Posted on 11/15/2022 7:13:19 AM PST by lowbridge
An NBC “Today” show correspondent has been suspended as the network conducts an investigation into his now-retracted story about the attack on Paul Pelosi.
Journalist Miguel Almaguer has reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband didn’t let on that he was in danger when cops showed up at his San Francisco home right before he was assaulted with a hammer.
The correspondent has been suspended for the erroneous story, the Daily Beast’s Confider newsletter reported.
The now-deleted clip said Paul Pelosi, 82, answered the door for cops who responded to a 911 call, but that they were “seemingly unaware they had been called to the home of the speaker of the House.”
Pelosi didn’t “declare an emergency” or try to leave, but instead walked several feet back into the foyer toward David DePape, who had broken into the home and was carrying a hammer, sources told NBC.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the NBC report said it wasn’t clear what Pelosi’s mental state was or if he had already been hurt.
The report contradicted court documents filed in DePape’s case that said Pelosi “nervously but calmly greeted” officers in a dimly lit foyer where both men stood.
It was later taken down with the explanation: “The piece should not have aired because it did not meet NBC News reporting standards.”
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now WAIT a minute... dint they just say they were standing BY the story???
and isn’t the talkinghead just that, a talkinghead?
WHO signed off on it???
i am confusion...
Rush would have said Almageur was fired for committing an act of journalism.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT!
Yes, I'm yelling.
Can you imaging if EVERY reporter could crawl in front of a TV camera and blab some unvetted story without it first being reviewed by the editor? Look at the crap that makes it on the air now. Does "Russia Russia Russia" ring a bell?
This guy was let go with the promise that he could get another job at some podunk station AFTER Nazi's embalment...err...retirement. BUT... if he makes another squeak about this story, he'll never work in his chosen profession again.
Poor guy thought he had the story of a lifetime...LOL.
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