Posted on 11/30/2019 4:53:16 PM PST by COUNTrecount
The Newsweek reporter who wrote an inaccurate story about President Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans has been fired. The outlet's original story claimed the president only planned on tweeting and golfing during his holiday break, neglecting to mention his trip to Afghanistan.
Newsweeks Jessica Kwong, whose Twitter handle identifies her as a political reporter "covering Trump administration and family," initially published the article Thursday morning, before the president's trip to Afghanistan was announced publicly. The story's initial headline was, How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting, golfing and more. Newsweek investigated the failures that led to the publication of the inaccurate report that President Trump spent Thanksgiving tweeting and golfing rather than visiting troops in Afghanistan," a Newsweek representative told the Washington Examiner. "The story has been corrected, and the journalist responsible has been terminated. We will continue to review our processes and, if required, take further action. Hours after the president's trip was announced, Newsweek edited Kwong's story and added a note at the bottom of it. The beginning of the story now focuses on the president's trip and his speech to the troops, while the new headline reads, How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting, golfing and surprising U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Didnt the press fall for this last year also ?
-PJ
Inaccurate? Like lying?
This is what happens to a distinguished professional “journalist” after a night of pounding down shots and whoring with the best of them yet still making your submission deadline.
ROTFLMAO!
I love this! :)
My first thought. Someone had to OK the article for print.
Newsweak fires a scapegoat to maintain slim appearance of credibility.
Both an MSM reporter and a Starbucks Commie have been fired this weekend?
Has the world gone mad?
/s
So much for the Berkeley education. Still a moron...as are all Berkeley idiots.
Lol. Thatll make the course a lot more demanding. Hard to play when the slope rating is changing all the time.
So what. The reporter will get a job at some other leftist rag. The culture of Hate Trump will continue, and newsweek will remain the same.
How about firing the editors...
She will be hired by the WashingCIA Post within the week.
The merde is quite real, and they are desperately trying to sell it!
Or the FBI leaking dept.
I have never seen a legitimate news story that had the word “probably” in it. This is nothing but an opinion piece fancied up to look like real news. Most of our “news sources” do not write news, they publish opinion pieces.
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