and just blasted ABC News for it:
Look what Fake ABC News put out. I guess they had it prepared from the 13 Angry Democrats leading the Witch Hunt! #StopTheBias pic.twitter.com/c0XOk1btEQ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2018
Wow. That’s horrible! It wasn’t a small mistake either, given the fact that it happened during midday when they are covering big news out of the White House. Someone’s head needs to roll for that – or at least it needs a big adjustment.
Trump’s tweet about it, however, is pretty funny.
Here’s the original video where you can plainly see this is for real:
Here is the full moment pic.twitter.com/79eNGznvJB
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) June 20, 2018
UPDATE:
ABC News apologizes:
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
Considering someone had to literally type this out, there is no excuse for this. They are right about that.