Fake news fraud Ross the latest casualty in MSM war that is decimating it's ranks
ZERO HEDGE
By Tyler Durdin
12/02/2017
As a reminder, citing a single anonymous source, Ross told viewers during an ABC special report on Friday morning that Flynn was prepared to testify that Donald Trump, as a candidate for president, told him to contact Russians.
But then, during Friday's edition of "World News Tonight," Ross corrected his report, telling viewers that the source who had provided the initial information for his story later told him that it was as president-elect, not as a candidate, that Trump asked Flynn to contact Russians.
The rest of the world then erupted over such an egregious error that confirmed every emotions-over-intelligence 'fake media' shot that Trump has ever sent.
The initial "clarification" has been upgraded to a "serious error" as ABC attempts to put this fire out.
"We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday.
The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the
special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process.
As a result of our continued reporting over the next several hours ultimately we determined the information was wrong and we corrected the mistake on air and online.
It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience –- these are our core principles.
We fell far short of that yesterday.
Effective immediately, Brian Ross will be suspended for four weeks without pay."
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While it might be nice for Ross to have a month off over the Christmas holidays, many are asking for refunds in their brokerage accounts from the market's reaction to his "serious error."
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