NBC News published and aired a misquote of Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy on Thursday to suggest that the Republican was turning on President Donald Trump over alleged hush money payments.
NBC ran a shortened and misquoted version of Cassidy's comments to create a narrative that he - and potentially other Republicans - were turning on the president.
NBC and MSNBC ran with the misquote in several stories and TV packages throughout the day and conveniently left out the additional context that made clear Cassidy was defending Trump from allegations of illegality.
"'I am concerned that the president might be involved in a crime,' Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana told reporters Tuesday," NBC incorrectly reported.
The false quote, for example, spread to sister network MSNBC, who ran a chyron that read, "Sen. Cassidy: 'I'm Concerned The President Might Be Involved In A Crime.'" MSNBC's misquote is especially baffling because they ran the chyron on top of a video of Cassidy stating something obviously different.
NBC News likely could have avoided the many mischaracterizations by first double-checking their transcript before publication, and subsequently by printing Cassidy's quote in-full or airing the entire video.
A spokesperson for Sen. Cassidy claims that despite NBC's attempts to correct its misreporting, the news outlet still refuses to publish Cassidy's full quote or the longer version of the video of his remarks.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/13/nbc-news-bill-cassidy-misquote/
NBC ran a shortened and misquoted version of Cassidy's comments to create a narrative that he - and potentially other Republicans - were turning on the president.
NBC and MSNBC ran with the misquote in several stories and TV packages throughout the day and conveniently left out the additional context that made clear Cassidy was defending Trump from allegations of illegality.
"'I am concerned that the president might be involved in a crime,' Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana told reporters Tuesday," NBC incorrectly reported.
The false quote, for example, spread to sister network MSNBC, who ran a chyron that read, "Sen. Cassidy: 'I'm Concerned The President Might Be Involved In A Crime.'" MSNBC's misquote is especially baffling because they ran the chyron on top of a video of Cassidy stating something obviously different.
NBC News likely could have avoided the many mischaracterizations by first double-checking their transcript before publication, and subsequently by printing Cassidy's quote in-full or airing the entire video.
A spokesperson for Sen. Cassidy claims that despite NBC's attempts to correct its misreporting, the news outlet still refuses to publish Cassidy's full quote or the longer version of the video of his remarks.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/13/nbc-news-bill-cassidy-misquote/
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