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(68,868 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:15 PM Jun 2015

Diane Rehm's excuse for smearing Bernie: "As I had read in a comment on Facebook" [View all]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/diane-rehm-bernie-sanders

On today's show I made a mistake. Rather than asking Senator and Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders whether he had dual U.S./Israeli citizenship, as I had read in a comment on Facebook, I stated it as fact.

He corrected me, saying he did not know where the question came from. I apologized immediately.

I want to apologize as well to all our listeners for having made an erroneous statement. I am sorry for the mistake. However, I am glad to play a role in putting this rumor to rest.

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Diane Rehm's excuse for smearing Bernie: "As I had read in a comment on Facebook" [View all] geek tragedy Jun 2015 OP

Retire if you're really that dumb. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #1

no shit. "As I read in the Yahoo! comments section . . . " nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #2

Honestly, what the hell is her problem? I am suppose to believe Bernie Sanders is this Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #5

how the hell does someone read something in a Facebook comment geek tragedy Jun 2015 #11

I can't read her mind, but if she is so inclined, that could be one reason she accepted it. Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #16

Would she have operated this way for Hillary, or Jeb, or Obama? geek tragedy Jun 2015 #18

I don't know. I go by what we do know. She has had him on her show before, no question like that. Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #21

Next up from Diane: What really happened to building 7? JaneyVee Jun 2015 #28

"As I heard in a game of telephone"�. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #13

Facebook man knows everything! Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #3

And whether he wanted to play Candy Crush Saga. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #4

Only a wildly incompetent journalist would get his or her information from Farcebook Warpy Jun 2015 #6

2016's version of "the birth certificate"? eom MohRokTah Jun 2015 #7

this is worse. not even from a blog, not even from a Facebook post. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #9

The closest to discovering how the birther bullshit started goes to an email speculating MohRokTah Jun 2015 #14

The dog ate my homework! Fumesucker Jun 2015 #8

I think even asking him would be a mistake Enrique Jun 2015 #10

Well she couldn't come right out and say "as I got the memo from Karl Rove" could she? KittyWampus Jun 2015 #12

My email to her: Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #15

right on G_j Jun 2015 #27

That flushing sound? What was left of her reputation. Rex Jun 2015 #17

Next ... LannyDeVaney Jun 2015 #19

"However, I am glad to play a role into putting this rumor to rest." demmiblue Jun 2015 #20

no shit. I've been reading some comments to a story cali Jun 2015 #33

Nice self-serving comment from her. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #34

Lie on the front page above the fold, retract on D-11 below the fold Fumesucker Jun 2015 #22

Yep. Nay Jun 2015 #24

A Facebook comment? One can only hope the word "journalist" never intersects Diane Rehm's name. Kip Humphrey Jun 2015 #23

I had some respect for her. Not now. I now put her in with the rest of the CNN/Fox media jerks. AlinPA Jun 2015 #25

She needs to open her show tomorrow with that mea culpa, and have him back to talk again. peacebird Jun 2015 #26

Ridiculous level of unprofessionalism. n/t gollygee Jun 2015 #29

As I had read in a comment on Facebook, KamaAina Jun 2015 #30

One of the worst defenses I have ever seen. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #31

Facebook is what passes for journalism now. FFS. nt valerief Jun 2015 #32

I don't know if I'm more pissed off at her open bigotry or at her utter lack of professionalism Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #35

The two are likely not unrelated. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #36

"I tried to make an anti-Semitic smear, but I couldn't make it stick. Codeine Jun 2015 #37