I’ll admit, I’ve never fully understood the difference between “effect” and “affect”.
Affect is almost always a verb. Effect is almost always a noun. (But can effect change.)
>I’ll admit, I’ve never fully understood the difference between “effect” and “affect”.
Simple synonyms for the primary definitions of the verb forms:
affect = to influence or change
effect = to cause, initiate, bring about
They are not really all that similar but they sound similar. So the reporter picked obviously the wrong one in a verbal transcription.