The AP has confirmed that Brian Ross has been suspended by ABC News for his error yesterday in reporting ‘candidate Trump’ instead of ‘president-elect Trump’:
BREAKING: ABC News apologizes for 'serious error' and suspends reporter Brian Ross for 4 weeks over faulty Michael Flynn story
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 2, 2017
JUST IN: ABC News suspends chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross for 4 weeks over "serious error" in Trump-Flynn report on Friday pic.twitter.com/ZXCAT3vy3z
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 2, 2017
Wow.
Remember, they didn’t punish Ross back in 2012 for blaming the Tea Party on the Aurora shooting. But now they are indeed suspending him for this egregious error.
It’s about time.