Kellyanne Conway made up a story, which she claimed was a mere misstatement. Chelsea Clinton then posted a tweet critical of Conway. Conway replied that Chelsea should remember who her mother is (Bosnian sniper incident that never occurred). Conservative sites also seemed to agree with Conway on this point. Problem is it was Chelsea's mother, not Chelsea. What Hillary did has no bearing on Chelsea's right or ability to be critical of Conway. And Conway's reply seems to be not only a deflection but a justification for what she said. Shame on Conway and the Conservative media on this.
Time magazine writer
Conservative web sites and outlets have made hay over Zeke Miller's erroneous report about his erroneous report concerning the MLK bust. they have falsely and, at times, maliciously called it an example of the Left's fake news manufacturing. 'The facts state differently and shame on the conservative news sites and outlets for failing to report the facts and set the record straight. Here is more facts about what really happened and how Miller not only apologized to President Trump but to Spicer, who falsely claimed that Miller offered no apology when he himself had accepted Miller's apology 3 days earlier.:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/time-magazine-note-to-readers
"No news organization ever wants to make an error, but we all have procedures for handling them when we do," a note from managing editor Nancy Gibbs published Tuesday read. "Zeke [Miller] moved quickly to correct the record, and we stand behind him for taking responsibility for the mistake. He and our other reporters will continue to cover the new Administration thoroughly, fairly and fearlessly."
Miller originally wrote to journalists on Inauguration Day that the bust of King had been removed from the Oval Office (after checking for it twice, he later wrote). Forty minutes after a pool report based on his observation was sent to other journalists, Miller found a White House aide who confirmed to him that the bust was still in the office. Miller then spent the night, and much of the weekend, apologizing for his error and sending corrections to reporters.
"The President and White House aides have cited this mistake as an example of 'deliberately false reporting,'" Gibbs' note read. "It was no such thing,"
Gibbs also wrote that over the weekend Miller asked a White House advisor to pass an apology on to President Donald Trump. That contradicts Sean Spicer’s position in a press briefing Monday.
“Where was the apology to the president of the United States?” Spicer asked on Monday, after referencing Miller’s erroneous report. “Where was the apology to millions of people who read that and thought how racially insensitive it was? Where was that apology?”
In fact, Spicer himself had accepted Miller's apology on his Twitter account three days earlier:
On Monday night, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway also blamed Miller for her need for Secret Service protection.
"Because of what the press is doing now to me, I have Secret Service protection," she told Sean Hannity. "We have packages delivered to my house with white substances. That is a shame and yes I hold him into account for it.”
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Miller originally wrote to journalists on Inauguration Day that the bust of King had been removed from the Oval Office (after checking for it twice, he later wrote). Forty minutes after a pool report based on his observation was sent to other journalists, Miller found a White House aide who confirmed to him that the bust was still in the office. Miller then spent the night, and much of the weekend, apologizing for his error and sending corrections to reporters.
"The President and White House aides have cited this mistake as an example of 'deliberately false reporting,'" Gibbs' note read. "It was no such thing,"
Gibbs also wrote that over the weekend Miller asked a White House advisor to pass an apology on to President Donald Trump. That contradicts Sean Spicer’s position in a press briefing Monday.
“Where was the apology to the president of the United States?” Spicer asked on Monday, after referencing Miller’s erroneous report. “Where was the apology to millions of people who read that and thought how racially insensitive it was? Where was that apology?”
In fact, Spicer himself had accepted Miller's apology on his Twitter account three days earlier:
Apology accepted twitter.com/zekejmiller/st…
On Monday night, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway also blamed Miller for her need for Secret Service protection.
"Because of what the press is doing now to me, I have Secret Service protection," she told Sean Hannity. "We have packages delivered to my house with white substances. That is a shame and yes I hold him into account for it.”
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