Washington Post, New York Times, and NBC News retract reports on Giuliani

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post, The New York Times, and NBC News on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been directly warned by the FBI that he was the target of a Russian disinformation campaign.

The stories came out after Giuliani's office and residence were raided by the FBI on Thursday. The searches were linked to a criminal probe of the former mayor's business dealings in Ukraine and resulted in the seizure of several communications devices.

"An earlier version of this story, published Thursday, incorrectly reported that One America News was warned by the FBI that it was the target of a Russian influence operation," read the correction by The Post, which first reported the news. "That version also said the FBI had provided a similar warning to Rudolph W. Giuliani, which he has since disputed."

"This version has been corrected to remove assertions that OAN and Giuliani received the warnings," the correction added.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/01/media/washington-post-new-york-times-retraction-giuliani/index.html

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Like *they* needed to be warned?

[C_U_L8R]

2. Of course, he's not the target of a Russian disinformation campaign

He IS the Russian disinformation campaign.
And he IS the target of a criminal investigation.

[a kennedy]

3. This was "THE" talk of lotsa faux noise shows for a few days.....🤮 🤮 🤮

[mdbl]

7. Which is ironic since Fux Ooze would never retract any of their mistakes

or even bold face lies for that matter.

[oldsoftie]

4. Its not that hard to verify stuff like this. Jeeze just GIVE them the ammo.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. whenever this sort of thing happens, I wonder if it was a rightwing ratfucking op that put out

disinfo to news orgs, who fall for this crap way too often.

[oldsoftie]

6. I think its more the rush to be "first". Its happening more & more.

Big story like this and they didnt want someone else to be first to report it, so they cut corners on verification. And "corrections" usually arent as prominent as the original story either.

[LymphocyteLover]

10. that may well be but it also makes them easy makrs for someone putting out false info

[BlueIdaho]

8. This is a minor part of a major story.

Don’t lose the plot here - Rudy’s home and office were still raided by the FBI as part of a larger investigation. This in no way let’s that old fart off the hook.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. indeed-- Rudy is sitll a massive scumball & crook & was a big part of the insurrection plot

So lock him up, as far as I am concerned.

[EndlessWire]

13. Yeah

Printing retractions is just part of the judicial process. It'll protect them from getting sued, and they still put it out there. I don't know if it's true or not. Dersh's hand is in there, IMO. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

And, everything Trump ever touched died or is going to die. He is a destroyer and loser. And, that's who they throw in with. Go figure.

[calimary]

9. I STILL want his ass in a sling.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. "Mr. Giuliani did not receive such a so-called defensive briefing"

"An earlier version of this article misstated whether Rudolph W. Giuliani received a formal warning from the F.B.I. about Russian disinformation," The Times said in its correction posted at the bottom of the online story. "Mr. Giuliani did not receive such a so-called defensive briefing."
All the original reports were attributed to anonymous sources.

NBC News said in its correction that its story "was based on a source familiar with the matter, but a second source now says the briefing was only prepared for Giuliani and not delivered to him, in part over concerns it might complicate the criminal investigation of Giuliani."

So they had a briefing prepared and he never got a "so-called defensive briefing".

Sounds to me like he was warned about this but it wasn't an official defensive briefing.