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Turns out Pres. Obama’s Kanye is a “jackass” remark was strictly off the record, and Terry Moran’s tweets have been removed. Statement from ABC, via Michael Calderone:
In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.
Nice to have pull, now isn’t it? If new media made such an error we’d be hard pressed to get Twitter to delete the tweets. This is a real issue of credibility and accountability.
But as Garance Franke-Ruta of the Washington Post found out, nothing is ever deleted anymore.
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TerryMoran: Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a “jackass” for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential.- TerryMoran: Obama to his opponents: “My door is always open.” But will anyone take him up on that offer? Does the GOP base even really want a deal?
- TerryMoran: Prepping for a Council on Foreign Relations panel I’m moderating on Iraq and Afghanistan tonight. Should Obama keep fighting these wars?
I’ve had many off-the-record discussions with politicians. It would seem that if you’re talking to the president, you’d sure make certain you got it right. Terry Moran knows better. Sloppy impulse control will be the death of journalism. No wonder the media is seen in such a poor light.
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