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ABC News Apologizes After Banner Falsely Claims Paul Manafort Killed Five People
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 20 June 2018 | Alex Griswold

Posted on 06/20/2018 11:16:35 AM PDT by Magnatron

ABC News issued an apology Wednesday after a banner during a live report claimed that former Donald Trump aide Paul Manafort had admitted to killing five people.

The network covered President Donald Trump's afternoon meeting live in anticipation of his announcement that he was issuing a directive to end the practice of separating parents and children caught crossing the border illegally.

During the ABC broadcast, the banner briefly displayed the chyron "Manafort pleads guilty to 5 charges of manslaughter." While the former Trump campaign manager is in jail after his bail was revoked, he has not pleaded guilty to any crimes and has not been charged with manslaughter.

In a series of tweets, ABC News apologized for the error and promised to get the bottom of why the graphic appeared.

(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 4thestate5thcolumn; abc; fakenews; hateamericamedia; lying; manafort; manslaughter; mediots
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Accident my ass...

The media is despicable.

1 posted on 06/20/2018 11:16:36 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Fake news


2 posted on 06/20/2018 11:18:01 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Reminds me of the whole “Craig James Killed Five Hookers” meme.


3 posted on 06/20/2018 11:19:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Magnatron

Wow. Just wow.


4 posted on 06/20/2018 11:19:53 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Magnatron

They clearly meant Manson, Charles Manson. Come on, easy mistake, anyone could have made it...


5 posted on 06/20/2018 11:19:58 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnatron

Yeah accident my ass..just like calling all members of this Administration Nazi’s and calling for their deaths is just an “Accident” when I look around, I just don’t recognize America anymore..makes me wonder what President Trump really thinks, if this was all worth it


6 posted on 06/20/2018 11:20:05 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Magnatron

Deliberate, but no sweat, they are back in the Press room this afternoon.


7 posted on 06/20/2018 11:20:45 AM PDT by heights
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To: All

8 posted on 06/20/2018 11:21:25 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Magnatron

They apologized for getting caught...................


9 posted on 06/20/2018 11:23:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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“ABC News apologized for the error”

There is no way in hell that this was an error.

Whenever I think that they cannot go any lower-—they go lower.

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10 posted on 06/20/2018 11:25:08 AM PDT by Mears
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We need addresses for these reporters!! If you all are not aware WE ARE AT WAR!! We need the address of that asshole who published the ICE addresses and family members!!! I refuse to lie down and do nothing! Our president is being threatened his family his children his granddaughters and grandsons and we do nothing I called this bullshit!


11 posted on 06/20/2018 11:25:10 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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“We apologize to our viewers and to Mr. Manafort. There simply is no excuse for this sort of mistake.”

How can ABC this early in the investigation be absolutely certain the incident was a “mistake.”

Could it have been a purposeful act by employees of ABC?

Mr. Manafort needs to be made whole.


12 posted on 06/20/2018 11:26:51 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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LAWSUIT FILED TODAY!!!


13 posted on 06/20/2018 11:27:42 AM PDT by mplc51
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ABC News apologized for the error and promised to get the bottom of why the graphic appeared.

Sure they will. They need to find out who gets a bonus.

14 posted on 06/20/2018 11:27:58 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Magnatron

Odd how ABC has NEVER made a ‘mistake’ that damaged Democrats... It’s almost like they’re biased little sh*ts...


15 posted on 06/20/2018 11:28:24 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Difference between Hillary and Putin? Putin can win an election rigged in his favor.)
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To: jeffersondem

Yes, hopefully he will SUE ABC for many millions, and win.


16 posted on 06/20/2018 11:29:29 AM PDT by NEMDF
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when building the banners, they may need a place holder for when news finally breaks, this is obviously one of those banners, but the mentality is to keep it negative...

it could have easily read that Paul Manafort was found not guilty... but that isn’t in the minds of the creators of the banners.


17 posted on 06/20/2018 11:34:08 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Just another “mix up” that coincidentally always happens to target people other than Democrats or Liberals — always.


18 posted on 06/20/2018 11:35:28 AM PDT by Obadiah
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We are investigating how incorrect information was in our system and how and why it was allowed to air. (1/2)

Liars. ABC makes it sound like the false story just "got in their system" mysteriously.

19 posted on 06/20/2018 11:35:47 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation.)
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To: Magnatron

Someone in the back room thought it would be funny and never make it to the air. Funny how nobody in the back room ever makes “funny” jokes about despicable acts by lefties.


20 posted on 06/20/2018 11:36:11 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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