The New York Times and the Associated Press bad to correct reporting on how many U.S. intelligences assessed that the Russians had meddled in our election.
Both had reported that SEVENTEEN agencies came to the conclusion, but as it turns out, it was only four.
Here’s the New York Times correction:
“A White House Memo article on Monday about President Trump’s deflections and denials about Russia referred incorrectly to the source of an intelligence assessment that said Russia orchestrated hacking attacks during last year’s presidential electionThe assessment was made by four intelligence agencies — the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community.”
And the Associated Press:
“In stories published April 6, June 2, June 26 and June 29, The Associated Press reported that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies have agreed that Russia tried to influence the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump. That assessment was based on information collected by three agencies – the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency – and published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which represents all U.S. intelligence agencies. Not all 17 intelligence agencies were involved in reaching the assessment.”
This is already being used in the war between Trump and the media to beat down the credibility of the press. But it must be noted, that it is still the opinion of 3 intelligence agencies that the Russians did indeed meddle in our elections…
Don’t forget yesterday’s edition of “everyone at the New York Times is smarter than everyone else.”